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Posted on fb by a trans comrade who is leaving USA and moving to Europe with her gf to escape genocide: Luckily I haven't been told by very many people that leaving the country is "privileged" or "cowardly," but I have seen people say that to other trans people. Specifically, from people who aren't affected by the ongoing trans genocide. First of all, if you're not trans, and you're trying to manipulate how a trans person lives their life and what their choices ought to be, go fuck yourself. We have the ability to think for ourselves and we're gonna do what we think is best for our survival. If you're one of those people that thinks we should "stay and fight," and you're not doing anything to help us, what the fuck man? Why do I have to fight while you sit on your ass and let my people die? lf you are fighting for us, and I've seen zero cis people doing that so far, then good for you. Don't tell me what to do, regardless, unless you're asking for help and I agree to help. If you think we're "privileged" for leaving the country, while we're being targeted by politicians, right wing, AND left wing groups; selling all of our belongings to fund the trip; and leaving our whole lives behind to start over; then again, what the fuck are you talking about? Do you have the capacity to recognize that this is not the best case scenario for us? That being targeted in a genocide is, perhaps, not something we want to happen? I'm on fucking food stamps, and I'm getting my shit together so I can leave. I'm not rich and privileged. I know these are 2 different genocides, but their developments are very similar and history does repeat itself. Would you call a Jew leaving Germany in the 1930s "privileged?" Would you say they were overreacting? Then why would you say it about us unless you just don't see us as worthy of a typical lifespan? Would you say they should stay and "fight?" What the fuck would that have done anyway? There's an insurmountable degree of institutional power agsinst us, and when literally every political group hates us, you think I should simply buy a gun and take over the government? Are you serious? Come on, dingus, I'm disabled, and you think 100 people like me can stop 1,000,000 of them? No. And no I don't view myself as a victim if I get out of this. I'll be a survivor. *If* I get out of this. Also if you were even thinking of telling me I have a victim complex (and I know some of you were), maybe, if you think for 1 millisecond, that it's because they're trying to fucking kill me? I can't just will it away by having a positive attitude. Get out of here with that positive attitude shit. My mentality is set on surviving. It’s getting really grim. Is it right to run? Personally I think everyone should make the best decision for themselves but I also think trans have greater safety in numbers and that requires coordination