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so things that affect less than 1% in the former and less than 0.01% in the latter, of the population, that's what we're basing "large pain" on? I'm not entirel

so things that affect less than 1% in the former and less than 0.01% in the latter, of the population, that's what we're basing "large pain" on? I'm not entirely sure you want to play this game. edit: and vis a vis the USAID thing the former president of Kenya summed it up "Why you are crying? you don't pay american taxes! we need to take care of ourselves!" https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/us-aid-suspension-wake-up-call-for-africa-ex-kenya-president/ar-AA1y6tUF https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/us-aid-suspension-wak...

blackle 2y ago
Any percentage of people being de-personed is bad. If the state is permitted to withhold travel documents of people indefinitely (and the supporting documents they sent in to get their passport renewed[1]), do you really live in a free state? Also, and I know people knee-jerk at the comparison, but historically speaking Jews comprised less than 1% of the population of Weimar Germany.[2] The smallness of the percentage shouldn't be cause to dismiss the harm of their discrimination as "no big deal." It's been shown where that leads. [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-department-passport-gender-marker/77976486007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-... [2] https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/JEW_RELIGIONZUGEHTABELLE_ENG.pdf https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/JEW_RELIGIONZUG...
- philwelch 2y ago
  No US citizen is unable to get a passport. The only issue is that their passport needs to reflect their biological sex rather than their gender identity. I personally think this policy is excessive but nobody is being "de-personed".
  - scelerat 2y ago
    The new policy’s notion of binary “biological sex” is completely divorced from genetic, biological, physiological, and psychological reality
scelerat 2y ago
I’m more curious about what you think the “large pain” the previous administration was inflicting on people than learning about your indifference to minorities

blackle 2y ago

Any percentage of people being de-personed is bad. If the state is permitted to withhold travel documents of people indefinitely (and the supporting documents they sent in to get their passport renewed[1]), do you really live in a free state? Also, and I know people knee-jerk at the comparison, but historically speaking Jews comprised less than 1% of the population of Weimar Germany.[2] The smallness of the percentage shouldn't be cause to dismiss the harm of their discrimination as "no big deal." It's been shown where that leads. [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-department-passport-gender-marker/77976486007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/01/28/state-... [2] https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/JEW_RELIGIONZUGEHTABELLE_ENG.pdf https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/JEW_RELIGIONZUG...

philwelch 2y ago
No US citizen is unable to get a passport. The only issue is that their passport needs to reflect their biological sex rather than their gender identity. I personally think this policy is excessive but nobody is being "de-personed".
- scelerat 2y ago
  The new policy’s notion of binary “biological sex” is completely divorced from genetic, biological, physiological, and psychological reality

scelerat 2y ago

I’m more curious about what you think the “large pain” the previous administration was inflicting on people than learning about your indifference to minorities