Source in pic: https://homestead.social/@lily/113878607769958499
Secondary confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/erinryanhey.bsky.social/post/3lggfjx55vk2w
Anecdotally, I’ve seen several more reports.
Source in pic: https://homestead.social/@lily/113878607769958499
Secondary confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/erinryanhey.bsky.social/post/3lggfjx55vk2w
Anecdotally, I’ve seen several more reports.
Not to sound insensitive, but this is just a social media post quoting another social media post without proof or the ability to verify anything.
Seconded. In these times, evidence is key to avoiding unnecessary panic. It is pretty easy to get with the technology we have in our pockets.
If you experience this, please collect whatever information you can to establish a pattern or keep a historical record.
Edit: I am not discounting this person’s experience. Evidence is important when you are trying to get people on board with your cause. Otherwise it might come off as fear mongering.
I can’t actually imagine what proof of this situation would look like.
If this was real it would have affected thousands of people and enough media outlets would have picked it up. This social media post isn’t even first hand experience, it’s what they allegedly heard from someone else.
Not necessarily. I too have my doubts and even hope that this isn’t real, but it is always possible that singular border officers, empowered by the new definitions, take matters into their own hand. One look in Russia’s direction over the past few years and their propaganda laws, it starts with sporadic individual arrests. I visit the US on a semi-regular basis, but I think I will wait for at least a few months to see what comes of this, because even sparse arrests from bad-apple border officers are still a threat to my freedoms.
I don’t think media coverage is a very reliable gauge of truth in a society where the media is controlled by oligarchs. On top of everything that that’s been going on, a journalist just got fired for calling Elon Musk a Nazi.
It’s also pretty common for marginalized people to relate their problems secondhand because victims don’t always want the public eye on them. Yes, victims should go to the authorities, but it’s often easier said than done even when the authorities aren’t well-known for dismissing victims and/or furthering their abuse.
e: To clarify, I don’t think it’s true that what the official said is policy; I think that person is probably lying. What I mean is that the incident itself is very plausible, and I have a policy of believing victims if there isn’t a good reason not to, especially where it may protect others.
I get your point and I certainly don’t trust some media to give me all the facts. But there are still plenty of outlets who would have published about this if it happened at any systemic level. That’s as close as you can get to proving a negative.
There are many other bigoted things that Trump did do. We should probably discuss that, instead of panickingly telling people to stop changing their registered gender. That’s terrible advice given the very limited evidence.
Personally, I would expect more than just a social media post. A second social media post repeating what they read in the first post shouldn’t count as evidence or confirmation.