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1. Cat Hicks (grimalkina@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 00:58:46 JST Cat Hicks

   I'm a queer woman who was raised in a hard right community like most people here couldn't imagine and was threatened with physical violence about how I voted -- the people around me literally bought out the ammunition from gun stores around elections, I want you to take a moment to truly imagine being a teenager in the closet and seeing guns in the hands of people who regularly threaten you -- and I'm reading that ad about Republican women voting very differently than 99% of the posts on here

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   • Cat Hicks (grimalkina@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 00:59:30 JST Cat Hicks

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     All that and I never voted Republican, not one single time. What did I do in my first election?

     I didn't vote at all. Because I was terrified, and for good reason. I don't blame that brave, kind, terrified girl, not one bit for that. But it would've been cool to see another option.

     The thing is voting narratives aren't just about the characters in ads. They're about imagined futures. Reaching the children of these people matter, but ads can't show persuading children against their families.

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   • Cat Hicks (grimalkina@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 01:00:09 JST Cat Hicks

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     Take it or leave it. I am long past believing that anybody would care to try to learn from people like me: kids who grew up without any access at all to all your information, not even your schools, and *still changed.* Have your nihilism, that's fine. I was a child and got several of my siblings *and* my mom and multiple close friends out of those communities and no one ever cares how we do it, or asks. But if you asked I'd say yeah, think about how many of these people have kids.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 01:00:45 JST Aral Balkan

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     @grimalkina I can only imagine how difficult it was for you. Sending you lots of love from across the pond.

     💕