As someone who has masked both neurodivergence and sexuality, it's not worth it. It will be challenging to navigate our biased and unaccommodating world, but the challenges pale in comparison to true happiness. Happiness is always fleeting, so seeking a negative peace pretending to be something you're not is a fool's errand. Hiding yourself will only ever lead to pain and mental anguish.
You're asking for proof of billionaire political capture? How about superdelegates, or the billionaires on stage at the DNC, or the Democrats bending the knee to AIPAC by pushing out AOC?
Are you expecting that regular people will understand what foss means without ever seeing it before? The law is literally named the Securing Open Source Act. By law, code that is not classified must be open source.
There are also people that work for the police because they want to positively change their community. There's a reason that ACAB is still true, despite that fact.
Just in case you weren't kidding, don't think of it as unfair, think of it as the therapy session giving you the tools to fully understand what it means
The truth is that this victory couldn't come at a better time. They'll try to get around it and will blatantly violate it I'm sure, but this victory is still more important than ever
Before you even buy anything, take a safety course first. Even if you already did when you were a teenager. Knowing gun safety and practicing gun safety are 2 different skills, and the consequences are deadly.
It began with the forging of the Genders. Three were given to the Transgenders, eepy, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Non-binaries, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine genders were gifted to the furry-folk, who above all else desire power. For within these genders was bound the strength and the will to govern each gay community. But they were all of them deceived, for another gender was made. Deep in the land of Mordor, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged a master gender, and into this gender he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
That's not an accident though, the party is choosing to shut out new candidates. I think it's always wrong to do, because it puts even more power over our elections into the hands of billionaires.
As someone who has masked both neurodivergence and sexuality, it's not worth it. It will be challenging to navigate our biased and unaccommodating world, but the challenges pale in comparison to true happiness. Happiness is always fleeting, so seeking a negative peace pretending to be something you're not is a fool's errand. Hiding yourself will only ever lead to pain and mental anguish.