Dex Anderson

trans people can actually disagree with each other and doing so isn't rooted in transphobia. the idea that we have to be in lock step to "protect the community" or what the fuck ever is toxic as fuck.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

And I think Minnesota's response to ICE demonstrates that if we make decisions based on fear and not on what's right, we cede important moral ground. I am afraid every day that my rights are going to be taken from me. But I do not let that rule me.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

So all that to say: I get being afraid that doing a (small - maybe 200 people) event with Hasan Piker will result in centrist Dems being worried about the state of the party. I also get the fear of those Jewish people who have only heard about the alleged antisemitism.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

I think a lot of politics, *especially* amongst centrist Dems, is based in fear. It's different types of fear depending on who you ask, but there's a lot of it going around - fear of losing power, fear of going too far left that you lose elections, fear of things changing and being uncertain...

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

And there was a kid in there, maybe 5 or 6, who did not stop staring at me. Her face was confused and a little afraid, because to her, I was a man in the wrong place. That made *me* uncomfortable because the last thing I want to do is making a child feel afraid.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

I was still getting used to my new chest, and was in LAX for a red eye flight back to Minneapolis. I used the women's restroom, and was washing my hands. A woman walked in, saw me, and stepped back outside to check that she'd entered the right room. She was scared of me.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

But I've also learned that when I am acting out of fear, I am not my best self. I am not guided by my moral compass - I'm guided by terror and trying to make whatever is scaring me stop. Fear is, at base, irrational.

I want to talk a little bit about fear, considering it's something I wrote a book about. One thing I heard about in the lead up to this event was about fear - that people are afraid of what Hasan being here meant, that they're afraid of his "rhetoric," and that we should respect that fear.

“The candidates that do support ICE are the ones who are constantly condemning me. …I think a lot of them are just hoping that this problem (of ICE) goes away but it won’t.”

Event is opening with Robin Wonsley (council member for Ward 2 in Minneapolis) and @christin612.bsky.social, candidate for Minneapolis School Board at large who you should definitely vote for.