Existing and being relevant are two very different things. They don’t try to win local elections or midterms. As far as a party goes… they’re like a surprise party with one person, no decorations, no cake, and no presents. And then they get pissy when you call that out and leave.
Remember, every temporary solution is a permanent one! It’s always spooky when it works the first time.
If only this logic actually applied. Maybe they wouldn’t make anti-trans laws in that shithole state?
But trans rights weren’t a big focus for Dems. In fact we were routinely dismissed or outright thrown under the bus. The article talks about that, the GOP completely outspent on trans rights by 9x. At best, Dems promised to simply keep our existing rights. We showed up despite that, so they managed to reach us and our loved ones by virtue of promising not to try to kill us.
Your suggestion that Dems should focus on jobs and stuff is valid. How does supporting trans folk have anything to do with that? And, considering how rock-bottom the response was against these anti-trans ads, why is this even being discussed as part the problem?
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I don’t care about their safety anymore. They don’t care about mine. What’s that phrase they like to regurgitate? FAFO?
Hope you’re fucking happy.
According to JD “Couch-Fucker” Vance, I transitioned at 32 years old to… get into Harvard or Yale? Or become a DEI hire? I already have a degree and was already gainfully employed. I actually lost rights and privilege transitioning. I’m just a woman, simple as that. Maybe if he finally comes out of the furniture store and embraces his true self, he could get past this? This man is fucking dangerous and creepy as fuck.
He’s hanging out in the passenger side of his best friend’s ride, trying to holler at me?
Go back to jail, grandpa. No one cares about you.
Trans folks have been getting targeted heavily by the right for years now. They can be represented separately and the overall pride progress flag can also be present considering all of the other groups contained within and what the right says about them as well. Two things can be true without detracting from each other.
ITT: Tankies that think the only solution to a non-utopian outcome is to burn everything to the fucking ground.
I wildly disagree with this take. Both parties used to be a form of “reasonable”, with differences generally around a few wedge issues, budgeting, and government size (at least outwardly). Since the Tea Party became a large voice, the Republican party has embraced conspiracy theorists, fascists, bigots, and christian nationalists. This has steadily pushed their rhetoric to absurdity. They can’t even admit their guy lost in 2020! They’ve recently been claiming that Democrats can control the weather and that Biden’s accomplishments or failures are Kamala’s, despite the fact that the Vice President as as position does next to fuck-all regardless of who is in power. I think it’s entirely fair for anyone with more than two lead-free braincells to rub together to point at the circus and question why it was running our country.
Additionally, Democrats are campaigning on a lot more than just being reasonable. Kamala is talking about child tax credits, first time homebuyer credits, fairer taxation, and even marijuana legalization. As a party, the Democrats have consistently been the better of the two when protecting our rights and promoting equity with minorities in our country. Sincerely, I’d literally sooner piss on a Republican than vote for one because their party is using people like me (trans woman) as a scare tactic and are legislating us out of our medical care, rights, and comfort.
What you see as a “squeaked out” win in 2020 is actually a predictor of what happened in 2022. A complete blowout where Democrats won way more seats than was expected of them. And a lot of that was because they’re the only “reasonable” party left. I don’t think that’s a losing position. It would take them actively spitting on the center-right or center-left of this country to make them lose the support they’ve garnered by trying to keep our heads above water and fascism out of our country’s government.
Then what was your point with your original comment? It came across as exclusionary to trans folks.
I feel so enlightened to your point then. /s
Oh, she had a lead, okay. When did Jill have the lead? I’ll wait.