In commemoration of the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), President Joe Biden issued a statement praising trans people’s contributions to society and describing actions his administration has taken to counter transphobic bullying and extremism. Additionally, many members of Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also issued their own statements affirming that community health depends on supporting trans people too.
“Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation,” Biden wrote in his statement. “Whether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, they help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves.”
Anyone telling you both sides same are either a bad actor or so incredibly privelleged that they can just not care about this kind of thing.
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problem is biden did SO MUCH fucked up things to so many lgbt that he could keep keep trying to overcompensate for the rest of his life and still not even budge the karma scale.
What did he do?
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It’s not a great track record, for sure.
tldr: biden is a 2-faced politician
Sadly this bit is just redundant.
That said, when going with “what’s popular” happens to align with what’s right, that’s gotta be worth something.
I’m a 90s kid, so I grew up calling my friends all sorts of homophonic slurs. I’ve told some racist jokes in my day, thinking I was edgy.
None of this affected public policy, but I’ll say for sure my views have changed a lot over the last few decades.
Can we say for sure that bidens not just a “fair weather ally?” No I suppose not, but a fair weather ally is still an ally.
What’s popular? That’s literally what I want from a politician and nothing else. That is democracy defined.
The problem isn’t that they are the same. The problem is one side is so bad that the other can do whatever they want, because “at least I’m not the other guy and first-past-the-post means you better fall in line and vote for me in November”.
Which is why it’s a shame that Biden said “trans people are disgusting and we really should execute all of them, but we won’t because it’s unconstitutional”
Oh wait, what? He didn’t say that? He made the greatest show of public support a President has ever made? Huh, curious. Anyway, let’s talk more about how bad Joe Biden is.
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You think Biden should have been vocally pro-trans thirty years ago? He would have been laughed out of office, if not physically attacked.
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Your reply is so off topic that I’m just gonna pretend you meant to reply to someone else.
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Change that L to a C and I’ll bring another box of Kleenex for us.
You know, usually when I read “both sides are the same”, it’s a blue conservative like you trying to make people critical of the Democratic party seem unreasonable.
Both sides are capitalist and conservative, but there are differences for sure. Dont you want more differences?
If you wanna really shut up those people bitchhing from the sidelines, the best way to do so is to put them in the game! Force them to show us how to do things since it’s so easy and they have it figured out.
Switching away from first past the post voting allows people to vote for who represents them best while still counting their vote against those they dont want to win. Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why the spoiler effect exists.
Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform.
Republicans are moving to make alternative electoral systems illegal in their states. Republicans LOVE first past the post voting. Just sbsolutely adore it. Why would you want to use the same voting system republicans want?
So what’s the hold up blue states?
Consider starting a campaign to change how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.
HOW was this downvoted.
every time I argue that we should vote third party to move the Democratic party left, people tell me that instead we should focus on electoral/voting reform. And then someone suggests it and gets downvotes.
it’s almost as if people don’t really care 🤔
Voting 3rd part has the opposite effect. Republicans voted 3rd part in 92 to shift policy and lost the presidency for 8 years, and the appointment of 2 lifetime supreme court justices.
But long term it worked … just look at where conservatives are now. The populist movement is stronger than ever.
That’s thanks to propaganda outlets. Fox news going absolutely bat shit insane over the last 15-20 years has done a lot of heavy lifting in that regard :(
That has nothing to do with elections and everything to do with the direction news media has taken. Outrage sells, reasonable politics not so much.
Elections are part of media. Tons of leftists vote for a left candidate would make the news.
I get why people are so freaked out about voting third party, especially when mass political actions like voting don’t seem to handle nuance well. So advocating a simple slogan like “vote third party” might be irresponsible, but people seem almost irrationally afraid of third party voting in contexts where it should be entirely rational to vote third party.
For example, in a swing state it’s clearly useful to vote for the Lesser Evil (in recent U.S. elections that would be the Democrats, of course). But in states where there is a supermajority and there is almost no chance the state will flip, for example California which will certainly go to the Democrats or Arkansas which will go Republican, voting third party becomes helpful because it might enable the third party to receive federal funding.
There are various objections I have considered to this strategy, the one I think that comes up immediately is that if you vote third party it takes a vote that might otherwise contribute to changing the status of a state as stronghold or swing state, basically those margins matter and you should always be pushing the margin even if not likely to make a difference (just on the slim chance it does make a difference).
In that instance I think it’s just a matter of weighing the good: does the good from voting for the third party justify the slight risk of not being part of an unexpected shift in votes? This is clearly contextual, see recent upsets in Georgia (who went to Biden in 2020) and Pennsylvania (who went to Trump in 2016). I think the responsibility is on the voter to research their state demographics and those probabilities and make a decision. If you want to do less work, sure, just vote for the Lesser Evil.
What I don’t understand is the kind of blind dogmatism that refuses to acknowledge that there even could be reasons to vote third party, and that doing so is wrong a priori.
Frankly, because people are stupid and can’t handle nuance. Know your audience. In a downthread conversation between a small group of people like you who acknowledge the basic strategy of voting blue no matter who in a swing state, it’s fair to discuss the nuance.
But most people on Lemmy cannot handle that level of nuance. They’re dumb and ill-informed. They need to be told to vote Dem, because if we prevaricate and say “well, if you’re in a safe state” they (and foreign agitators) will take that and run with it to try to convince ALL Democrats tp vote 3rd party.
This is astroturfing.
“anyone who disagrees with me is a bot/shill” okay
Because you’re supposed to follow the script of pretending that democrats are saving democracy and that you should vote blue even if poo. The reality is that democrats are only interested in saving the current power structure, we already don’t have a democracy, both parties do in fact serve the rich first and foremost, and guaranteeing your vote no matter what will not cause the democrats to change their policies. These should be obvious to anyone paying any attention. I wonder if these people lived through the Bush Jr years where democrats were screaming about how bad he was (correctly so), but after he was out of office they continued many of his policies (corporate bailouts, his wars, maintained tax cuts for the rich, etc) and worked to rehabilitate that war criminal’s image.
Yes, republicans are worse, but democrats use that to their advantage to never significantly improve things. It’s the classic good cop, bad cop routine. They’re still cops and they’re both on the same team working against you.
Most succinct description of the situation I’ve seen.
both sides same
Once side does some weak tea pandering in a Facebook post while the other disenfranchises 10,000 newly registered voters to rig a Constitutional Amendment vote.
The solution, as always, is to vote harder. And if we catch you showing disappoint while on your way to the election booth, we reserve the right to blame you for our clown car of corporate flak losers falling flat in the latest round of gerrymandered and voter caged elections.
Creating a national day of visibility == pandering on Facebook. It’s an official act and statement by the president of the United States that acknowledges and shines a light on the struggle of what is currently one of our most oppressed and murdered social groups.
These people really just can’t let someone say “hey maybe Joe Biden is obviously the better option to vote for.” It just really can’t be left alone without someone making a comment like the one I’m replying to right now. I see it in every thread
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My point is that Biden’s stance on trans rights is objectively better than Trump’s and therefore saying both sides are the same on this issue is just ignorant or bad faith discussion. I agree Biden could do better than he has. I’d still vote for him over trump in November if those are my only options.
These people really just can’t let someone say “hey maybe Joe Biden is obviously the better option to vote for.” It just really can’t be left alone without someone making a comment like the one I’m replying to right now. I see it in every thread
that’s because you’re either missing or dismissing the context of biden’s 2-faced behavior. he was one of the worst anti-lgbt polictians we’ve ever had in the modern era and it’s only recently that he’s switched sides once it became clear that screwing over lgbt wasn’t popular anymore just to get votes.
Wait, you mean he has evolved over time on the issue you’d like him to evolve on? Fuck him completely?
I said it in another comment, I agree Biden could do better on this topic. I also agree there are other candidates I’d rather vote for than Biden. But if we’re talking about Biden vs Trump, both sides are not the same, and it’s dangerous to several different communities to suggest so.
Wait, you mean he has evolved over time on the issue you’d like him to evolve on? Fuck him completely?
biden didn’t evolve; he switched once he realized that it was no longer popular to hate lgbt so he could get more votes
I said it in another comment, I agree Biden could do better on this topic. I also agree there are other candidates I’d rather vote for than Biden. But if we’re talking about Biden vs Trump, both sides are not the same, and it’s dangerous to several different communities to suggest so.
you’re the only one saying that both sides are the same; not me.
I won’t make claims to know why his stance has changed, I’ll leave the assumptions to you. All I know is him recognizing the trans day of visibility is an objectively positive outcome, and it wouldn’t happen under Trump.
You seem to be confused, as this whole time my point has been that both sides are not the same. I’m glad you agree with me on that.
the reason(s) why he’s switched speaks to to heart of whether he’s actually pro lgbtq and how much different, if at all, he is than trump on this issue.
biden anti-lgbtq body of work is literally decades long where other contemporary politicians were and are still not and it makes sense to question his genuineness since he’s very much in need of votes in this election and only changed his tune when it benefited him politically.
The solution, as always, is to vote harder.
Yes. That’s how democracy works.
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Bad actors usually work for the government and if there’s anything the government is pressuring you to do is not voting for parties that aren’t part of the government (red or blue). If there’s anyone privileged here i would point my finger at americans, people getting bombed in gaza or in the middle east don’t even get to decide if they can live the day or not. Let’s not play the politicians game anyway, turning people against each others is one of their oldest trick in the book. If there’s anyone actually privileged in this world it’s them
I’m a trans person and I don’t appreciate my identity being used to justify voting for someone who literally TODAY sent more weapons to Israel to bomb Palestinians with.
I’m a trans person and condemn anyone who won’t vote to stop a fascist dictator that wants me dead from obtaining the nuclear codes
When can we start voting for someone good instead of merely less bad? How do we get to that point?
Petition for an end to FPTP voting. Ranked choice will be the death of the Republican party.
See: improvements in Alaska (of all places) for details
I would think it would take 4 back to back presidential election wins by the Democratic party. Maybe 3 if it included wipeouts of Republicans in Congress and at the state level. No party can survive being out of power for that long without changing and shifting towards were voters are and that leaves the Democrats room to shift left to solidify that flank.
We’ve already had 1. We’re on the cusp of a possible second. That means we could be 4 years from a complete collapse of the Republican party, if people were actually serious about creating a real leftist movement in this country. That’s because winning is how you affect change. A loss just tells politicians that they need to be more like the winner.
The California model. Render Republicans impotent, then you can start enacting real positive changes.
That’s a good start, I think. The tricky bit is I think you need thirty years straight of good decisions so that the next generation is fully done “correctly”. Will be harder to abuse the system after that.
“Be more like the winner” is interesting. Trump is a populist and he was more worried about Bernie than Clinton.
Gotta get rid of First Past the Post voting. And increase the size of the House. Even then, there can be only one President, so he necessarily won’t be someone you perfectly agree with, he will represent the broader coalition that your party is part of in government. But I think that’s as close as we could get in a Democracy.
This is a question for democracies in general. I don’t think any country has solved this yet, so to speak
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I’m only voting for him because the other option and inaction are death sentences. I don’t like the guy at all and would vote for someone else given the option.
That said, for all his centrist tendencies he does seem to occasionally cave in to pressure. It just takes time.
That moment when doing what your constituents want you to do is “caving to pressure” ugh
This is a Democracy. Biden was elected to enact the will of the people. If all of a sudden America became fascinated with the color yellow, I would expect him to start wearing yellow pins. If the American people change their minds, our elected leaders should also change their minds, because they work for us.
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Petition for an end to FPTP voting if you want to see change.
we will only continue to get the “lesser evil” guaranteeing that we will eventually get the greater evil anyways
How does that follow?
If you keep voting hard enough for the lesser evil every time, you make things less evil. That’s how democracy works.
Or are you one of those silly people who never votes in the primaries?
here’s your strawman-esque argument with another one: lesser evil and evil work towards the same goal; it’s only difference at the speed at which its executed so voting for the lesser evil means that we’ll get there no matter what.
Unfortunately, you’re going to be voting for “not the other option” for the rest of your life since democrats will see that this is the perfect strategy they can use to never have to actually change the status quo.
condemn anyone who won’t vote to stop a fascist dictator
Finally standing up to Benjamin Netanyahu and all those Americans who keep voting for him
Well yeah I condemn any Israeli who votes for him as well.
Yeah you’re cool with voting in the fascist killing Palestinians, and shitting on people for caring about genocide. Very cool.
I don’t like it either, but at least he’s not calling for Israel to finish the job (with a nuke). This is how low our standards have dropped.
It’s a 10 day old account, they are 100% a bad faith actor, and you know this because they don’t acknowledge any of the ways to push for better treatment of Palestinian civilians. They are using them as a prop to tell people to not vote for Joe Biden (which is its own brand of fucked up privileged), even though Joe Biden is pretty famous for being bullied into better positions. Voting against fascists is, indeed, the right move, and Joe Biden might be a centrist liberal, but he isn’t a fucking fascist.
my first post here is asking what Lemmy is lol I’m just new here
And you are acting in bad faith. You set up a straw man argument so you can bash people for whatever their choice is. If you really meant to have actual discussion, you would. Instead you spout right-wing bullshit about “Biden bad boohoo”
You say he is the genocidal one, while he is actively being pushed to change his ways and taking responsibility while correcting the behavior. Slowly but surely. As opposed to the other side, which literally just wants to drop a nuke on the situation.
When people call you a bad-faith actor, it’s because you’re acting in bad faith.
Joe Biden is a fascist
I’m not sure you understand what a fascist is. Look at Modi and his party in India for a contemporary example.
my bff ty
I’m sure you’ve heard all the arguments, if you are curious about my thoughts you can dig through my comment history or do some googling and guess at what they could be.
I think your sphincter is squeezing your neck too tight, and it’s cutting off the circulation to your brain.
This is an excellent insult and I might re use it.
Please list the descriptors that show Joe Biden is a fascist, because I’m looking at Umberto Eco’s and I see… maybe 1, if you reach a bit: “appeal to the middle class”
You probably fall under at least 4 though.
he’s funding a genocide, is the leader of a country that has one of the proportionally largest prison populations in the world that are used as slaves, the U.S. is a police state who spies on its own citizens and regularly just bombs/assassinates activist movements. Any president not acting to dismantle that is fascist.
shocking that you’re just learning this now, but the United States are the bad guys
That’s not really a good answer though. Those are policies put in place long before Biden became president, but not only that, you haven’t proposed an alternative. Your current solution is “Don’t vote for Biden” but the outcome is that you either get Biden, a continuation of the status quo at worst, or you get Trump, a continuation of the status quo AT BEST. You can pretend you live in a world where you get a third party candidate, but you don’t.
Which leaves you in an unfortinate bind, since that makes you a fascist by your own definition. You are trying to push a solution that would make the situation at best the same, and at worst, much, much worse. As you said:
Any president not acting to dismantle that is fascist
I assume you would never take an action that would support a fascist. So, how can you argue that in a First-Past-The-Post voting system (and one that defaults to state legislatures if no majority is made), voting for a third party is a viable solution?
I think you can’t if you are against fascism. You can post links to antifascist movements, organizations, or steps to take, but the American election system is too fucked to argue against the two big parties unless you are ever the optimist, but I don’t think you are if you argue both parties are fascist.
You’re forgetting that biden spent almost his entire career in the senate. He’s part of the political machine that put those policies into place. Things are only getting worse, which is how assholes like trump rise to start with. If things were going great, then a candidate like trump wouldn’t have found a foothold.
If the Dems lose elections or nearly lose elections because 10% of voters choose a leftist third party, the party will move left to capture those voters. If we keep voting them in as-is, they will have no incentive to change. I am an optimist, actually, because I believe in the capacity for change. The results from the primary elections prove to me that this strategy is viable.
That’s not what fascism is?
Idk why your definition of fascism doesn’t include labor camps, war-mongering, and a militarized policing of our own people.
Umberto didn’t invent fascism
Mussolini did
Imagine posting your definition for fascism instead of nothing relevant.
I think it’s sad that your idea can’t stand on its own, and that you have to say you’re trans to not get down voted.
Nah, he’s getting downvoted anyway. For having a shit take.
Reply was reported for misgendering the previous poster, but the report did not come from that person. If they aint bothered, then I aint bothered.
Thanks for not reflexively banning.
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You have a right to your OPINIONS but please get the FACTS…
oh cool I’m sure The Israel Times is a great resource. Of course Israel is using them lawfully. Nevermind all the actual reports coming out of Palestine of hospitals being bombed.
Congratulations
Like the privileged Palestinians getting genocided by your centrist idol biden? This is the same biden who said that we need the republican party, by the way. Interesting that someone saying such flowery words about trans people is so strong in his belief that we need a party that is intent on erasing them. You’re complaining about "both sides"ism, but biden is “both sides” the candidate.
Good that the genocide commited on Palestinians is used universally to bash whoever we dont like.
Or derail any conversation.Truly a blessing. Sorry I meant disgusting.
Seriously, you know it’s a blessing because even as the tide has started to turn and more politicians are speaking out against it…well, now it’s too late so they’re still terrible and all the same.
Right?? Like, given the way things are trending, there’s a decent chance Biden will cut off aid to Isrsel. And then these fucks will find something else to complain about, because it was never about Gaza. It was about hurting Biden.
he literally sent more weapons yesterday. You don’t care about genocide, you just want to stay comfy at home and hear about how us poor trans people are finally being accepted 🥺
You know what’s really disgusting? Dismissing genocide. You can’t stand on a platform of morality when you ignore great evils in favor of flowery words. If you don’t want your precious candidate to be bashed for supporting genocide, here’s a brilliant idea: stop supporting genocide.
People being distracted from the President going online and saying “Trans Rights” by the purely immaterial spectacle of a 9/11’s worth of new dead Palestinians.
bad actor
So everyone who disagrees with your conservative agenda is a bad actor? Huh.
Tell me how I’m wrong instead of throwing around meaningless labels.
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You’re either a troll or blind AF
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no one is doing that though
Substantiate this, motherfucker
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Legit question. Is sea lioning the same as trolling? Or is it more specific? I have only heard of the term recently.
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seems to me they are not saying they are the same, but that they are both doing bad things.
bothesidesing is not necessarily saying they are the same. i don’t recall ever seeing someone actually say both sides are the same.
that doesn’t say they are the same
Here’s 3 examples from just a single thread that I was a part of not too long ago (I’d have more but I don’t actively save threads/comments regarding this topic so this is from a thread I could find via my replies that wasn’t deleted).
Better not acknowledge this, I might be wrong lmao
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Maypull said very little in their response so, I’m sure you can add something if you try.
the first two certainly appear to be doing it, but without context, it is hard to say. the third explicitly said one is worse
The context is that it was a thread where people were debating whether people ever say that both sides are the same, which devolved into a debate over whether both sides are the same in some places. I’m not sure how saying they’re like Sarumon vs Sauron is explicitly saying one is worse in the third one, considering this was in response to a meme comparing them to Sarumon vs Gandalf. Aragorn in this comparison is their equivalent of a third party.
theses are all in the same thread? can you link it?
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I see it every day on socials.
oh? where?
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Hi. I see today is your first day on the Internet. Welcome!
Here is you agreeing with a comment that includes the quote “How are they different from republicans? How is biden different than trump?” just yesterday
https://kolektiva.social/users/bigMouthCommie/statuses/112181807694426359
strictly, they are asking how they are different, not stating that they are the same.
i think this is probably a fair point, but i also think it’s notable that this person was at the end of a long conversation and clearly emotionally distraught. if you pointed out this thread to them, they’d say “of course they’re not the same, but neither is acceptable” or some variation. and i think that’s a fair position to have.
Then they should’ve just clearly pointed out their problems with Biden (Gaza) and then said that’s why they wouldn’t vote for him.
The only purpose of ever comparing the Republicans and the Democrats and implying they’re the same is to weaponize leftist hate for the Republicans against the Democrats, right before the most consequential election of the century so far.
People have absolutely been doing that, I see it constantly here.
With the benefit of the doubt, this statement is just incredibly ignorant. More likely it’s a straight-up lie though
can you show someone doing this?
Some examples for those reading:
“Both Sides Threaten Democracy”
“Biden Is Just As Bad As Trump”
Relevant wikipedia page:
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You yourself do that, constantly. But such lies are your kind’s bread and butter.
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He means trolls
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I see it plenty of times from Republicans. They either love trump or are saying that both sides are equally corrupted (typically when trump does something indefensible)
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Because one is orange and the other isn’t?
And no, they are not equally corrupt. But thank you for the self-report
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And you still aren’t. How brave. Are you by any chance a fan of Tim Pool?
Democrats have their bad apples, but Republicans are a totally different league.
Also when a scandal happens with a Democrat their voters don’t have any qualms with disowning them, while in the same scenario Republicans will be looking for excuses like the one mentioned above.
Is this your first day on Lemmy? Have you ever been on a lefty subreddit in your life?
this is rhetoric, not evidence
You’re right, @[email protected] insists Trump is better
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Yeah, I’m sorry. To continue this conversation would be unfair to you.
Username checks out
They are exactly the same.
(bear with me folks, I just wanna see how the troll’s algorithm handles it)
All of the Fox News crowd are getting bent out of shape because it falls on the same day as Easter this year…can’t make this up.
Day of the eggs hatching? Seems appropriate.
Because their sense of identity is as frail as an egg?
Gottem.
Why are we celebrating men with two X chromosomes when we should be celebrating a man who was born to a virgin mother? He obviously wasn’t lgbt, he just convinced a bunch of men to ditch their wives and live in a traveling commune with him and no women.
But for real, they’re the ones whose day’s date changes.
You mean those people working on the Lords day?
If their religious holiday is incompatible with recognizing marginalized and vulnerable people in our society, then it’s a fucking shit religion.
I am a lover of both words and deeds. This issue needs a lot of bad laws rolled back, but it also needs to have this kind of thing being said at every level of society.
Just tiresome to read “Joe Biden becomes first president to wave a trans flag from the stairs of Air Force One” and then turn the page and read “Florida legislature passes the ‘Install Land Mines In Women’s Restrooms Act’ and funds it to the tune of $40M”
It’s more than tiresome, it’s a fucking holocaust in motion. I’m just taking the Ws where I can.
Religous fundamentalists setting the stage to seize control of the nation and institute a authoritarian government to carry out a genocide?
Sounds serious!
So when are democrats dropping gun control considering this imminent threat?
Armed queers bash back.
That word is being abused lately. Trans people aren’t being packed into trains and sent to gas chambers.
What’s happening to them isn’t ok and laws need to protect their rights like everyone elses, make no mistake about it but conflating it with the Holocaust, doesn’t help the victims make progress. We need to use accurate language to combat the inflammatory language being used by the bigots trying to limit Trans rights IMO.
That word is being abused lately. Trans people aren’t being packed into trains and sent to gas chambers.
Just cause we’re not there yet doesnt mean we’re not heading there
So it’s not in action. It’s just attempted. Or being planned for.
You’re not wrong but we should still use the correct language so that when we actually get somewhere nasty, the language isn’t diminished beyond the point of usefulness.
My bad, the word I was looking for is genocide
Ya, still losing it’s meaning with the overuse and weaponization of the word.
What it means is “the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group”. The GOP is definitely trying to create a world without trans people by any means necessary, so unless your quibble is that trans isn’t an ethnic group, I don’t see how I’m misusing that word.
Which is not happening yet, although they want it to be.
Are you claiming that not providing the medical care to transition is akin to deliberate killing?
Cuz even the most Liberal courts are going to struggle with that one…
you and your sane logic
Absolutely, but that’s not something the president has powers over. We need Congress to pass a law that allows the federal government to crack down hard on states doing this. And we need a Congress to bitch slap the Supreme Court back into actually following the Constitution and not being a right wing mouthpiece.
Messaging and signaling are both important. We just have to be wary of when people are disingenuous. There’s value in introducing progressive legislation like how Sanders and AOC do even if it isn’t going to pass, just like there’s value here in affirming that trans people are people who matter.
Put it on the record. Make them write down what’s happening. Keep those receipts.
If there was a Joe Biden bingo card, “fabric of our nation” would be on it.
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It’s a thing with political messaging to keep the messages similar. Honestly it works pretty well with “fabric.” You can only have so many backbones, but you can weave new threads into fabric to make something beautiful, etc
“part of the fabric” not “the fabric”
I’m an ally, but at the end of the day let’s not over conflate statements. It doesn’t serve anyone a favor.
Over stating gives poor intentioned people room and also means that supporters relent.
“The fabric” should never apply to any group tbh.
Or apply to all groups, but I agree, not to any one group.
attaboy, Joe… set the example that makes this Nation great… i’m proud i voted for you…
I am glad you got to vote for the person that best represents you. Why not the rest of us as well?
Doing away with first past the post voting will allow people to vote third party with no spoiler effect. More people voting = more democratic votes.
Can someone explain why blue states are still using FPTP voting?
Can someone explain why blue states are still using FPTP voting?
Because if only blue states get rid if FPTP and no red states, Republicans will gain a lot more power in government. They’d have a lock on the Presidency forever and possibly a permanent majority in both houses of Congress.
If all states did it, Democrats (and the new leftist coalition in general) would gain more power, but probably only a constitutional convention could force the red states to abandon FPTP.
i got to vote for an honest man, who cares about his fellow Americans, and who makes friends all over the world… and he makes all our enemies whine like little bitches…
So generous of Biden to give Fox News something to cry 24/7 around the clock about.
There is one less bomb…so both sides are not equal.
Said ironically and factually.
That’s really weird because neither of these planes detail that indisputable fact that one party is currently and has been trying to install a dictator for about 6 years now.
Statistically incorrect but he’s got the correct attitude.
EDIT: Just a bad headline, no surprise.
…fabric is a thing. Is he Calling them things!?
It’s just words
Words matter
Please just STFU and let us (trnas people) have a brief distraction from all the hatred.
I’m not sure how much solace we should take from inauthentic political posturing, but we should certainly try to use being a political football to our advantage (since we can’t help that we’ve been victimized this way, but we can try to make something of the national spotlight being put on us).
To that end I think it’s beneficial for us to raise our standards and demand more than just words from politicians claiming to be supportive allies. Biden wants to be seen as supporting trans folks? Well, we demand the VA cover gender affirming surgeries. That’s a specific transphobic VA policy that needs to be overturned, and Biden can show he’s an ally by doing something about it.
Yes, but appreciating a comment like this, especially in a political environment where a large portion of country, including a good chunk of Bidens voter base, are openly transphobic, does not mean we can’t also call for more substantial action.
Especially if we acknowledge that due the to the current makeup of the house and the senate, Biden is pretty much powerless to put though any pro-trans legislation, so really the best we can (realistically) hope for is a change in the narrative towards the positive.
And hell, it’s better than what we have in the UK where our “”“left wing”“”" leader refuses to support trans people.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply we shouldn’t still appreciate when the president of the United States calls trans people the “fabric of our nation”, I think the words themselves are undeniably good.
I was only trying to say we shouldn’t shut down criticism of those acts as realpolitik, especially if as a community we can possibly leverage that kind of criticism to help accomplish our own political ends.
It is bizarre to me that the UK has somehow slid even further right than the U.S. in some ways, considering the U.S. is somewhat known for that political brand (where our “left” is still right of the conservative Christian Democratic party in Germany).
Labour has straight up moved to the right of Democrats at this point which is crazy
Dunno which country you’re from, but there is no “Labour” party in America.
But it’s words that not saying indicates that he’s not willing to keep fighting for us. And he has done things for us.
Hahaha what the fuck
