To tell them to go fuck themselves and use the damn bathroom. To not call trans people and our rights a distraction from real issues. I hope she is miserable every single day she is in congress. - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

tristra.bsky.social • 102 days ago

To tell them to go fuck themselves and use the damn bathroom. To not call trans people and our rights a distraction from real issues.

I hope she is miserable every single day she is in congress.

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revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

being miserable wouldn't actually achieve anything. I'm also pretty sure the GOP wants to pick a fight on this issue because polling shows their position is much more popular, so not playing their game is actually a very brave move!

mrgoh.bsky.social•102 days ago

Yeah, and Rosa Parks should have just moved to the back of the bus!

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

Rosa Parks wasn't an elected official, I'm fine with private individuals doing this type of stuff, but the ramifications are very different when an elected official does it.

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

I also generally reject the idea that protest is that effective at swaying public opinion, but that's a debate for another time and platform lol

mrgoh.bsky.social•102 days ago

Messaging sways public opinion - Rosa Parks knowingly took part in a coordinated action that got results. The Dems, however, are feckless and the message sent here is "bigots are right and trans people do not deserve basic dignity."

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

I don't like that Dems have to do this, but their position is not the popular one atm. It's a battle of hearts and minds, and unfortunately the hearts and minds of the American people are not currently in the right place for resistance to be effective here

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Oh wow the guy that's opposed to people standing up for their rights also doesn't think people should vocalize and organize around those rights.

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

yeah I wouldn't phrase it like that but I like to think I have a consistent worldview lol. I don't opposed concerted messaging on an issue, I just think that most of the time acts of public protest don't effectively sway public opinion

mrgoh.bsky.social•102 days ago

Electeds should be cowards, got it.

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

No, I just think elected officials should be very cautious about the impacts they have on public opinion so their effortd don't backfire. Lincoln definitely wasn't a coward, but he waited to take action on abolition until he knew it wouldn't backfire

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Ok, I hope she gets kidney damage from holding her pee in.

I get that you don't have values you have opinion polls, that makes you a piece of shit.

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

I do have values! but values don't matter if you lose. a mediocre dem government will always be better than a fascistic republican one, and at the moment a democratic party which is unapologetically liberal on all issues doesn't look like it can win

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

You lost because of the genocide, not trans people. To be clear you don't have a poll showing high voter salience on this issue. You just don't like trans people but you're too much of a pussy to admit it.

christoph-er.bsky.social•102 days ago

“You lost”, Trista, I’d argue you lost as well. I think Sarah is working off the phrase “if they aren’t paying my bills, pay them bitches no mind” or however Rupaul said it. Sarah isn’t taking the bait and is instead focusing on what their constituents sent them there for.

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Who is going to pay the medical bills of all the staffers that get kidney damage from holding it in, or from being attacked by a rightwing animal for using the bathroom they are forced to use?

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Because this doesn't just affect her selfish ass, it also affects the trans staffers and interns, it also impacts any trans person that is on the hill. She'll be fine she's a rich well well-connected neoliberal only interested in growing her stock portfolio.

revan571.bsky.social•102 days ago

I didn't actually lose anything because I'm not an American, but I doubt Kamala lost because of Palestine, most voters sadly don't care much about foreign policy. Inflation was a much more salient issue albeit the margin was small enough you can argue many factors caused her loss

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

You have K-hive in your profile. And to be clear you're trying to blame a minority that accounts for less than 1% of the American population for her loss. One that voters consistently rated low as a voting priority.

himedanshi2199.bsky.social•102 days ago

They have personal office bathrooms lol

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

The inters and staffers don't, her bathroom is in another building, and she called trans rights a distraction. Fuck her she is a spinless loser that doesn't give a damn about trans people just like the average Dem.

himedanshi2199.bsky.social•102 days ago

Well if it comes down to it, she can let any trans staffers use her bathroom. But there’s nothing she can do about it besides loudly denouncing mace like they have been if she wants to keep her job

margaretreed.bsky.social•102 days ago

But she’s not wrong. This specific issue being brought forth by Mace *is* a distraction. That’s why they are doing it. We get up in arms about it, MAGAs fuel the fire, and no one pays attention to fights about the atrocious cabinet choices. Who want to do far worse than bathroom privileges.

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

You'll say that every step of the way until they are killing us, then you'll finally admit to yourself you wanted to get rid of us freaks all along.

margaretreed.bsky.social•102 days ago

Well, I don’t think you are a freak. I’m terrified for the trans people in my life. I’m saying THIS bathroom issue is to distract us from what they actually want to do to trans people. They want us to watch one hand so we ignore what the other is doing.

margaretreed.bsky.social•102 days ago

Refusing to play their game is the only way we stand a chance. That isn’t to say ignore or back down. Just don’t let them direct the narrative.

himedanshi2199.bsky.social•102 days ago

She could be expelled from Congress if she did that. She knows she has a greater opportunity to affect future legislation if she actually remains in Congress

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Im sure she is super excited about working with the GOP to pass another tax break for small businesses. Shes rich and well-connected none of the legislation she lets the GOP pass will impact her.

himedanshi2199.bsky.social•102 days ago

Congress isn’t just legislation. There’s committees and stuff like that she could be on, and if the democrats take back the house in 2026 and beyond she wants to be there for it

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

Welp lets see by 2022 the dems were already adopting the GOPs framing on immigration, so Im guessing by 2026 the Dems will be running on a more respectable transphobia than the GOP.

himedanshi2199.bsky.social•102 days ago

Also I can certainly guarantee you that she won’t be voting for trump’s tax cuts

tristra.bsky.social•102 days ago

I don't care what she does because she won't be doing anything to stop the GOP from targeting my community.