Now that the Trump people are doing everything they can to remove trans people from public life, I have to ask those who support such measures and the suffering they cause: in what ways have these actions improved your life?
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I think the functional answer boils down to that Lyndon Johnson quote: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."
Just replace colored with the minority punching bag du jour.
Was getting to victimize & scapegoat the approximately 0.6% of people in the U.S. who identify as transgender worth the trade off of having to live under grueling & possibly permanent fascism that benefits only the top billionaires—and hurts everyone else? It was *such* a hard choice.
Their fragile self understanding and worldview has been reinforced so they feel better (on the surface while their subconscious recognizes the lack of material change and drives them to seek more harmful actions)
A MAGA cashier (who hit me with every grievance/conspiracy theory under the sun) told me trans people “hurt old people because they don’t understand it.” You cannot reason with these people.
You can't have reasonable discussions with MAGA supporters. I tried to reason with someone on TikTok & the guy just called Democrats pedophiles. They're a force of evil I don't understand how to combat. This T-shirt design is my best contribution to fighting them. https://www.zazzle.com/no_trump_t_shirt-256252167997893629
My magat mother believes it's restoring sanity. She's mad that "my politics" are getting in the way of us getting along. While she purposely disrespects my trans teen. It's still our fault in thier eyes.
Can tell you, after my punk Anarchist loving husband of 21yrs turned conservative over the past decade. Unfortunately (and yes we are now strained). You're putting their Boogeyman in jail. It literally makes them feel safer from the MAGA Boogeyman put in front of them. That's it. Nothing measurable.
I’ve been married 27 years. I don’t know what I would do if my husband “turned” on me. Twenty years ago, I don’t think it would have been as big of a deal, but I would lose all respect for him if he was supportive of what is going on now. It’s just pure hate. Best of luck. That’s a hard position.
Not just how has it improved your life, but how has it changed your life one bit? I'm guessing most people who support these measures don't know trans people.
Nah, my mom is a magat, and my teen is trans. She says "just as you are you unhappy with the president, I am equally unhappy with this (trans grandchild) situation."
I’m sorry. I hope she doesn’t say it in front your teen, who most certainly is not a situation. As a Canadian with a trans offspring, I can’t imagine the amount of anxiety you have trying to navigate your world right now.
She doesn't because I don't let her see them anymore. It's awful here. I'm super close to the Canadian border. The prevailing plan I hear most often is one parent gets the kid to Canada and the other stays to fight for those who can't leave. I'm staying. Take care of our kids if it comes to that. 🫂
Well, I'm thinking about opening a new self-defense school and offering a discount to lgbtq+ students💁♂️, so like , a business opportunity is always cool😁
But yeah, the rest is awful😮💨
I'm not who you're talking to, but that's the thing, most of us aren't. The election was stolen, and there's evidence. I'm not saying these voters don't exist, but why are we ignoring what THEY said about not needing votes, knowing results early, voter purges, bomb threats, statistical anomalies...
Unfortunately we're still the exact same creatures that sacrificed each other to sun gods not long ago.
We're pretty much done with natural selection so any improvements we enjoy are cultural developments but those don't get locked into DNA and can disappear in a generation.
So much of the Trump Right’s moral issues focus on stuff that bugs them but scientific studies prove are not bad for society. As if their queer panic is proof of something. Kids aren’t damaged by exposure to non-cis life EXCEPTING THEIR GUARDIANS’ VITRIOL. *that* is what hurts society.
You will get answers that all boil down to, "Now I don't have to worry about a man in a women's bathroom!" even though that wasn't a problem to begin with.
If someone is in the men's public bathroom long enough to gender ID people, they got bigger problems in da head!
Men's public bathrooms are disgusting. I am only in there long enough to do my bizniz and get out. I aint looking around having a chuck chuck conversation with the fella's. Nope!
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Just replace colored with the minority punching bag du jour.
It's almost like it was always been about hate, and never about the economy.
https://www.zazzle.com/no_trump_t_shirt-256252167997893629
In what way does a person living their true life harm or affect you in any way?
But yeah, the rest is awful😮💨
We're pretty much done with natural selection so any improvements we enjoy are cultural developments but those don't get locked into DNA and can disappear in a generation.
Men's public bathrooms are disgusting. I am only in there long enough to do my bizniz and get out. I aint looking around having a chuck chuck conversation with the fella's. Nope!