Eight years ago North Carolina pushed an anti-trans bathroom bill and it was a national outrage and disgrace, this refrain that Democrats have "moved too far left on trans issues" is witless nonsense, it was a coalition of far-right ideologues and bigoted liberals that did the moving! - ThreadSky

tomscocca.bsky.social • 108 days ago

Eight years ago North Carolina pushed an anti-trans bathroom bill and it was a national outrage and disgrace, this refrain that Democrats have "moved too far left on trans issues" is witless nonsense, it was a coalition of far-right ideologues and bigoted liberals that did the moving!

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iamacrane.bsky.social•108 days ago

Joe Rogan is hugely at fault. I don’t know how anyone can take that fool seriously. He’s not even a good comedian.

firbirdnc.bsky.social•108 days ago

At least Dan Bishop lost his race for NC AG. I doubt it was because of the bathroom bill. He’s a witless a-hole with negative charisma points. But at least he’s not attorney general 🤷‍♀️

lunabreaker.bsky.social•108 days ago

Anti-trans republicans lost in every race that wasn't in a safe republican seat. We got our first trans congresswoman as a result. The democrats lost because, when given the choice between republican and republican lite, americans will always vote for the real one. Dems need to move left, not right.

johnbrownwasright.bsky.social•108 days ago

Jesse Singal: Mission Accomplished!

cutekermit.bsky.social•108 days ago

Well, yeah. If you appeal to minorities, you might actually have to follow through on campaign promises and that is harder than running a campaign that’s just “blue team good, red team bad.”

chester66red.bsky.social•108 days ago

And promising action when they win re-election which is usually a lie

jarekfa.bsky.social•108 days ago

This bullshit! I got a NYT notification for it. Just total witch hunt bullshit from the Paper of Record!

reganrothery.bsky.social•108 days ago

Totally. NYT has proven to be absolutely batshit in its biased coverage when it comes to trans issues. It’s utterly craven. The bullseye it’s put on the backs of the trans community cannot be overstated.

dawnyriver.bsky.social•108 days ago

Agreed

anocelittle.bsky.social•108 days ago

Meanwhile, Andy Bashear won a reelection on a pro trans platform.

johnfromnearboston.bsky.social•108 days ago

Looking at the NY results the pro-trans rights ballot initiative did much better than Harris.

I'm guessing they gained more votes (moderates with trans kids/family) on this than they lost - the people who care were never voting for them

russburlingame.bsky.social•108 days ago

It was linked to abortion access. The pundits locally are all saying the abortion bill was weighed down/endangered by trans rights.

russburlingame.bsky.social•108 days ago

*Just so it’s said I’m not disagreeing with you on the merits of your argument, only saying that Prop 1 won’t be a compelling example for Hashtag Resistance TERFs.

johnfromnearboston.bsky.social•107 days ago

Yeah, I hadn't heard of it until a few days ago - but now I see it's mostly called an Equal Rights Amendment or abortion protection.

Hopefully the terfs and anti-trans pundits will get no traction at all.

russburlingame.bsky.social•107 days ago

Honestly agenda items like this, providing legal cover against discrimination, are more important to people’s survival than just getting a win. If trans protections are passed draped in…whatever…then fuck the pundits.

imaginaryathena.bsky.social•108 days ago

It also isn't even laws or the output of any political process they're mad about. They're mad about random doctors and teachers and librarians and sports bodies. Do they want Democratic politicians to also threaten to throw librarians in jail but just with shorter sentences?

elliottlusztig.bsky.social•108 days ago

Can people stop talking about this? Really, this is NOT the thing that put Trump over the top. Most polling indicates that his trans hatred was something Republicans disliked about his campaign.

scarymrolmecman.bsky.social•108 days ago

People like Bill Maher and Matt Yglesias acting as if they have nothing to do with growing anti-trans sentiment, crazy making!

exiledsummoner.bsky.social•107 days ago

Man f*** Bill Maher old bastard

lyuber.bsky.social•108 days ago

Turns out they were right all along because anything trans scares the shit out of a lot of people, so unless you have enough trans people to carry you over the finish line, you need to pay attention, instead of looking over your left shoulder all the time

weel.bsky.social•107 days ago

people don’t give a shit by and large

rocketcheddar.bsky.social•108 days ago

The NBA even took the All-Star game out of Charlotte because of it! Can you imagine a major sports league making a statement now?

johnrobbphoto.bsky.social•105 days ago

It's no way any trans people - it's those who are looking for someone to stigmatise - and they can't be the wealthy who sponsor you and it can't be the people who you want to vote for you.

grumdholt.bsky.social•108 days ago

NC has voted for a Democratic governor and Trump ever since.

nodakyamahaguy.bsky.social•107 days ago

I personally know of one person who is trans. They are a Funny and authentic and happy. So I see her, and am trying to visualize her using a male washroom, and I just can’t see it going well? 100 %female presenting. Where should she go?

genpoe.bsky.social•107 days ago

back in the closet or never leave her house again, is their goal for this, to completely remove trans people from the public (or worse options I won't say)

normcharlatan.bsky.social•108 days ago

remember when the NCAA moved its tournaments away and New York state banned government travel

wanda.bsky.social•108 days ago

That ruled. It doesn’t happen often enough but on the rare occasion you get a collective lib hulk-out it is genuinely inspiring

normcharlatan.bsky.social•108 days ago

No lesson there.

flc.gregorsmith.com•108 days ago

Concerts and events got cancelled... I remember because I had tickets to see Pearl Jam and they pulled out days before.

jodyshenn.bsky.social•108 days ago

Remember Caitlyn Jenner, I was thinking?

jdb820.bsky.social•108 days ago

Up until Hochul took over and Stony Brook went to the CAA for all sports the football teams for them and Albany were having to stay in Danville, VA for games at Elon because a state line was magically enlightening.

Thus a personal meme was born.

lettersfromthewasteland.org•107 days ago

If Jesse Signal gets near here, we nuke him.

weel.bsky.social•107 days ago

from orbit.

tsmith81.bsky.social•107 days ago

Almost every major election issue for the right this year started as a heritage stalking horse for white nationalism. Forty years ago they were panicking over 60% of abortions being white. Then gay marriage, immigration and now trans rights. It’s the cold civil war of billionaire white nationalists.

artvandal.bsky.social•108 days ago

Took this September 2016 in Raleigh.

notaname.bsky.social•108 days ago

it drives me crazy that people keep acting like we (trans people) are the ones who asked for this fight

n8swick.bsky.social•108 days ago

As a NC resident it is absolutely nuts how everyone has memory-holed this. The outrage caused the Republicans to *back down*.

n8swick.bsky.social•108 days ago

That vile bathroom bill also led directly to the Hornets letting Kemba Walker walk for practically nothing instead of trading him when he had value and as a fan of that cursed franchise I hold NC Republicans responsible for that too.

processanalyzer.bsky.social•108 days ago

Your Mark Robinson is up for a cabinet post, maybe DHS.

cpep.bsky.social•108 days ago

This 🎯

embeessem.bsky.social•108 days ago

Yup, this

fleetadmiralj.bsky.social•108 days ago

Trans athletes. That is basically the one trans issue where Dems have gone out farther than public opinion. Everything else the GOP is on the wrong side of. When responding to trans attacks, that is what we should point out.

caseyhowley.bsky.social•107 days ago

Honestly, kinda feel like we really need to readjust/expand our party system at this point because the "Republican" party is mostly far-right, and the "Democratic" party is mostly moderate republicans.

allmousedout.bsky.social•108 days ago

False liberals. We have a problem with alt right and "moderate" types insisting they are liberal while rejecting actual Liberal ideology.

I do not know a single actual Liberal who is TERF.

Crunchy granola sorts are ...problematic in so many ways, mainly driven by their privilege.

xenusparadox.bsky.social•108 days ago

I worked for a TV writer/political consultant who writes speeches for half the Democrats in Congress and he has had Jordan Peterson and Frank Luntz speak at his house.

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