So now we are seeing the American branch of then anti-trans movement go from "we just have concerns about women's sport" to firing all LGBT people in government in a matter of weeks, like we all knew they would, are British centrists going to wake up? - ThreadSky

katymontgomerie.com • 5 days ago

So now we are seeing the American branch of then anti-trans movement go from "we just have concerns about women's sport" to firing all LGBT people in government in a matter of weeks, like we all knew they would, are British centrists going to wake up?

Reposted from Erin Reed

1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired.

This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.

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msvcolquhoun.bsky.social•5 days ago

no, they want that

msvcolquhoun.bsky.social•5 days ago

here's the secret about centrists: they don't actually exist; they're just conservatives who *think* they're centrist, and just want the left to move right while thinking they appear more reasonable

iamtheavalanche.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yup. Right wing freaks too dumb to realise it, too ashamed to own it.

uncarvedblock.bsky.social•4 days ago

American centrists have abandoned us completely, I have doubts British will be different. They’ll read some GC propaganda and go back to not caring.

exhaustedewok.bsky.social•4 days ago

When are people who point out the crime of othering going to stop othering themselves?
Stop using blanket terms like centrists!
(& btw I agree it's always been obvious that attacks on trans were always the thin end of the wedge & were never ever "reasonable concerns")

awkwardleftycj.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh hey, it’s almost like conservatives never made a distinction between cis LGB people and trans people and all pretense to the contrary was just that because they hate *everyone* who challenges their views of gender roles. What a surprise! /s

bonniexplore.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just posted a similar one, it's terrifying

https://bsky.app/profile/bonniexplore.bsky.social/post/3lj6yesd2es2k

kathyodonnell.bsky.social•5 days ago

Bet you there'll be another approving commentary from Janice!

maddietlr.bsky.social•5 days ago

their fave PM is killing trans children, disabled people, elderly people and immigrants… And he did it before Trump, too. And the centrists are still saying he’s the best thing since sliced bread and just needs more time… So errrr no.

trashgirldawny.bsky.social•3 days ago

nah they'll just get more brazen in their attacks on us

dukedragon28.bsky.social•4 days ago

British Centrists will always take the Right Wing Position, so no they will probably be campaigning on trump’s side

ecppdx.bsky.social•4 days ago

They are not.

holly.lancaster-smith.me•5 days ago

Nope

shellsbian.bsky.social•4 days ago

good luck with that

johnnyrobot.bsky.social•4 days ago

So awful

unitedshoes.bsky.social•4 days ago

Of course they are. You don't expect your centrists to take notes while asleep, do you?

aikiwolfie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Centrists don't exist 😞

chester66red.bsky.social•5 days ago

We’ve been warning people it was always about being evil to all LGBTQ+ yet too many never listened or admitted that was sadly accurate

jimcaris.bsky.social•5 days ago

British centrists want nothing more than to see the same thing in the UK. I understand the impulse to appeal to their better nature, but they have no better nature. They're just spite and prejudice and meanness all the way through.

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