• ArcturusRoot@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Also to add, there is an unfortunate number of Liberals who are quickly walking back any support for trans folk.

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      6 months ago

      Not only do these people fail as allies and as compassionate human beings, but they’re also very stupid if they don’t see that defending trans rights is the front line of the fight against fascism right now, and we all need to be there fighting it. They’re not going to stop at taking rights away from trans people. It’ll be you next.

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      6 months ago

      Unfortunately it‘s not a struggle between left or right anymore but up and down instead. Especially in the US.

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        6 months ago

        It’s always been a game for the poors, this ol’ crab-bucket squid game bullshit. Seems like the only way out is to scare the tippy-top to their core. (No spoilers!)

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        6 months ago

        So it’s still left vs right

        The problem is that in the US you don’t have a left party. Just a right one and a fascist one

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      In what way are liberals walking back support for Trans? I’ve seen the comment from Gavin Newsom about athletics, but does that mean he has walked back all support? Or just in that one area?

      Edit: I know my comments below got me banned from a number of communities for being “transphobic”, but I believe this is the exact problem with the trans activist movement.

      You are actively pushing away allies because they don’t agree with you on certain issues. The net result will be (and already is) people getting elected to office that do not value ANY trans issue. If it is all or nothing, the trans movement will suffer.

      https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/48685-where-americans-stand-on-20-transgender-policy-issues

      This is a YouGov poll of people’s feelings on different trans issues. There are many that are very popular, but the issue of allowing trans athletes to play based on their gender is easily the most unpopular issue. How can you expect politicians to take up unpopular positions just because a small minority of voters care about it? They are just going to lose and give way to actual bigots.

      Fact is, if the trans community thinks the issue of athletics is so important, they need to do a better job of promoting that issue. Banning allies from your communities because they don’t agree with your unpopular opinions is just bad for everybody.

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      6 months ago

      They weren’t liberals then. They were just going along with what they thought was more popular at the time.