Instead of Ignoring Trans Rights at DNC, Dems Should’ve Vowed to Protect Them
Instead of Ignoring Trans Rights at DNC, Dems Should’ve Vowed to Protect Them
Democrats seem to think that the issue — which carries life-or-death stakes — is too divisive to address.
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Protection of democracy is paramount. Everything else - everything - is secondary. There are a hundred things that need to be fixed, and that has to happen after.
After.
Yes, even for that. Because secondary.
The fact that this needs to be said is a testament to the efficacy of Republican culture war bullshit. Instead of discussing the numerous unprecedented existential threats to human civilization, everything from pollution to the end of democracy, we’re focused on… trans rights. We are so fucked.
Fuck off with the dismissal of human rights.
If that’s what you got from my comment the Republicans have radicalized you.
There's a difference between recognizing that defending democracy is absolutely the #1 thing to be talking about and doing that and entirely going "blah blah" at basic human rights
Trans rights are literally human rights. I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights. How would it benefit us to focus on one particular niche right among the many, many others?
- the right to clean air
- the right to clean water
- the right to medical care
- the right to free speech
- the right to choose your own gender
- the right to remain silent
- the right to eat pizza in the shower
- the right to affordable housing
- the right to education
- the right to stick things in your butt
- the right to listen to music
- the right to eat random debris
- the right to have cats
- the right to own blankets
- etcetera
All of these are rights. They’re all important. Not all of them matter to a single parent working minimum wage in Michigan. We need to use our brains folks.
I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights.
*offer void for Palestinians and trans people.
Oh so Democrats are adopting policies to intentionally harm trans people now? To you not campaigning on something automatically means the candidate will work against that thing?
Oh so Democrats are adopting policies to intentionally harm teams people now?
They came around on immigration. They'll come around on trans rights. Wonder who's next.
What is the cost of trans to society? Because there is in fact a cost to not keeping a minimum of control over how many people and who can immigrate to a country, so it's perfectly normal to want people to get in through the regular process instead of jumping a wall.
Can you explain? My impression is that democrats have fervently (and often to their own detriment) defended trans people from republicans. What are you talking about?
I agree with you regarding Biden on Israel. Most Americans remain staunchly and irrationally pro-Israel. Obviously public opinion is changing but slowly.
EDIT: a mod deleted my polite reply. I wonder what fraction of the people posting in here are Russian shills.
Thread's about how the party ignored the rights of trans people. And I'll notice you ignored what I said about Palestinians. Human rights also includes foreign policy.
Any defense of human rights is a defense of trans rights. I’m not sure why you find this confusing. Maybe you want these rights to be enumerated for pandering purposes?
Any defense of human rights is a defense of trans rights.
Hogwash. It's completely possible to defend human rights for some and not for others. Which is why you keep ignoring what I keep saying about Palestinians. How are their human rights holdin' up? How are Democrats' defense of human rights a defense for Palestinians' rights?
Oh yeah, they're selling weapons for the genocide of Palestinians. Turns out, "any defense of human rights" is not the same thing as "defending all humans' rights."