Joe Biden calls trans people “fabric of our nation” in Trans Day of Visibility proclamation
Joe Biden calls trans people “fabric of our nation” in Trans Day of Visibility proclamation
In commemoration of the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), President Joe Biden issued a statement praising trans people’s contributions to society and describing actions his administration has taken to counter transphobic bullying and extremism. Additionally, many members of Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also issued their own statements affirming that community health depends on supporting trans people too.
“Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation,” Biden wrote in his statement. “Whether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, they help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves.”
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Anyone telling you both sides same are either a bad actor or so incredibly privelleged that they can just not care about this kind of thing.
i like it when straight people overcompensate to try to make up for all thoroughly fucked up things they did to lgbt in the past; problem is biden did SO MUCH fucked up things to so many lgbt that he could keep keep trying to overcompensate for the rest of his life and still not even budge the karma scale.
still, though, it's nice to see the effort and it would carry a lot more weight if he didn't benefit from trying to do so during election season.
problem is biden did SO MUCH fucked up things to so many lgbt that he could keep keep trying to overcompensate for the rest of his life and still not even budge the karma scale.
What did he do?
it takes less than 30 seconds on google to find biden’s record, so i'm hoping you're not a sealioning.
tldr: biden is a 2-faced politician that goes with whatever is popular atm. this meant that he was anti-lgbt when it was okay and is now suddenly pro-lgbt since that it’ll get him votes nowadays.
voted against gays in the military
affirmed his stance on anti-gay marriage in 2006
supported banning lgbt in federal service like executive order 10450
It’s not a great track record, for sure.
tldr: biden is a 2-faced politician
Sadly this bit is just redundant.
That said, when going with “what’s popular” happens to align with what’s right, that’s gotta be worth something.
I’m a 90s kid, so I grew up calling my friends all sorts of homophonic slurs. I’ve told some racist jokes in my day, thinking I was edgy.
None of this affected public policy, but I’ll say for sure my views have changed a lot over the last few decades.
Can we say for sure that bidens not just a “fair weather ally?” No I suppose not, but a fair weather ally is still an ally.
What's popular? That's literally what I want from a politician and nothing else. That is democracy defined.
The problem isn't that they are the same. The problem is one side is so bad that the other can do whatever they want, because "at least I'm not the other guy and first-past-the-post means you better fall in line and vote for me in November".
Which is why it's a shame that Biden said "trans people are disgusting and we really should execute all of them, but we won't because it's unconstitutional"
Oh wait, what? He didn't say that? He made the greatest show of public support a President has ever made? Huh, curious. Anyway, let's talk more about how bad Joe Biden is.
Which is why it’s a shame that Biden said “trans people are disgusting and we really should execute all of them, but we won’t because it’s unconstitutional”
Oh wait, what? He didn’t say that? He made the greatest show of public support a President has ever made? Huh, curious. Anyway, let’s talk more about how bad Joe Biden is.
he's got a long history of fucking over lgbt and switched sides just to get the votes of the young and people who don't pay attention; he's 2-faced at best
Sources please
it takes less than 30 seconds on google to find biden's record, so you're clearly a sealion; but fortunately, the last time i fell for sealioning i created this response and i'm copying/pasting it here just in case anyone truly doesn't know.
tldr: biden is a 2-faced politician that goes with whatever is popular atm. this meant that he was anti-lgbt when it was okay and is now suddenly pro-lgbt since that it'll get him votes nowadays.
voted for anti-gay marriage in doma
voted to prevent gays in the military
his comments on anti-gay marriage in 2006
his support for banning lgbt in federal service in executive order 10450
You think Biden should have been vocally pro-trans thirty years ago? He would have been laughed out of office, if not physically attacked.
you should look up bernie sanders' record and watch him not get laughed out of office and only get attacked by the police for it
Ah yes, President Bernie Sanders...oh wait, he didn't get enough votes
But obviously you’re aware that since you’ve completely changed the goalposts, that doesn’t matter, and your original point was wrong.
He proves my original point. Trying to achieve victory without compromise results in defeat. Bernie couldn't get enough mainstream support. Biden is likewise limited by what the mainstream is willing to support.
Sanders' LGBT policy platform was a joke in 2020 compared to everyone else's, even Bloomberg's. He's moved backwards in that area which is kinda distressing.
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Your reply is so off topic that I'm just gonna pretend you meant to reply to someone else.
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Change that L to a C and I'll bring another box of Kleenex for us.
They are not the same but they are almost the same. Identical on most important issues such as genocide, police power, prisons, wealth inequality,etc.
They just pick controversial topics that they know will divide people, so they can make us vote for them so the other side won't win, while both couldn't care less about anything but money in their pockets.
You know, usually when I read "both sides are the same", it's a blue conservative like you trying to make people critical of the Democratic party seem unreasonable.
Both sides are capitalist and conservative, but there are differences for sure. Dont you want more differences?
If you wanna really shut up those people bitchhing from the sidelines, the best way to do so is to put them in the game! Force them to show us how to do things since it's so easy and they have it figured out.
Switching away from first past the post voting allows people to vote for who represents them best while still counting their vote against those they dont want to win. Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why the spoiler effect exists.
Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform.
Republicans are moving to make alternative electoral systems illegal in their states. Republicans LOVE first past the post voting. Just sbsolutely adore it. Why would you want to use the same voting system republicans want?
So what’s the hold up blue states?
Consider starting a campaign to change how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.
HOW was this downvoted.
every time I argue that we should vote third party to move the Democratic party left, people tell me that instead we should focus on electoral/voting reform. And then someone suggests it and gets downvotes.
it's almost as if people don't really care 🤔
Voting 3rd part has the opposite effect. Republicans voted 3rd part in 92 to shift policy and lost the presidency for 8 years, and the appointment of 2 lifetime supreme court justices.
But long term it worked ... just look at where conservatives are now. The populist movement is stronger than ever.
That's thanks to propaganda outlets. Fox news going absolutely bat shit insane over the last 15-20 years has done a lot of heavy lifting in that regard :(
That has nothing to do with elections and everything to do with the direction news media has taken. Outrage sells, reasonable politics not so much.
Elections are part of media. Tons of leftists vote for a left candidate would make the news.
I get why people are so freaked out about voting third party, especially when mass political actions like voting don't seem to handle nuance well. So advocating a simple slogan like "vote third party" might be irresponsible, but people seem almost irrationally afraid of third party voting in contexts where it should be entirely rational to vote third party.
For example, in a swing state it's clearly useful to vote for the Lesser Evil (in recent U.S. elections that would be the Democrats, of course). But in states where there is a supermajority and there is almost no chance the state will flip, for example California which will certainly go to the Democrats or Arkansas which will go Republican, voting third party becomes helpful because it might enable the third party to receive federal funding.
There are various objections I have considered to this strategy, the one I think that comes up immediately is that if you vote third party it takes a vote that might otherwise contribute to changing the status of a state as stronghold or swing state, basically those margins matter and you should always be pushing the margin even if not likely to make a difference (just on the slim chance it does make a difference).
In that instance I think it's just a matter of weighing the good: does the good from voting for the third party justify the slight risk of not being part of an unexpected shift in votes? This is clearly contextual, see recent upsets in Georgia (who went to Biden in 2020) and Pennsylvania (who went to Trump in 2016). I think the responsibility is on the voter to research their state demographics and those probabilities and make a decision. If you want to do less work, sure, just vote for the Lesser Evil.
What I don't understand is the kind of blind dogmatism that refuses to acknowledge that there even could be reasons to vote third party, and that doing so is wrong a priori.
Frankly, because people are stupid and can't handle nuance. Know your audience. In a downthread conversation between a small group of people like you who acknowledge the basic strategy of voting blue no matter who in a swing state, it's fair to discuss the nuance.
But most people on Lemmy cannot handle that level of nuance. They're dumb and ill-informed. They need to be told to vote Dem, because if we prevaricate and say "well, if you're in a safe state" they (and foreign agitators) will take that and run with it to try to convince ALL Democrats tp vote 3rd party.
This is astroturfing.
"anyone who disagrees with me is a bot/shill" okay
Because you're supposed to follow the script of pretending that democrats are saving democracy and that you should vote blue even if poo. The reality is that democrats are only interested in saving the current power structure, we already don't have a democracy, both parties do in fact serve the rich first and foremost, and guaranteeing your vote no matter what will not cause the democrats to change their policies. These should be obvious to anyone paying any attention. I wonder if these people lived through the Bush Jr years where democrats were screaming about how bad he was (correctly so), but after he was out of office they continued many of his policies (corporate bailouts, his wars, maintained tax cuts for the rich, etc) and worked to rehabilitate that war criminal's image.
Yes, republicans are worse, but democrats use that to their advantage to never significantly improve things. It's the classic good cop, bad cop routine. They're still cops and they're both on the same team working against you.
Most succinct description of the situation I've seen.
both sides same
Once side does some weak tea pandering in a Facebook post while the other disenfranchises 10,000 newly registered voters to rig a Constitutional Amendment vote.
The solution, as always, is to vote harder. And if we catch you showing disappoint while on your way to the election booth, we reserve the right to blame you for our clown car of corporate flak losers falling flat in the latest round of gerrymandered and voter caged elections.
Creating a national day of visibility == pandering on Facebook. It's an official act and statement by the president of the United States that acknowledges and shines a light on the struggle of what is currently one of our most oppressed and murdered social groups.
These people really just can't let someone say "hey maybe Joe Biden is obviously the better option to vote for." It just really can't be left alone without someone making a comment like the one I'm replying to right now. I see it in every thread
Creating a national day of visibility
He didn't create it.
acknowledges and shines a light on the struggle
That's at least an entire level above thoughts and prayers. Wow. He could also try to do something about red states criminalizing trans peoples existences, but platitudes are almost as good.
My point is that Biden's stance on trans rights is objectively better than Trump's and therefore saying both sides are the same on this issue is just ignorant or bad faith discussion. I agree Biden could do better than he has. I'd still vote for him over trump in November if those are my only options.
These people really just can’t let someone say “hey maybe Joe Biden is obviously the better option to vote for.” It just really can’t be left alone without someone making a comment like the one I’m replying to right now. I see it in every thread
that's because you're either missing or dismissing the context of biden's 2-faced behavior. he was one of the worst anti-lgbt polictians we've ever had in the modern era and it's only recently that he's switched sides once it became clear that screwing over lgbt wasn't popular anymore just to get votes.
Wait, you mean he has evolved over time on the issue you'd like him to evolve on? Fuck him completely?
I said it in another comment, I agree Biden could do better on this topic. I also agree there are other candidates I'd rather vote for than Biden. But if we're talking about Biden vs Trump, both sides are not the same, and it's dangerous to several different communities to suggest so.
Wait, you mean he has evolved over time on the issue you’d like him to evolve on? Fuck him completely?
biden didn't evolve; he switched once he realized that it was no longer popular to hate lgbt so he could get more votes
I said it in another comment, I agree Biden could do better on this topic. I also agree there are other candidates I’d rather vote for than Biden. But if we’re talking about Biden vs Trump, both sides are not the same, and it’s dangerous to several different communities to suggest so.
you're the only one saying that both sides are the same; not me.
I won't make claims to know why his stance has changed, I'll leave the assumptions to you. All I know is him recognizing the trans day of visibility is an objectively positive outcome, and it wouldn't happen under Trump.
You seem to be confused, as this whole time my point has been that both sides are not the same. I'm glad you agree with me on that.
the reason(s) why he's switched speaks to to heart of whether he's actually pro lgbtq and how much different, if at all, he is than trump on this issue.
biden anti-lgbtq body of work is literally decades long where other contemporary politicians were and are still not and it makes sense to question his genuineness since he's very much in need of votes in this election and only changed his tune when it benefited him politically.
The solution, as always, is to vote harder.
Yes. That's how democracy works.
Democracy’s broken. 😞
If voting changed anything, it would be illegal
Comment of the day for me. Thanks.
Bad actors usually work for the government and if there's anything the government is pressuring you to do is not voting for parties that aren't part of the government (red or blue). If there's anyone privileged here i would point my finger at americans, people getting bombed in gaza or in the middle east don't even get to decide if they can live the day or not. Let's not play the politicians game anyway, turning people against each others is one of their oldest trick in the book. If there's anyone actually privileged in this world it's them
I'm a trans person and I don't appreciate my identity being used to justify voting for someone who literally TODAY sent more weapons to Israel to bomb Palestinians with.
I'm a trans person and condemn anyone who won't vote to stop a fascist dictator that wants me dead from obtaining the nuclear codes
When can we start voting for someone good instead of merely less bad? How do we get to that point?
Petition for an end to FPTP voting. Ranked choice will be the death of the Republican party.
See: improvements in Alaska (of all places) for details
I would think it would take 4 back to back presidential election wins by the Democratic party. Maybe 3 if it included wipeouts of Republicans in Congress and at the state level. No party can survive being out of power for that long without changing and shifting towards were voters are and that leaves the Democrats room to shift left to solidify that flank.
We've already had 1. We're on the cusp of a possible second. That means we could be 4 years from a complete collapse of the Republican party, if people were actually serious about creating a real leftist movement in this country. That's because winning is how you affect change. A loss just tells politicians that they need to be more like the winner.
The California model. Render Republicans impotent, then you can start enacting real positive changes.
That's a good start, I think. The tricky bit is I think you need thirty years straight of good decisions so that the next generation is fully done "correctly". Will be harder to abuse the system after that.
"Be more like the winner" is interesting. Trump is a populist and he was more worried about Bernie than Clinton.
Gotta get rid of First Past the Post voting. And increase the size of the House. Even then, there can be only one President, so he necessarily won't be someone you perfectly agree with, he will represent the broader coalition that your party is part of in government. But I think that's as close as we could get in a Democracy.
This is a question for democracies in general. I don't think any country has solved this yet, so to speak
I’m a trans person and condemn anyone who won’t vote to stop a fascist dictator that wants me dead from obtaining the nuclear codes
i've been trying to find someone who's life had been impacted by biden's support of don't-ask-don't-tell; defense-of-marriage-act; executive-order-10450; ice; straight-marriage-only-in-2006 to ask if they still support him; but it seems that only the young who are ignorant of his past; those who "avoid politics"; and those that were never affected universally support him.
if you're not one of these three groups; i'd like to hear your thoughts on why he switched to pro-lgbt: do you think it's because it was more politically advantageous of him? did he hate lgbt in the past because it acceptable and, if so, if it were still acceptable would he continue to hate lgbt?
i ask because my life has been thoroughly fucked by each one of these policies and it took A LOT of effort to rebuild my life so it's obvious that i wouldn't support him; but i'm wondering if there's anyone else out there whose life has also been thoroughly fucked by these policies, but still support him somehow.
I'm only voting for him because the other option and inaction are death sentences. I don't like the guy at all and would vote for someone else given the option.
That said, for all his centrist tendencies he does seem to occasionally cave in to pressure. It just takes time.
That moment when doing what your constituents want you to do is "caving to pressure" ugh
This is a Democracy. Biden was elected to enact the will of the people. If all of a sudden America became fascinated with the color yellow, I would expect him to start wearing yellow pins. If the American people change their minds, our elected leaders should also change their minds, because they work for us.
i don't know about you; but i've been voting for the "lesser evil" for 40 years now and there's never been anything other than voting for the "lesser evil" each time.
i've started to believe that our circumstances are engineered so that we will only continue to get the "lesser evil" guaranteeing that we will eventually get the greater evil anyways and biden doesn't have another 25 years to cave in to pressure.
Petition for an end to FPTP voting if you want to see change.
we will only continue to get the “lesser evil” guaranteeing that we will eventually get the greater evil anyways
How does that follow?
If you keep voting hard enough for the lesser evil every time, you make things less evil. That's how democracy works.
Or are you one of those silly people who never votes in the primaries?
here's your strawman-esque argument with another one: lesser evil and evil work towards the same goal; it's only difference at the speed at which its executed so voting for the lesser evil means that we'll get there no matter what.
Ah, so you're one of the tinfoil hat Joe Rogan types.
Voting for the lesser evil brought us expanded healthcare that saved thousands of lives. It brought us legal recognition of gay marriage. It brought us all the social progress that you're completely ignoring.
"Both sides"ism brought us the end of abortion protections.
There is no grand conspiracy to make your life horrible. It's just one evil party, one good party, and you in the middle refusing to pick because you're scared of having any agency in your life.
so much to unpack here, so there's good reason not to engage further; except to point out that you're drinking too much blue maga koolaid.
you're the only one to mention "both sides" while this biden voter will only blame democrats if biden loses; not other leftists.
[Voting for the lesser evil] brought us all the social progress that you’re completely ignoring.
Start with unpacking this, if you can.
Unfortunately, you're going to be voting for "not the other option" for the rest of your life since democrats will see that this is the perfect strategy they can use to never have to actually change the status quo.
condemn anyone who won’t vote to stop a fascist dictator
Finally standing up to Benjamin Netanyahu and all those Americans who keep voting for him
Well yeah I condemn any Israeli who votes for him as well.
Yeah you're cool with voting in the fascist killing Palestinians, and shitting on people for caring about genocide. Very cool.
I don't like it either, but at least he's not calling for Israel to finish the job (with a nuke). This is how low our standards have dropped.
It's a 10 day old account, they are 100% a bad faith actor, and you know this because they don't acknowledge any of the ways to push for better treatment of Palestinian civilians. They are using them as a prop to tell people to not vote for Joe Biden (which is its own brand of fucked up privileged), even though Joe Biden is pretty famous for being bullied into better positions. Voting against fascists is, indeed, the right move, and Joe Biden might be a centrist liberal, but he isn't a fucking fascist.
my first post here is asking what Lemmy is lol I'm just new here
And you are acting in bad faith. You set up a straw man argument so you can bash people for whatever their choice is. If you really meant to have actual discussion, you would. Instead you spout right-wing bullshit about “Biden bad boohoo”
You say he is the genocidal one, while he is actively being pushed to change his ways and taking responsibility while correcting the behavior. Slowly but surely. As opposed to the other side, which literally just wants to drop a nuke on the situation.
When people call you a bad-faith actor, it’s because you’re acting in bad faith.
He literally sent more weapons to Israel yesterday. You're dumb as hell if you think he's going to push back against the mainstream Democratic opinion that is in support of Israel. Only way to convince Democrats to change is to stop voting for them.
Joe Biden is a fascist
I'm not sure you understand what a fascist is. Look at Modi and his party in India for a contemporary example.
my bff ty
I'm sure you've heard all the arguments, if you are curious about my thoughts you can dig through my comment history or do some googling and guess at what they could be.
Please list the descriptors that show Joe Biden is a fascist, because I'm looking at Umberto Eco's and I see... maybe 1, if you reach a bit: "appeal to the middle class"
You probably fall under at least 4 though.
he's funding a genocide, is the leader of a country that has one of the proportionally largest prison populations in the world that are used as slaves, the U.S. is a police state who spies on its own citizens and regularly just bombs/assassinates activist movements. Any president not acting to dismantle that is fascist.
shocking that you're just learning this now, but the United States are the bad guys
That's not really a good answer though. Those are policies put in place long before Biden became president, but not only that, you haven't proposed an alternative. Your current solution is "Don't vote for Biden" but the outcome is that you either get Biden, a continuation of the status quo at worst, or you get Trump, a continuation of the status quo AT BEST. You can pretend you live in a world where you get a third party candidate, but you don't.
Which leaves you in an unfortinate bind, since that makes you a fascist by your own definition. You are trying to push a solution that would make the situation at best the same, and at worst, much, much worse. As you said:
Any president not acting to dismantle that is fascist
I assume you would never take an action that would support a fascist. So, how can you argue that in a First-Past-The-Post voting system (and one that defaults to state legislatures if no majority is made), voting for a third party is a viable solution?
I think you can't if you are against fascism. You can post links to antifascist movements, organizations, or steps to take, but the American election system is too fucked to argue against the two big parties unless you are ever the optimist, but I don't think you are if you argue both parties are fascist.
You're forgetting that biden spent almost his entire career in the senate. He's part of the political machine that put those policies into place. Things are only getting worse, which is how assholes like trump rise to start with. If things were going great, then a candidate like trump wouldn't have found a foothold.
If the Dems lose elections or nearly lose elections because 10% of voters choose a leftist third party, the party will move left to capture those voters. If we keep voting them in as-is, they will have no incentive to change. I am an optimist, actually, because I believe in the capacity for change. The results from the primary elections prove to me that this strategy is viable.
You're forgetting that Democrats losing means Republicans winning. And when Republicans win elections, it pushes the entire country to the right. It happened with Reagan, the Tea Party, and Trump.
This approach only spirals us further into far right extremism.
We had Trump after 8 years of Obama...
I don't think I'm following your argument
That's not what fascism is?
Idk why your definition of fascism doesn't include labor camps, war-mongering, and a militarized policing of our own people.
Because that's not fascism. Fascism is hypernationalism and tacit acceptance of political violence to support your goals. Everything you've mentioned is usually there with fascist regimes, but it isn't what makes the regime fascist.
There are many definitions of fascism, but, the United States absolutely fits the definition you just gave.
Not every country has their flags flying constantly. Not every country has a pledge of allegiance to a flag in their schools. And the United States has bombed, imprisoned, and assassinated domestic political threats.
Hmm. I do agree, the pledge of allegiance is really weird and fascistic. And you do have a point on the violence.
I suppose I typically see the violence as needing to be more pervasive, like how Trump supporters send death threats to judges and political opponents and the whole Jan 6 thing. But throughout our history, we have had violent intimidation of oppositional political figures.
I think I wouldn't call the US fascist because it isn't significantly pervasive, but I completely see your point, and I don't begrudge you identifying it as fascist. I certainly see why you think that and I can't disagree beyond semantics.
Umberto didn't invent fascism
Mussolini did
Imagine posting your definition for fascism instead of nothing relevant.
Well I'm a trans person and I think you're a poo-poo head, a meanie even.
I think it's sad that your idea can't stand on its own, and that you have to say you're trans to not get down voted.
Nah, he's getting downvoted anyway. For having a shit take.
Reply was reported for misgendering the previous poster, but the report did not come from that person. If they aint bothered, then I aint bothered.
Thanks for not reflexively banning.
im sure I would have gotten downvotes in Nazi Germany too
I got downvoted hella 💀
You have a right to your OPINIONS but please get the FACTS..
oh cool I'm sure The Israel Times is a great resource. Of course Israel is using them lawfully. Nevermind all the actual reports coming out of Palestine of hospitals being bombed.
As a black man....
Congratulations
Like the privileged Palestinians getting genocided by your centrist idol biden? This is the same biden who said that we need the republican party, by the way. Interesting that someone saying such flowery words about trans people is so strong in his belief that we need a party that is intent on erasing them. You're complaining about "both sides"ism, but biden is "both sides" the candidate.
Good that the genocide commited on Palestinians is used universally to bash whoever we dont like.
Or derail any conversation.Truly a blessing. Sorry I meant disgusting.
Seriously, you know it's a blessing because even as the tide has started to turn and more politicians are speaking out against it...well, now it's too late so they're still terrible and all the same.
Right?? Like, given the way things are trending, there's a decent chance Biden will cut off aid to Isrsel. And then these fucks will find something else to complain about, because it was never about Gaza. It was about hurting Biden.
he literally sent more weapons yesterday. You don't care about genocide, you just want to stay comfy at home and hear about how us poor trans people are finally being accepted 🥺
You know what's really disgusting? Dismissing genocide. You can't stand on a platform of morality when you ignore great evils in favor of flowery words. If you don't want your precious candidate to be bashed for supporting genocide, here's a brilliant idea: stop supporting genocide.
People being distracted from the President going online and saying "Trans Rights" by the purely immaterial spectacle of a 9/11's worth of new dead Palestinians.
bad actor
So everyone who disagrees with your conservative agenda is a bad actor? Huh.
Tell me how I'm wrong instead of throwing around meaningless labels.