He’s definitely gunning for the top job, but he is hardly a progressive, sadly
Edit: at least he is a fighter, something the dems have been sorely lacking
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He fights for a certain set of billionaires who happen to be less destructive than the other set of billionaires. But don't be fooled into thinking he is going to fight for anyone less privileged.
He’s not a progressive at all, he wants to throw my people (trans folx) under the bus as hard as republicunts do
What's the point of folx? Folks was already non gendered.
Trans Linux (or Unix) users, duh
Yeah, that's a hard no. Truly stupid.
I want to know the reasoning before I say it is stupid. It definitely seems that way.
Folks is perfectly fine, neutral and inclusive. Even "Latinx" can be excused due to the masculine/feminine language tribute.
Maybe, even probably. But without hearing their reasoning I don't know what they're trying to accomplish. Maybe it's something else entirely that we haven't considered.
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They probably don't want to be confused with the trans folk nation. All the non binary believers will suffer.
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I think he’s left-of-center leaning, but postures in a way that is throwing trans people under the bus to win votes from bigots that may lean left, center, or right. Do I think he personally would push for any trans sports ban? Not really, but he is playing it up to win over the voters that for some reason are treating trans people in sports as a hardline issue they are against.
It’s one of several reasons I wouldn’t want him specifically to win the 2028 primary; since I would like to believe our country still has enough kind people that we don’t need to step on each other for us to all get ahead.
If he wants to appeal to fascists it’s gonna end the same way it has before. He’s gonna lose because why would fascists vote for the fascist-lite when a full fledged fascist is right there. All he does in the end is make it more acceptable to strip my people of rights.
Maybe something on the level or worse than the pandemic happens and he can get in on that. But he still did major harm to my people, harm that cannot be undone fully for decades if not longer.
Either way he is playing with a dangerous ideology that will get trans people killed. Maybe not state sponsored but remember what happened with Nex Benedict, when this toxic hateful ideology becomes normalized it encourages violence.
I agree that this type of rhetoric is bad for the long term health and safety of trans people. I believe the move was done to boost Newsom’s own presidential chances in red and purple areas by creating a scapegoat of trans people.
I feel bad for my friends that are trans because the culture in America, mostly outside of younger generations, has many bigoted attitudes towards trans individuals. I think hearing Bill Maher talk about his bigoted views on people transitioning shocked me at how slow/little the older generations have moved on being accepting of trans people. Maher being a left-of-center boomer too didn’t give me much confidence that there are not swaths of people with even worse takes.
Unfortunately I believe you are right that it will take decades for things to truly get better for trans people since many of these older generations seem gridlocked in their views. I feel educating younger generations is what is most important in the push back against bigotry, since people are not born bigots but become that way.
Edit: I don’t think it’s a good thing that people hold these views. Personally, when I see anti-trans bias I call it out in that moment.
I feel that many of these bigots have not met a trans person before, so they feel emboldened to strawperson trans people as boogeymen.
His rhetoric isn’t just bad, it’s disastrous because it will likely encourage more people to follow suit in being willing to throw my people away. More violence and murders like what happened with Nex Benedict will become the norm. He won’t pull fascists away from the fascist party, he will lose vote from trans people though. You can’t expect us to support him if he is saying the exact same things as the full on fascists.
Sadly this isn’t just a problem with boomers and other older generations, it’s taking root in the younger ones too. Which makes it all the harder for us just to live normal lives. Myself and all of my trans friends are terrified, we have to rely on deeply unhealthy coping mechanisms just to survive. It is leading to more self harm and suicides in the trans community. Newsom and other democrats embracing this hateful ideology will, and is, lead to more suicides because it isolates us.
It will be decades of horrors for my people, ones that many of us will not live through. That’s why it’s so important to call out his bullshit now, before we see how awful it will reach.
I would say the main hope is that he doesn’t win the primary; if he does, it’s a sign for how bigoted the country is currently at that point in time.
The boomers and other older generations are a lost cause imo. There is still time and ways to show the younger generations that you’re not this made up concept of whatever the hell the Right says. I feel the best way of doing that is by trying to safely show others you exist.
To me, this current time period looks eerily similar to the Civil Rights era because it is about rights. I believe it will be an uphill struggle to protect trans rights. I feel calling out this reactionary anti-trans messaging is important.
The Right are definitely trying to pull ‘the conversation’ on both mainstream media and social media to the most extreme ends of anti-trans propaganda. It’s a red flag moment nationally that even some left-of-center politicians, such as Newsom, are flirting with that messaging. I feel that for an ‘ends justifies the means’ person, like Newsom, to be doing that, it means that the there isn’t enough public support for trans people being done. There are people right, center, and just left of center that are being swayed by this propaganda, and pushing back is what needs to happen now.
Specifically, I feel that getting that conversation focused back on individuals hurt by these anti-trans messages matters, such as Nex Benedict who you brought up. I feel it involves supporting trans celebrities, influencers, and artists so that people can have a face or a name they think of when talking about trans people. I feel more that bigots are forced to acknowledge you, as you are, the less power they have and the less effective their lies become.
My hope is that people like Newsom, that people that are ignorant, and that those not fully bought into the bigotry can be convinced to change their stance.
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He's a POS, but I'll take any opposition to the GOP right now. We can deal with the remnants later, but we need to be able to even get there.