• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    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.

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      2 months ago

      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.

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            2 months ago

            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

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              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 others, many of which are way more important?

              • 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
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                I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights.

                *offer void for Palestinians and trans people.

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                  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?

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                    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.

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                  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.

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                    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.