@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil Right but that’s the most important thing that makes them different lol. A fairly fringe group failing to pass legislature should not nearly concern someone as the party in charge of the government successfully demonizing a minority group as groomers and pedophiles.
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil A largely symbolic bill which was never even voted on has no comparison to current anti-trans legislation and the rhetoric on trans people from the vast majority of the Republican Party
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil Again I think we’re comparing apples to oranges when the people were discussing are:
A handful of progressive politicians across the country and likely most of the online left
Vs
The president, his entire party, the entire right wing media apparatus
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil I think the primary difference is that elected officials in the federal government were largely not the ones saying we should abolish the justice system where the party line for republicans is that trans people are grooming children into being trans.
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil You can say “this is something we should look in to and likely ban” and also say “this is an issue which is being blown substantially out of proportion to vilify trans people” they aren’t mutually exclusive
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil I think inflating a few hundred surgeries with sub 1% regret rates into a network of people castrating children which is being used as pretext to further criminalize the existence of a minority group is not really similar to your example at all
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil Right wing politicians don’t actually care about banning surgery for minors because they mostly know it’s not happening either. They’re using it as a vehicle to ban medications and demonize trans people as coming for your children
@neoliberal_hack@GLeftist2@hecubian_devil It is so rare as to be nearly non-existent but it is being framed as and people absolutely do believe there’s an epidemic of invasive trans surgeries happening to small children which is why it can be touchy to concede the point to the right.
@Parker130551@burlswealy59918@PunishedAG When does the socialism become “full blown?” I’d love to hear your advanced economic theory of when it becomes real socialism
@CozieD1@starwatcher333@64s@nickshirleyy And there’s more than one reason she’d say no even if it’s true. Maybe she doesn’t know off the top of her head how many times she’s voted in her life. Maybe she’s confused and thinks it means 51 times in one election. Maybe she heard 126 and is just assuming its all wrong
@AaronDA16@RhetoricalHype@geckotailzz You agree to disagree on enriching yourself by using your political influence? Very bold pro-corruption stance here
@mr_layman_3@Gevouden@Nerdcognito This is how I know you’re a tourist lol. Everyone has been ignoring alignment for creatures for decades and all the book did was clarify that doing so was consistent with the rules
@ScotlandGroyper@spiderblossoms@ElysiumGames69@Biped_K1@BilliardBastard You of course wouldn’t lash out when a family member was filled with gun powder and blown up or when you see a pregnant woman tied to posts on the ground and whipped or maybe seeing your brother broken on the wheel. That would be violent and stupid right?