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For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America (www.salon.com)

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My daughter's America has become apocalyptic — safe states scattered, broken up by vast stretches of hostility

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No, that’s why I said we’re falling into the same bigoted patterns as before. It’s not surprising but it is absolutely batshit that we keep rinsing and repeating the same cycle :/

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

sorry, my smarmy indignation wasn't aimed at you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

All good! Totally valid and justified

[–] Spacebar 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's because regressives only have a few plays in their playbook.

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone."

Trans people are the new constitutionally unprotected out group. So far, they can legally be discriminated against, and those who vote republican will focus on that. They won't focus on how they're being failed by the Republicans in economic matters.