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Joe Biden calls trans people “fabric of our nation” in Trans Day of Visibility proclamation
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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
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.
Petition for an end to FPTP voting if you want to see change.
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.
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.