• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Not only do these people fail as allies and as compassionate human beings, but they’re also very stupid if they don’t see that defending trans rights is the front line of the fight against fascism right now, and we all need to be there fighting it. They’re not going to stop at taking rights away from trans people. It’ll be you next.

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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      6 days ago

      They can’t see that attacks on trans rights are also attacks on cis rights. I think that’s part of the reason why Rep. Zoey Zephyr and Rep. SJ Howell were so effective at stopping a couple pieces of anti-trans legislation in Montana yesterday. They talked about the fact that the legislation would potentially effect cis people as well as the fact that it’d take “parental rights” away from parents. They also did it in a way that created a narrative which both cis and trans people can identify with, creating a common ground to further convince people that the legislation was wrong. And it was successful. They got a number of Republican lawmakers to switch sides, despite the fact that the GOP prides itself on being in lockstep. They even had a Republican lawmaker make a stand too, saying that the people introducing this legislation were basically just wasting everyone’s time.

      People say, “trans rights are human rights” and they’re serious. We embody the extreme of gender non-conformity that cis people occasionally dabble in, and when you start taking away our rights, you start taking away cis rights too.

    • commander@lemmings.world
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      6 days ago

      defending trans rights is the front line of the fight against fascism right now

      Yeah, it’s this kind of delusion why people aren’t loyal to you.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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        6 days ago

        Nobody wants your fucking loyalty. They want you to wake the fuck up and get it through your skull that we’re all in this shithole together, and you need to start lending a hand instead of stomping on other’s backs to get yours. Because one day, you might need the rest of us to come save you too.

        • Miaou@jlai.lu
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          5 days ago

          After BLM and Roe v Wade y’all expect people to all of sudden grow a spine for a ridiculously lower number of people?

          I see everywhere that trans rights are the first to fall to fascism but that’s complete BS. They’re the last.

          US progressives love to believe those lies, it gives them purpose. I’m sure the turnout next election (if there’s one) will be much higher if we keep talking about HRT instead of slavery happening in private prisons, or women dying while giving birth to their rape babies.

        • commander@lemmings.world
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          6 days ago

          That’s not true. You people expect me to agree with you on everything or else I’m a nazi.

          If I dared to suggest we prioritize reducing the disparity in wealth over fighting a culture war, you people immediately assume I’m an enemy.

          You don’t just want loyalty, you crave it. You’re dependent on it. You get mad whenever you don’t get it and throw tantrums until you do or get rid of the person.