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Ohio Dem Party Has Banned Criticism Of Gov. Candidate Amy Acton Calling Trans Girls “Boys” (www.erininthemorning.com)
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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/usa/p/1051767/ohio-dem-party-has-banned-criticism-of-gov-candidate-amy-acton-calling-trans-girls-boys

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[–] 11 points 3 months ago (9 children)

To be fair, we got three conservative Supreme Court justices who said roe v wade was law and they would support it at their confirmations only to backtrack and knock it down the second they had a chance. Not saying she's good or even on the right side but saying something is law doesn't mean you support it staying the law. Interesting times ahead for Ohio

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    but saying something is law doesn't mean you support it staying the law.

    Is that the impression I should be getting from her misgendering trans girls?

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago

    “I do not support boys playing in girls sports. This is already settled law in Ohio, and as governor I will enforce and uphold the law,” Dr. Acton said.

    It’s entirely unnecessary to refer to trans women and girls as boys. It’s shitty and intentional.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Absolutely not, the misgendering is terrible but I could see her doing that to try and win some of the centrists over even at the cost of alienating the liberal support because the other option is trash (main democrat policy in a nutshell). I just hold a little hope that it's a bad facade to get past the election.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Would you vote for someone using the N-word to appeal to racists?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Personally No. Luckily I don't live in Ohio and have to make that choice between her and the gop rep.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If she wins, they're stuck with her in the next election too. They won't be able to nominate anyone else because she'll be the incumbent. In the meantime she'll drag the rest of her party down, depressing voter turnout as people stay home because they don't want to vote for a party that has leaders like her.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Have you seen how many incumbent democrats have been getting ousted this year? Incumbency isn't as protective as it used to be.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    This year.

    Incumbency is only protective when economic conditions are stable. When times are tough, like they are now for most people who aren't involved in constructing data centers, incumbents get voted out. These things go in cycles.

    There's basically no way to know what economic conditions will be by 2028, but odds are they'll be fine. The economy has long periods of stability with only short periods of crisis, after all, so on average incumbents have an advantage.

    And that assumes the Party doesn't force her down voters' throats anyway. They like doing that shit too.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago

    "They could actually believe something completely different from their stated beliefs" isn't being fair. It's always possible she's secretly good, but there's no real reason to extend that belief.

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