Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who is also the current Democratic Senate candidate for Ohio, found himself in hot water in a past campaign over his response to anti-trans attacks from Republicans, and now he appears to be taking a different approach. 

Instead of trying to defend or explain his views on trans rights, Brown released an ad last week slamming Republicans for focusing on trans people at all, when there are so many bigger challenges facing the state.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (14 children)

That’s what people say about supporting the Dems who are taking away trans rights.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Which Democrats are taking away trans rights?

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Marcy Kaptur, James Talarico, Sarah Trone Garriott, Lindsay James, Blake Gendebien, JoAnna Mendoza, James Turek, and Rob Sand to name a few are all running on platforms attacking trans people ranging from bragging about keeping children from accessing medical care to arguing trans women should not be allowed to play sports with cis women.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    I think

    are all running on platforms attacking trans people

    Is a bit disingenuous. I can't find any evidence of any of those people running on a platform of attacking trans people. Many of them have a record of voting in favor of trans people. What they have done is respond to attack ads in difficult states with some degree of backpedaling and qualification, but that's not the same as running on an anti-trans platform.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    A ton of them are turning their backs on trans people and moving to the right. Google is free.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    A "ton", but zero examples. I generally know what you're saying is somewhat true. Some are. But you seem to want to imply Democrats are overall no better than Republicans in this regard and that's patently false.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Yep, dont care, .1% of a problem vs 99.9% problems

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Don't. Don't ever let the size of the group determine your support. All people deserve to live without fear of persecution (real persecution, not modern Christian persecution, mind)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Thank you for saying this.

    Why would anyone think it’s okay to compromise with a fascist agenda or genocide because of the cost of gas? First it was eggs. That’s insane. That’s what led to the rise of Nazism.

    Does anyone take the magnitude of evil going on seriously? We should be fighting it every step of the way, instead of being hyper focused on some goal of maintaining our consumer index to feed more money to an evil ruling class.

    I know it’s difficult because the thought of going through some sacrifice is difficult for people living with first world problems in a materialistic society built upon economic imperialism.

    Only support politicians who have to courage to be down with the struggle and walk their talk. I’ll vote blue when it serves the good of humanity to do so.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I’ll vote blue when it serves the good of humanity to do so.

    And you want to know one fucking example of when that is? When your choice is a blue you're not fond of vs. a fucking fascist.

    You want change? It happens BEFORE the fucking general election. It happens BEFORE the fucking primary. If you couldn't be bothered (or if you did your best and it wasn't enough), then you make the fucking pragmatic choice, or else by not voting you support fascism.

    It's really fucking simple.

    Until you get that through your head, you are ultimately a fascism supporter.

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