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Democratic candidate for the senate, Josh Turek, releases an anti-trans campaign ad referring to trans women as "males competing in females' sports." (video.twimg.com)
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This got removed from politics because "Video links are not allowed" apparently? Pretty weird considering that most politicians say stuff on video nowadays and not really writing articles anymore since the invention of the radio pretty much lol. Hope it's a better fit here, this is the kind of stuff people should be aware of.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/73859928

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/13118934

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.

Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.

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[–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

Nah. I'm trans. If the Democrats are going to abandon me and my people, then I think every queer person should just stay home and not vote at all. I will not vote for the promise of "we'll save democracy but also liquidate trans people." If you're not willing to stand up for minorities, then we can all go to hell together.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

    Are you even from Iowa? Either way, you are screwed. If you don't see the benefit of voting for the lesser evil, you do you, but all that does is make when you do have to choose the lesser evil be in even more dire circumstances.

    I'd rather choose a ban on federal funds being gaslit as "liquidating trans people", which is no different to Republican candidate Ashley Hinson's position, to go through the majority least likely to allow it to go through, Democrats. Meanwhile, a MAGA dominated senate has allowed actual liquidation of trans people from serving in places like the military and other federal agencies.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    A ban of federal funding for gender affirming health care, i.e. denying health care to a marginalised group of people who can't otherwise access it, is quite literally a genocidal act in a way that a ban on serving in the military doesn't even come close to.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    It's actually not, and that's crazy talk. People still being able to perform gender affirming health care on their own dime is much more ideal than being liquidated from even being part of major aspects of society.

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

    You mean their own dime that they don't have, hence qualifying for federal assistance?

    Buying HRT of the internet and self-medicating without medical supervision (which does have serious risks) is relatively affordable, and the fact that it isn't outright banned (yet) is something, but without insurance that covers it, medically supervised HRT is out of reach of many, and any kind of surgery is out of reach of the vast majority. Need I remind you that every serious medical association considers these things to be essential health care?

    The denial of specifically this health care, which is essential to trans people, is a deliberate infliction of living conditions calculated to bring about the destruction of trans people who have no other means, as a group.

    The US has been gearing up for a trans genocide (per the The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention) for a long time, and you are proving your willingness to be a collaborator in it.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is releasing this third Red Flag Alert for the USA related to the Trump Administration’s anti-trans initiatives

    "Welp, I guess we better empower the Trump administration more because the alternative has someone who said something nasty!"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    No, the alternative in this instance is someone who is fully onboard with the continuation and escalation of those anti-trans initiatives. Proposing a ban isn't just saying something nasty. It is active participation in the early stages of a genocide. Why don't you just come right out and say that you think trans people owe it to you to vote in your interests without any expectation of any solidarity in return?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    You are free to vote against your own interests just because you don't live in an ideal world.

    The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is releasing this third Red Flag Alert for the USA related to the Trump Administration’s anti-trans initiatives

    By not voting, all you do is empower the vote of those who do. Hope they are the least harmful for you, because a couple of billionaires are doing everything to get their voters to vote and slant the vote towards their interests.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    Don't lie to yourself. What the candidate is advocating for will result in dead Trans people. With 100% certainty. If you are okay with dead Trans people as long as it furthers your aims then be honest at least.

    But telling Trans people they have to vote for someone who wants them to die is simply evil.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 weeks ago* (6 children)

    But telling Trans people they have to vote for someone

    Then don't, and be worse off for it while you fantasize about the ideal solution.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Some of you may die but that is a sacrifice we are willing to make.

    • literally you
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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You are the peasant that's about to get trampled because they never played politics, you do you. One bad Iowa candidate doesn't make the entire party, that gaslighting is literally on you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Yes we get it. We are peasants. You don't value us or our lives at all. Message received loud and clear.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    This is not the time to suffer fools, specially the sort to gaslight and be easily gaslit. They will drag you down to their folly and prevent you from defending what values.

    The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is releasing this third Red Flag Alert for the USA related to the Trump Administration’s anti-trans initiatives

    Beware of this shameless bandwagon popular on Lemmy disguised under many flags to try to discourage people from voting Democrat everywhere. This article is only about Iowa. They want to drag your rights away with fools and outliers.

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