It's all a distraction, and follows the recipe of ur-fascism: there has to be an enemy that is easily identifiable, easily targetable, and yet somehow poses insurmountable danger...

Conservatives don't have answers to help with any real problems, but they know the left will pull out the purity tests and turn into a circular firing squad over this and destroy themselves whole the bigots and fascists laugh all the way to the election booth.

This election specifically Democrats are hopeful they’d get votes from a large portion of traditionally Republican voters

That's not just this election. That's been every election in my memory. They cling to this strategy, even though it keeps failing.

Appealing to no one, you say? Can't see how this strategy could fail yet again!

This election specifically Democrats are hopeful they’d get votes from a large portion of traditionally Republican voters so they are pushing a bit on Trans to please Republicans but not too much that they lose their Democrat voters

But at the end of the day it doesn't matter. It's what they do on all of the "controversial issues" since the dawn of time. Biden and Obama both ramped up deportations and poured more into the border than anyone before them. What did it get them... all republican voters still believe they had "open borders".

‘Pushing a bit’

What a way to phrase it.

Trump dubbed Andrews “Annie Trannie” in a social media post Monday and said she favored “Transgender for Everyone.” He also shared a commercial attacking her on transgender issues.

In a direct-to-camera ad, Andrews retorted, “I want you to hear me loud and clear: I don’t support biological men playing women’s sports and I don’t support and haven’t ever performed gender surgery for minors.” As she speaks, text reading “No men in women’s sports” and “No gender surgeries for minors” appears next to her.

With Republicans running the state house and senate, has two republican US senators and six of the seven house delegates are republicans this may be a stance you need to take to have a chance in South Carolina.

It's absolutely bizarre how easily Trump can just lead these assholes around by the nose.

now trans people are stuck waiting through 4 years of transphobic hate

This election is to fill the vacancy left by Lindsay Graham (rot in piss), in case anybody was wondering like me why it wasn't six.

She's going to lose and be remembered as a coward, which is what transphobe apologists deserve.

Some days I think. Do I just need to run for a political seat. I mean. For fucks sake.

Can we just get someone normal with baseline ethics ?

I don't want to go into politics.

It looks boring as hell and you have to listen to complaints all day and threats from corporate brats calling your office.

And the smear campaigns.

But I mean. Someone needs to do the job right.

Maybe someone who doesn't want to do it is the right person.

Idk.

Sometimes I just think about that.

I don't have any past b.s to be brought up. All my old nudie pics are from peak years. So even if someone shared those it would probably help me get elected not hurt me.

Idk. Sometimes I think maybe I should just try. My whole angle would be.

"I don't want this job. But y'all keep fuckin it up. So here we are."

Or

"Move aside. I'll fix it myself, fuckwits".

I have a cynical sense of humor. Some people might relate but Id probably piss a lot of people off.

I've been trying to tell all my friends how they need to run for local offices. Hell, half of those small positions aren't even opposed.

easy wins. Cushy state job.

Sit there and make it hard for people to get away with b.s. slow down the fascist. And help the progressives.

You can do that at any level of government if you play your cards right.

The alternative is sadly a Republican, which is even worse.

Harm reduction is when a liberal kills you politely.

now trans people are stuck waiting through 4 years of transphobic hate

The difference I've seen between cis-activists and trans-activists is that Trans people are done waiting.

I see more direct action in an LGBTQ aligned street corner than a No Kings parade.

Trans people will keep being trans. They'll keep helping each other transition. Fuck the law. Fuck the cops. And fuck any liberal fascist politician who tries to stop them.

No, I'm unconvinced. I think I'd rather have Nazis be blatant Nazis than liberals pretend they aren't Nazis while enabling Nazis.

Edit: vote blue no matter who doesn't fucking work. It has never worked. Just look at literally any time a leftist is running, and how the establishment is works to counter them at every turn. Vote blue no matter who has only ever been applied in one direction. I don't think democratic voters should continue to reward failure and betrayal.

No. Her winning is worse than the Republican winning, at least for trans people. This is an infection in the Democratic Party, and every TERF Democrat that wins spreads the infection even more.

Just imagine telling a black person they had to vote for someone that supports segregated drinking fountains, all in the name of "the greater good.'

The article points out she used to not be transphobic, electing "good" Democrats only does so much when the whole party is controlled opposition

I mean... she's probably still a better option than the conservacunt opponent. But I agree that there have to be better candidates and she should be immediately replaced.

The other person on the ballot is Lindsay Graham's sister though. Also during the dem primaries there were two other candidates who were pro universal healthcare and the dem voters picked this bitch by a landslide. It's South Carolina don't expect much from blue voters there.

the time to be picky is the primaries or the local caucus, not the general where you're usually looking at two viable (has a shot to win) candidates; and not voting for 'your side' regardless of the 'player' is essentially giving a vote to the 'other side', because they mostly do vote in goose-step unison.

Here's a primer for journalists. It explains that the problem with biological sex is that it is ambiguous and could mean one of several things that may not align.