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There just aren't that many trans people compared to how often conservatives make a big issue of them. And the number of times that a trans person has actually caused a tangible problem for other people in a way that is related to their being trans is even more rare. Not that it doesn't happen, but it might as well be a unicorn.
That's an easy way to tell for sure that they are using the issue as a distraction.
It's not really a distraction, IMO. The enforcement of gender norms is kind of essential for conservative ideology. The idea that someone can transgress or opt-out from the enforcement of their rules is anathema to them.
If people assigned female at birth can become male and vice-versa, then all of the biological essentialism they believe in, that women are one way and men another due to their inherent characteristics, is proven false. It's an important part of their ideology and without it a lot of other enforced heirarchies they care about inherently fall apart.
Thank you for saying this. I've come to the same conclusion and try to spread the word here and elsewhere.
Not distraction, scapegoat. Fascism needs an "others" demographic to blame for citizens' hardships, and they have realized that it's more effective to have multiple of them so voters can cherry-pick whichever they feel more strongly about.
Straight, cis men cause a hell of a lot more problems statistically than any trans person, yet we don't see Republicans calling for them to be banned.
That's a very good point.
I’ve known three trans people in my lifetime. All FTM. All were wonderful men.
I have a trans younger sister and one of my brothers is dating a trans woman. My dad is pretty MAGA and I have to hear about my sister "deciding they were trans" after going to therapy at every family get together. Yes, they are definitely way too obsessed.
Ask him when he decided to be cis/straight.
just curious, what's that going to do?
Puts him on the defensive about his own life. Seems rude but could be worse.
I felt one huge let down when a parent told me that they voted for Trump because of trans athletes in school sports.
That was when I knew that they had another person in their life other than my other parent. They are still married. And this outside person is influencing one of them. I had suspected it, but now I see the influence this person has over my parent is scary.
Gotta hate someone if you're a conservative.
Black people. Hispanic people. Immigrants in general (unless they're white). Gays. Trans. Furries. Doesn't matter. And they'll cycle through them too. Come back around a few years later to one they haven't focused on in a while.
Because they lead pathetic lives that aren't interesting enough, so they have to force themselves on other's lives.
Truly, they are wastes of oxygen.
Conservative mindset is that everything is in a hierarchy, the hierarchy is a Good and Natural thing to exist, and therefore even if you're not at the top, there Must be someone beneath you. And then trying to make their lives better puts the wrong people in the hierarchy, so they must be stopped. It's miserably sad I assume.
They have Trans Derangement Syndrome. Most of them have never actually interacted with a trans person in their lives, but they’re fucking obsessed.
Republicans: Groceries are too high! Let's blame it on the trans!
Only 32% of respondents said it wasn’t a problem.
I'm getting so sick of seeing that same number in every "Do you hate thy neighbor?"-type of survey
That's my go to response with anyone saying "you aren't conservative/republican/christian/religious" to me. No, sorry, I have better things to do than hate people I don't know.
I figure most of them will never cross paths with anyone LGBTQ+, and the rest are too dumb to realise that their best friend is.
~~their best friend is~~ they are
Its one of the smallest group of people they can demonize. They wouldn't want a large group that might demonize them. They've got that now too but it wasn't what they wanted.
Do Republicants spend any of their waking hours not fretting and obsessing over the genitalia of strangers?
I feel that conservatives catch so much flak about all the child fucking that they think we would judge them for their non-destructive sexual interests. And that drives them to act out against things the pique their interests. Like, it's okay... no one cares. Except about the whole child fucking thing... stop doing that.
This is bad news for the Republicans, because all this hatred is intended to distract attention from how shamelessly the elite is enriching itself at the expense of the country - and also from other crimes, such as those documented in the Epstein files.
If their voters also realize that hatred of foreigners and the wars waged by the regime are one and the same thing, they will really have a lot to explain...
Well, "Americans" are right about that.
Fuck, I barely hear anything from Democrats or the left about trans except to A) acknowledge they exist and B) they have that right to exist.
Nearly every conversation about trans seems to be something initiated by the crazy, unhinged out of touch right wing. Same thing when it comes to things like furries and supposed litter boxes in schools....
It seems they moved on to feverishly thinking about trans nearly 24/7 now that gay marriage is no longer as politically divisive as it once appeared...they keep on trying to cast everyone else as being weird with dumb phrases like "what is a woman? can you define what a woman even is?" and other such tripe, trying to paint Democrats as being out of touch.
I got a violation on reddit, on a sub someone posted about how there were 50 genders and he only slept with one, and had symbols for all the genders.
I just posted he seemed to be spending a lot of time thinking about transexuals banging.
Who knew triggering conservatives was against the rules? The ones crying the loudest about being cancelled see themselves as victims and justified in flagging everything that triggers them, that they don't like.
Just like vote theft. Convinced by their influencers the other guys are cheating they feel justified cheating to even the score. Unaware, or not caring that they were never the victims but the perpetrators, projecting on their victims.
Their politicians and media rail against moderation and put pressure on social media when their people get moderated against. Meanwhile the democrats are conservative and want the left cancelled as much as anyone. They have nothing but contempt and spite for the left, and crave the approval of the right. So social media ends up discriminating against the left.
Rightists need vulnerable minority groups to demonize to keep their base together. They are united only by fear and hate, so fabricating a common enemy out of a weak group of victims is the only way they can gain or hold power.
It’s always one dumb little issue they blow out of proportion. For trans people it’s the idea that a trans woman will attack their daughter in the bathroom. It’s an absurd idea that most likely stems from something they wanted to do in school (i.e. sneak into the girls’ toilet) so they assume people AMAB are trying to do the same based on what they themselves would do, and yet they do not see the hypocrisy.
For immigrants it’s “they’ll take our jobs.” No they won’t. Unless you like working in agriculture, construction, janitorial, hotel service, or other areas immigrants are willing to work — largely because citizens think it’s beneath them.
They fear what they don’t understand.
EVERYONE is too obsessed with trans folks on both sides. There aren't enough people in that bucket to have an ideology against OR build a political identity around. We got bigger fish to fry no matter what side of the aisle you're on. It sounds crass even to say and it doesn't feel like it's the case on Lemmy, but it's true. Less than 3 of 100 people.
Seriously! My wife and I are both very Pornographic when naked. We touch and lick each other's genitals frequently.
I've never brought any of this up to anyone at work. They don't know which way my penis curls or which of my balls may be larger than the other.
One thing I often never talk about with anyone at all ever is the fact that both my wife and I pee and poop from our genitals. We don't discuss or find it necessary to explain the size of our genitals to anyone or how big oir poop is or how far we can shoot our pee. None of this is public information.
Just imagine knowing if I shave my crotch or not. And if I did shave my crotch, what would you do differently with your life? Wouldn't you have to move states? How do your genitals affect your Life? How do other's genitals affect your life.
Ok but why in the name of whatever, have they voted an male person that is a heavily makeup user. That is something that is normally only associated with transpersons. Where is my mistake...
Theyre hardcore xenophobes. If it looks different , its bad
They are.