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So you think the way to counter the Republicans using fascist tactics to demonize trans people is to not support trans people. Because if we support trans people, it will only make more people side with Republicans and attack trans people.
Fuck that. Fuck that every conceivable way.
Why do you assume that not mentioning trans rights in speeches = not supporting trans rights?
The point is that in order to win elections you campaign on things that your opponent can't use to alienate some of your base. I'm going to be blunt here but not all Democrats are progressive enough to see trans right as something important and some of them don't want a "woke" president (as the term "woke" was appropriated by the right as being a bad thing and supporting trans rights is woke) so mentioning them directly during the campaign would make more people not vote/switch back to voting for the Republicans than it will make trans people come out and vote because trans people already know they only have one party that supports their right to exist, even if it's not being campaigned on.
So quickly do the liberals toss away their tokens.
So quickly do leftist destroy their own to make way for the right
I'm not destroying anything. I'm being critical of these kinds of decisions this campaign is making.
Centrists can't abide the slightest criticism of their rightward slide.
No, I am saying that the Dems' messaging is being kept broad in terms of inclusivity, because then it makes Republicans singling out transgender people or other minorities to hate on them look extra weird. It also brings the issue of transgenderism to voters for whom this is a foreign concept, in a way they can better understand.
Many of these voters hate trans people not because they understand the issue, but because conservative organizations have told them to constantly for years so it's made into a trigger word. The Harris campaign is showing these voters a way out from the cycle of hate, to put these divisions away, and accept trans people for the human beings they are, just like all of us, without needing to put them on a spotlight front and centre. Harris needs a large amount of these uninformed voters to support her too if she wants any hope of enacting a progressive, LGBTQ+ inclusive agenda during her term.