The administration wants the justices to overturn protections for decorated transgender service members before their case reaches trial.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
I swore I had read this in some document somewhere that means something to someone somewhere.
Why does he hate trans people so much? He was cool with us back in 2016.
He doesn’t actually care about transgender people one way or the other, they’re just an easy group to pick on to set the stage for oppressing other groups
I don’t think he actually cares that much about us. He just uses us to flood the zone so his transphobic base doesn’t start questioning his actions.
Also the christofascist sub faction within the Republicans really fucken hate basically everyone, but also they see trans folks as an easy wedge issue to further roll back the rights of other social groups. Frankly I doubt most of the people at the top care one way or the other, it’s just that they can’t get shit done without the christofascists and they consider it an acceptable trade.
Sadly, I think the majority of people don’t really care one way or the other about transgender people. And when people are indifferent, they’re prone to believing the first propaganda talking points they hear.
This is generally true for most niche social issues, but that also means it’s relatively easy to break if you know what you’re doing. Personally I’ve taken the “Why do YOU care” approach wherein I basically use a janked up Socratic method to tear apart since with no underlying thought it’s pretty easy to shove them into the IDC category again. Hell sometimes they become aggressively anti-anti-trans because they then get annoyed by it assuming my reasoning sinks in.
Biggest problem I’ve encountered is actually bigots who’s bigoted opinions derived from religion or politics. Haven’t found a great way around those fucks, yknow besides pointing out the only reason I’m not killing them is because of laws.
Results for both vary quite a bit with both, turns out acting like and looking like a half feral Redneck with obvious temper issues gives one a lot of maneuvering area with folks. Probably helps that I’m able to keep my cool and can get louder without yelling, so I can overwhelm folks while not coming across as losing my cool.
He’s a piece of shit that would drive over his family if it meant more power / money.
I’d be willing to bet he doesn’t even know / give a shit about what a trans person is, but he knows his idiot base loves to bash them, so he does it.
The man is just pure evil.
Sorry, but ACAB. I wish them well in their civilian lives.
