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I'll just say it must suck being precisely in the crosshairs of a political proxy battle. The truth is, neither the left nor the right really give a shit about

I'll just say it must suck being precisely in the crosshairs of a political proxy battle. The truth is, neither the left nor the right really give a shit about transgenders but use them to rile up their bases. First, the brief "woke" movement which was soon taken by the right and extrapolated to the extreme. It's the same tactic used by the right for any issue - when I was a kid it was "if gays can marry, then they will want to marry their pets." They take whatever social progress has been made and push it until the concept annoys >50% of people then say "that's what the left wants." But I can't get behind the left's approach of highlighting and siloing every sub-group. It just simplifies division and is counter to all the American "melting pot" concepts that actually worked over many decades to integrate immigrants and normalize differences. I don't know where all of this leads, but it certainly doesn't feel like progress is ever made or even really desired, only a cycling of hot button issues to distract everyone.

Angostura 2y ago
It’s not really a left- right issue, as far as I’m concerned. It’s people with empathy v those without.
watwut 2y ago
I dont think transgender are in the crosshairs of a political proxy battle. The issues is that many people feel disgust and hate over the idea of transgender. And whenever they become visible, they lash out and react.
- axiomo 2y ago
  It's more the behavior of trans activists that gets people riled up. There's really no need for men who say they're women to be going around conquering everything that's for women and then admonishing people as bigots or transphobic when they object to this. Instead they could, you know, just live their lives peacefully without launching attack after attack on women's rights. It'd be better for everyone.
  - watwut 2y ago
    I never interpreted "taking a dump in a toilette" as conquering. > Instead they could, you know, just live their lives peacefully without launching attack after attack on women's rights. It'd be better for everyone. Obvious issue here is that the same groups who hate trans also tend to be pretty misogynistic. So, I do not believe this is about womens rights at all.

Angostura 2y ago

It’s not really a left- right issue, as far as I’m concerned. It’s people with empathy v those without.

watwut 2y ago

I dont think transgender are in the crosshairs of a political proxy battle. The issues is that many people feel disgust and hate over the idea of transgender. And whenever they become visible, they lash out and react.

axiomo 2y ago
It's more the behavior of trans activists that gets people riled up. There's really no need for men who say they're women to be going around conquering everything that's for women and then admonishing people as bigots or transphobic when they object to this. Instead they could, you know, just live their lives peacefully without launching attack after attack on women's rights. It'd be better for everyone.
- watwut 2y ago
  I never interpreted "taking a dump in a toilette" as conquering. > Instead they could, you know, just live their lives peacefully without launching attack after attack on women's rights. It'd be better for everyone. Obvious issue here is that the same groups who hate trans also tend to be pretty misogynistic. So, I do not believe this is about womens rights at all.