Post by @WoodScientist@lemmy.world

2026-09-19 03:08 UTC

Yes. Minority groups using what little power they do have to advocate for their own interests usually really bothers liberals. The only real power small minority groups have is to act as spoilers in close elections. If you’re unwilling to ever use that power, then you no longer have any power at all. And this understandably makes liberals feel very uncomfortable. Minorities are supposed to be innocent victims being saved by the courageous white liberals. They’re not supposed to stand up for themselves and fight their own way for their own interests! Deep down minorities acting independently and according to their needs, not yours, deeply bothers you.

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@automattable@lemmy.world 2026-09-19 03:19

Idk where you get the idea that it has anything at all to do with all that. I’m merely commenting on your premise that someone a republican would be better than a dem for trans rights. If you truly think that, I think you’re delusional. I understand being upset that your choices are a christofascist and a terf, but electing the theocrat isn’t going to help with that. If you’ve somehow convinced yourself that a house rep losing in fucking Ohio of all places is going to be the bellwether that changes minds in the dnc on these issues, you 👏 are 👏wrong 👏 If you want to change Democratic Party positions and which candidates get support, there are lots of ways to do that. Voting for a republican is not one of them. IMO vote these people out in primaries. But since it’s too late for that, show up at her rallies and protest. Make her address it by being loud. But don’t delude yourself into thinking you’d be better off with the maga cultist.

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