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Florence Lemoine's avatar

Harris never talked about pronouns, never scolded white voters that they had "white privilege," didn't make a big deal about her gender or race, supported the bill in Congress that would toughen border restrictions, y'know, the one that Trump tanked. Why would voters be listening more to the progressive Left, made up of people who have very little actual power, than to Harris, who proposed policies designed to help small businesses and people having families or taking care of their elderly parents?

It's the right wing propaganda system that is so pervasive in this country that has created a gigantic straw man of evil progressives out of a small group of people who say the word "Latinx." A group that has maybe read some history and that understands that systemic racism and misogyny will indeed limit the opportunities of women and non-white people, in spite of the fact that those same people might want to believe otherwise (I admire their optimism).

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Kels's avatar

As a trans feminine person (I avoid the term non-binary for myself but don't judge others), I feel the community as a whole needs to stop dying on the following hills: bathrooms, sports, pronouns, and prisoner surgeries. Schools: there are SO FEW trans kids per capita, if they can't designate at least one gender-neutral bathroom per facility, then give the kids a pass to use the teacher's lounge. Sports: case by case basis and if the trans athlete is far off the grid in terms of athletic ability, just say NO. Pronouns -- enough of this BS, honor them when you can and we need to LET IT GO when people slip up -- and if we don't let "misgendering" be an easy dagger for them to stab us with, they'll eventually give up. My closest friends use my preferred terms with me and I could care less about everyone else. My kid, on the other hand, has different pronoun rules every week. Prisoner surgeries -- NO, NO, NO (to quote OMD's Tesla Girls). If we have that many trans criminals in the system, I'm sure the for profit correctional industry can figure out some way to monetize it and provide appropriate accommodations. Since prison reform is off the table for the next few decades and the prison pipeline will only ramp up, I highly recommend that trans people lay low, don't commit crimes, and do their best to not get brought in on avoidable charges often used to target at-risk communities. That won't save everyone but will hopefully reduce the prisoner count. Most trans people just want to live authentically and fit in, and sadly, society is going to take a much longer arc to even meet us half way.

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