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Just fucken ban sports from school then if you are so worried about who is playing. Take it out and let 3rd parties handle it who can have whoever they want. Anything to get these fucking ghouls to shut the fuck up about lifestyles that do not effect standard of living at all.
Fuck 100% of the way off, Talarico. Trans women are women and including them in sports neither affects safety nor fairness
“Every sport has to be safe and fair,” Talarico said on Fox News. “As a former public school teacher, I care a lot about our student athletes, I care a lot about our students. And so I will oppose trans athletes playing in girls’ sports if it risks safety or fairness.”
I feel like such a fool for ever having hope.
Don’t lose hope.
Take your feelings of disownment into positive things like revolting.
Demagogues don’t need you, we need you.
Make the change you want to see. Not some demagogue.Don’t lose hope.
Hope was in that box for a reason.
I am saying ballots aren’t practical, your direct political acts are.
In a just world, I believe a representative’s opinions should not matter. They should represent their constituents. There should be a real conversation between the reps and who they rep that we just haven’t had in my lifetime.
I’m wondering if this is just to help win in Texas, then he flips back.
Whose votes is he picking up here? The sort of people who want anti-trans bigotry in sports aren’t going to vote for him no matter which minorities he decides to chuck under the bus for traction.
He’s doing this because it’s who he always was, and now that he’s on the other side of the primary he doesn’t have to care.
There’s probably enough idiots in Texas that will vote for him because he is a Christian. It is Texas after all. I also think the question of fairness in sports may be a bit subjective and unfortunately not everyone knows the science behind it. We also don’t have much data in general. There’s also nuance, maybe someone is fine with it in middle school sports but not professional or something. It’s actually a somewhat interesting topic and I do understand people’s hesitation about it. I’m not going to count someone completely out over that one thing, honestly. Hell I would generally be against him simply because I don’t trust Christians, but compared to the alternative…whew.
I’m just so fucking tired of moving to the right one betrayal at a time. There’s always another vulnerable group that democrats consider disposable. Immigrants. Palestinians. Trans people. Poor people. Rail workers.
I’m sick of retreating. I want trans people to be accepted because I have loved ones who are trans. I have friends who are plural who society is never going to accept if we don’t get trans acceptance down first. I’m fed up with watching people I was enthusiastic about voting for deciding on my behalf that the Overton window encompasses too many vulnerable minorities and not enough bigots.
I feel like it’s not going to ever end, like there is no one willing to stand up for the powerless. That no one understands that appeasing fascists never gets you to a better place, no matter how much you call it incremental progress.
Obama said he was against gay marriage, then got it legalized. I think sometimes there is strategy in playing the game otherwise you’re stuck with a true fascist.
Obama said he was against gay marriage, then got it legalized.
The supreme court legalized it and no one has codified it. It’s on the chopping block just like Roe was.
I think sometimes there is strategy in playing the game otherwise you’re stuck with a true fascist.
I think that’s cold comfort to the sacrificial pawns.
Might be cold comfort but I would prefer it takes a decade of crawling towards it rather than lose everything outright because someone made a strategic failure trying to win a red state. Just like Beto did with the guns. Let’s not demolish every chance every time.
You’d rather crawl towards fascism with small concessions from the ruling class to make you feel like you’re winning. Because it’s more comfortable for you, and you aren’t on the chopping block just yet.
First they came for the communists and all that… When you sacrifice all of us, we won’t be there to protect you when they come for you!
Might be cold comfort but I would prefer it takes a decade of crawling towards it rather than lose everything outright because someone made a strategic failure trying to win a red state.
Talarico walking back his position didn’t convince a single bigot. They have not changed their attacks against him on this issue. I suspect that the attacks will intensify because he demonstrated a willingness to cave. But this will not be rewarded with their votes. Bigots will vote for the greater bigot every time.
You cannot appease fascists.
90% of people do not care about this
Congratulations on being in abundant company?
