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There’s a difference between recognizing that defending democracy is absolutely the #1 thing to be talking about and doing that and entirely going “blah blah” at basic human rights

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Trans rights are literally human rights. I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights. How would it benefit us to focus on one particular niche right among the others, many of which are way more important?

  • the right to clean air
  • the right to clean water
  • the right to medical care
  • the right to free speech
  • the right to choose your own gender
  • the right to remain silent
  • the right to eat pizza in the shower
  • the right to affordable housing
  • the right to education
  • the right to stick things in your butt
  • the right to listen to music
  • the right to eat random debris
  • the right to have cats
  • the right to own blankets
  • etcetera
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I’m fairly certain the Democratic platform is to protect human rights.

*offer void for Palestinians and trans people.

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Oh so Democrats are adopting policies to intentionally harm trans people now? To you not campaigning on something automatically means the candidate will work against that thing?

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