Comment by frezik@midwest.social on Activist says trans people can’t trust Democrats to protect them anymore

In the face of ‘eradication’, one trans activist is preparing to fight – and she’s sick of silence and neglect from her supposed allies. Raquel Willis tells Io Dodds why Republican bathroom bans are everybody’s problem

I’m saying they’re willing to throw them under the bus as soon as it gets difficult. Being silent while a few members do so explicitly isn’t being an ally.

Infighting works to the GOPs advantage. If the DNC starts attacking the few members they have in office they will switch to the GOP. Giving the people who want to eradicate the trans community more power.

What difference does it make if they lose so hard anyway that they are politically impotent?

The difference is: to win you need as many people voting against the GOP as possible.

Since there won’t be a major election for another two years, now seems like a perfect time to criticize the hell out of Democrats.

Those criticisms don’t disappear at election time. They get used as ammo by bad faith actors to convince voters to not vote/vote 3rd party/vote GOP.

Giving the GOP more power

So we’re not allowed to criticize Democrats ever? How is that supposed to result in a functional political system?

I see we’ve learned nothing from the election. “I’m less shit than my opponent” is not a winning play.

Instead why don’t we ask why over a third of the electorate doesn’t bother voting? For either side.

I see we’ve learned nothing from the election. “I’m less shit than my opponent” is not a winning play.

What does this have to do with inflation aka the reason democrats lost?

Saying you need more votes than just the trans community and their allies to beat the GOP is not saying “I’m less shit than my opponent”.

Instead why don’t we ask why over a third of the electorate doesn’t bother voting? For either side.

I did, they said they don’t care about politics.

Move the goalposts if it makes you feel you’re forming a better argument; the by-line from your and prior comments was about infighting and criticism of the party, and that they don’t represent the people the party claims to cares about. Inflation wasn’t part of this discussion, but it honestly reinforces my point. “Tariffs bad” yes tariffs are bad, what is the party going to do about the real economic harm that voters feel from rising cost of living? Gaslight them some more? Point to line going up on the S&P as ‘progress’ and then wonder why working poor stay home every cycle? Maybe that’s why they’re disinterested in politics?

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