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

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FUD exists as a strategy because it works. All you have to do is criticize to sow apathy and reduce voter turnout.

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Yes, the thing about FUD is you can’t stop it, and by fighting it you only make it worse, especially when there are legitimate reasons to doubt. The best response to FUD is to make the criticism look stupid by proving it wrong with action. Trying to shut down criticism makes you look weak, and makes the criticism seem more valid, even when it isn’t.

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That doesn’t work in this scenario because democrats need more than the trans community to win elections. So they have to also win over voters that are anti trans.

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So they have to also win over voters that are anti trans.

And there it is. Let me ask you, how exactly do you think the Democrats should appeal to “anti-trans voters” without losing the trans and trans ally vote?

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