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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Inflation is the prime reason cited by voters, not the electorate who registered to vote, and not the population as a whole.

Look at how Trump managed to drive turnout amongst non/low propensity voters, even at the cost of the more traditional Republican voters. Populism wielded by an autocratic demagogue is a cancer, but you don’t beat cancer with yet another neoliberal bandage atop the gaping wound caused by unchecked capitalism.

And it’s genuinely infuriating to see ostensible allies on the left bludgeon any criticism of the party as FUD - if I’m not permitted to post-mortem the DNC after a pathetic showing where they burned a billion dollars, with a B, and still lost all three (four even) branches of government, when will you accept any feedback? Are you seriously going to spend the next 2, 4, 6, etc years reinforcing a bubble devoid of criticism?

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What 4 branches are you referring to?

Also, republicans won the majority of voters by constantly referring to democrats as being pro-lgbtq. To turn around and criticize the democrats for that is pretty shitty

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I like the speed downvote within under a minute, and nitpicking whilst ignoring the substance of my comment, top tier wit on display

Honesty it’s a slip meaning the four houses (Senate, House, Executive, and Supreme Court) but given the way the media is fawning and exonerating Trump, the fourth branch also fits

Edit: Changing your post to add more substance after being called out is weak af, get better rhetoric skills. Saving for posterity bc you wolnt:

What 4 branches are you referring to?

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I like the speed downvote within under a minute, and nitpicking whilst ignoring the substance of my comment, top tier wit on display

Did you forget to call timeout? Your comment had no substance to ignore. You’re making a lot of unfounded claims about what you think the entire population wants based on your feelings.

Edit: Changing your post to add more substance after being called out is weak af, get better rhetoric skills.

Don’t be dramatic. As soon as I posted I went back and added better wording. You’re acting like I changed something after you replied.

Saving for posterity bc you wolnt:

What 4 branches are you referring to?

Ya you never answered my question. What 4 branches are you referring to?

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