The military would not be able to pay for surgeries for transgender troops under the Senate's version of the must-pass annual defense policy bill, legislative text released Monday evening revealed.
I hope he stubs his toe, trips, and falls face first into a railroad spike, thereby making the world a better place to live in because a hateful waste of life bigot will be gone and no one will have to deal with the dumb bastard any more.
It’s not just Manchin that voted for it, other Democrats did too.
Heads up for those that follow it (aka trans folks), Biden took a turn on trans rights as well. He now supports bans on “gender affirming surgeries for trans kids”. Which is where Republicans started their crusade to try to ban all gender-affirming care for trans folks. (Yes, I know that slippery slope isn’t a valid argument, but in this case they actually started there and what they are now advocating for).
And people wonder why so many gender non-conforming folks are refusing to vote for Biden.
We all know that “gender affirming surgeries” aren’t being performed on minors. Publicly being against something that doesn’t happen seems more like a calculated way to get support from morons low-information voters.
Like literally everyone who isn’t a rich white Christian man, trans lives will get significantly worse under Trump. Rational self-interest should be reason enough to vote for Biden.
Obviously in this context we’re talking about gender affirming surgeries for trans children, not Aughbreylynn’s dad buying her bolt-ons for her 16th birthday.
They are being performed in very low numbers (like single digits in the country, and in very extreme cases). But it shouldn’t matter, no part of government should be interfering in medical decisions, even if they’re very rare. Ever. The Republicans in our state started with that and trans women in sports, and ended with proposing constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. They’ve already banned trans health care for minors and started banning books in schools. And they’ve proposed banning all gender affirming care in the state and ran out of time.
Rational self interest is what made me vote for Hillary and Biden the first time. I’m in a deep red state, my state’s electoral college votes are going to Trump without a doubt. I’ll be voting Democrat down ticket, because in my state the national elections won’t matter. It’s the state banning gender affirming care, banning abortions, privatizing schools, etc. And Democrats can’t stop it at the state level (Republicans have supermajorities in both legislatures and will hold the governorship for at least 2 more years), and at the national level they don’t seem to try to care to try to stop it either. If I had resources, I would have already left the country. Many of my friends have.
So my vote isn’t going to count either way, it might as well try to serve as a wake up call to the Democrats that they have to be more than “not really fascist” to win an election.
And people wonder why so many gender non-conforming folks are refusing to vote for Biden.
I don’t wonder that, because we’re not refusing to vote for Biden. Except for the suicidal trans doomers who are willing to throw their lives away making a political statement. Which is absolutely tragic, but also fuck them for risking all our lives too.
It’ll be fun revisiting this if Biden somehow wins and project 2025 policies still get implemented. Then it’ll be on to the next issue we totally have to vote blue to stop
Oh they certainly have the right to vote for fascism. And I have the right to call them assholes about it. That’s the democratic process in action. Democracy isn’t when your fascist ideas are never challenged, that’s fascism.
Fuck you, Manchin. Burn in the deepest pit of whatever hell you believe in. You know you’ve earned it.
I hope he stubs his toe in every room he walks into for the rest of his life
I hope he stubs his toe and it gets infected and he gets a slight case of sepsis.
I hope he stubs his toe, trips, and falls face first into a railroad spike, thereby making the world a better place to live in because a hateful waste of life bigot will be gone and no one will have to deal with the dumb bastard any more.
Be the change you wish to see in the world
Whoa. Dial it back a little. 90%. Give him tiny hope. It makes the failure worse.
I hope he stubs his TINY toe in every room he walks into for the rest of his life
And the other sock is perpetually wet
Piece of shit. Piece of shit. Piece of shit.
Oh no, you summoned Joe Manchin
Maybe some guy will come along and punch him in the face.
It’s not just Manchin that voted for it, other Democrats did too.
Heads up for those that follow it (aka trans folks), Biden took a turn on trans rights as well. He now supports bans on “gender affirming surgeries for trans kids”. Which is where Republicans started their crusade to try to ban all gender-affirming care for trans folks. (Yes, I know that slippery slope isn’t a valid argument, but in this case they actually started there and what they are now advocating for).
And people wonder why so many gender non-conforming folks are refusing to vote for Biden.
We all know that “gender affirming surgeries” aren’t being performed on minors. Publicly being against something that doesn’t happen seems more like a calculated way to get support from
moronslow-information voters.Like literally everyone who isn’t a rich white Christian man, trans lives will get significantly worse under Trump. Rational self-interest should be reason enough to vote for Biden.
Gender affirming surgeries are given to cis minors all the time. We just call it plastic surgery.
Obviously in this context we’re talking about gender affirming surgeries for trans children, not Aughbreylynn’s dad buying her bolt-ons for her 16th birthday.
They are being performed in very low numbers (like single digits in the country, and in very extreme cases). But it shouldn’t matter, no part of government should be interfering in medical decisions, even if they’re very rare. Ever. The Republicans in our state started with that and trans women in sports, and ended with proposing constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. They’ve already banned trans health care for minors and started banning books in schools. And they’ve proposed banning all gender affirming care in the state and ran out of time.
Rational self interest is what made me vote for Hillary and Biden the first time. I’m in a deep red state, my state’s electoral college votes are going to Trump without a doubt. I’ll be voting Democrat down ticket, because in my state the national elections won’t matter. It’s the state banning gender affirming care, banning abortions, privatizing schools, etc. And Democrats can’t stop it at the state level (Republicans have supermajorities in both legislatures and will hold the governorship for at least 2 more years), and at the national level they don’t seem to try to care to try to stop it either. If I had resources, I would have already left the country. Many of my friends have.
So my vote isn’t going to count either way, it might as well try to serve as a wake up call to the Democrats that they have to be more than “not really fascist” to win an election.
I don’t wonder that, because we’re not refusing to vote for Biden. Except for the suicidal trans doomers who are willing to throw their lives away making a political statement. Which is absolutely tragic, but also fuck them for risking all our lives too.
It’ll be fun revisiting this if Biden somehow wins and project 2025 policies still get implemented. Then it’ll be on to the next issue we totally have to vote blue to stop
It’s that strange moment when bodily autonomy does not include voting your conscience. /s
Oh they certainly have the right to vote for fascism. And I have the right to call them assholes about it. That’s the democratic process in action. Democracy isn’t when your fascist ideas are never challenged, that’s fascism.
You mean like when you shut down primaries so you’re guaranteed a victory?
I hope it burns with the cleanest coal hell has to offer