cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17202407
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill this week to legally erase transgender people, entitled the “Defining Male and Female Act of 2024.” He claimed that the bill will stop what he called the Biden administration’s attempt to “replace biological sex with dangerous radical gender ideology.”
The bill is a long list of terms and definitions, where words like “father” and “girl” are defined with the words “male” and “female.” Those two words are then defined as “an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes [sperm or eggs for male or female, respectively] for fertilization.”
Man, I hope all the trans who said they wouldn’t vote for Harris because she didn’t talk about them are feeling great about the new government that will be in control during the next few years!
If we used a more representative electoral system, these people would be free to vote for who they want, safe in the knowledge their vote would still be counted against the republicans.
Are you working to replace First Past The Post voting in your state now that we have a few gasps of ait between elections?
Only true if the right isn’t united. With a split left and a united right then the right ends up with the most people elected anyway. The only reason the left got a plurality in France is because it decided to work as a team for once, otherwise the far right would have taken over.
Also, acting like the system isn’t FPTP in the meantime is just acting against your own interests.
This is what centrists think solidarity looks like.
You gotta work with the system you have, you can disagree with it, in the meantime you’re still working against your interests of you decide to not vote for the lesser of two evils.
Yeah, I saw how that worked out here on lemmy.
Already voted for Harris. This is about your gross vindictive glee at the misfortune of others.
Glee? What glee? I’m just pointing out that some people were saying they wouldn’t vote for Harris because she didn’t talk about the issue close to their heart specifically and in the end they’ll be part of the reason why things will get worse for them. Fuck around and find out works both ways and I hope that will be a lesson for them.
There is no glee. I’m sorry it seems that way to you. There is a lot of frustration going around. Playing the blame game gets us nowhere. I was part of the problem too blaming non committal lefties. I’m sorry for my past attitude. I’m just not convinced that block has any interest in making change anymore. I think we’re all miserable at the moment. We all have friends or know people that will be personally affected in the next four years so there is absolutely no glee here (at least for me)
You. Still. Are. That’s the entire fucking point of your Schadenfreude-laden gloating that trans people are going to suffer, just on the off chance that some of them stayed home.
I’m not gloating. I’ve stated as much numerous times. I’m pretty glum about it. I’m disappointed in the DNC overall.
Try to have a convo without getting so bitter all the time. I’m not your enemy.
The constant purity testing of candidates/policies?
The entitlement and vindictiveness when that entitlement is not met.