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minus-square@GardenVarietyAnxietylink9•8 months agoTrust me, I understand the play here. But Imagine you’re just an average cis person and your trans friend sends you that article. You read it and you’re angry. “How can they treat human beings like this??” So you go read the bill. Kids can’t be taken across state lines for gender affirming medical procedures without the consent of their parents. “Oh… Erin must not have read it thoroughly. This sounds reasonable to me.” And I know this happens because a political podcaster, who is a very intelligent cis guy who I respect, did exactly this about Don’t Say Gay. We need to tell people -why- these laws are dangerous without falling into our own panic. We need to point out how they all seem to try to “solve” problems that don’t exist, or just scapegoat us.
minus-square@Cypherlink4•8 months ago We need to tell people -why- these laws are dangerous without falling into our own panic. I’m not sure what about my take on the likely tactic here is striking you as panic. I have exactly zero stake in this as I’m not from the USA and was merely making an observation.
minus-square@GardenVarietyAnxietylink3•8 months agoI’m saying Erin’s post comes across as “panic” because to someone who might care, but is less informed, it seems to be missing some context
Trust me, I understand the play here. But Imagine you’re just an average cis person and your trans friend sends you that article.
You read it and you’re angry. “How can they treat human beings like this??”
So you go read the bill.
“Oh… Erin must not have read it thoroughly. This sounds reasonable to me.”
And I know this happens because a political podcaster, who is a very intelligent cis guy who I respect, did exactly this about Don’t Say Gay.
We need to tell people -why- these laws are dangerous without falling into our own panic.
We need to point out how they all seem to try to “solve” problems that don’t exist, or just scapegoat us.
I’m not sure what about my take on the likely tactic here is striking you as panic.
I have exactly zero stake in this as I’m not from the USA and was merely making an observation.
I’m saying Erin’s post comes across as “panic” because to someone who might care, but is less informed, it seems to be missing some context