Summary
During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly shouted an anti-trans slur despite objections from Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly.
She defended her remarks by attacking transgender rights and dismissing criticism.
The outburst drew condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates and political figures, highlighting her shift from previously supporting LGBTQ+ rights to embracing anti-trans rhetoric.
Mace has used the slur in past statements and introduced legislation restricting transgender rights.
I hope she chokes on her vomit in her sleep.
Realistically, I’d be happy for her to choke on pretty much anyone’s vomit. Extra points for creativity.
I volunteer. I’ll eat some weird shit
This is a government of the absolute worst people.
For the absolute worst. The votes were not rigged.
We’re not going to take this lying down
The votes were not rigged, more reason for us to be ready.
Gross. You are become them. Classic American - apply a bit of stress and you cry Guns!
Fuck off bootlicker.
Before this year, I was absolutely anti-gun. I’m a teacher, and it chills me that every time I enter a classroom I think “how the hell am I going to get these kids out of here if shit goes down”. That’s how I start my Monday’s.
Owning a gun at home is statistically more dangerous to you or someone you love than to an intruder.
Most school shooters are taken down by unarmed teachers who work together.
But we aren’t facing intruders or school shooters. We are facing the proud boys, Jan6ers, and now the federal government. I normally don’t believe in violence and weapons either, but the context has changed and now we cannot rely on promises of public officials to keep us safe. We cannot rely on the police to keep us safe (as if we could before). We cannot rely on any market force to keep us safe.
Only we can keep us safe. This shit is getting real, and for those of us who are most likely staring down the barrel of a fascists gun, we can’t just let that happen.
I hate that this is the reality.
I should never have to consider these things.
But in America, every conservative and their mom is carrying, and we in the cities have been complacent. Obviously you are not from America. You don’t understand the sheer amount of guns here. Sadly it’s creating a feedback loop and to sit unarmed is to be a sitting duck in a civil war/ genocide situation.
The time for the idealism of pacifism is done. If you are neutral you are on the side of the oppressor.
Bigoted bitch
Methinks this Caitlyn Jenner doppelgänger doth protest too much.
How come the reporting is censoring the word?
Hate speech is censored to avoid normalizing language intended to encourage violence against the disempowered.
Yeah but you could report without reporting the word if that is the case. You could keep the fact “the slur has been used” yet they go the extra mile to put it and censored it it. The reporting should just say the fact that a representative used a discriminatory language. I agree with you that we are on for 4 years of hyper normalization https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation
Oooh, nicely put.
Before your comment, I was thinking, “why not show the word? What word could it be? I’m a big boy and it won’t hurt me,” but … after your comment I think I get it.
I may have to take this away and think on it, and thank you for the catalyst.
Fuck yeah. Personal growth for the win.
Right, I mean what the fuck is a trans slur?
Most likely tr**ny
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Hate speech is intended to encourage violence and dehumanize others. Censoring the word helps build the social taboo that discourages the use of hate speech and helps isolate people who insist on using it.
Adults take responsibility for the effect their words and actions have on the world.
Just like we can’t say Voldemort right? I dunno in reporting they should report what is said. Reporters should be asking. “What do you have an issue with. Diversity. Inclusion. Or equity? Don’t be shy get specific for me!” But they are all billionaires whores.
No censoring word is for cowards and assholes. Same as banning books. Stop censoring words were not children and no one hear is encouraging violence. Just trying to get the full picture. Just like I will call that GOP member who used the slur a fucking cunt.
Slurs are different and similarly not allowed on lemmy.
Unless you’re trans, that isn’t your call to make. You don’t get to decide that it’s ok for people other than yourself to be exposed to slurs. Stay in your own lane.
Two of my children have trans boyfriends, and I am not advocating for us to go around insulting people with slurs. My comment was why are reporting sluring words. We should know what the bitch said. It’s Congress we have right to know what they are saying and doing. Parts of lemmy seem to be turning into reddit. Next they ban people for speaking against fucking nazis or saying to punch a fucking nazi.
We’re* and here*, child.
The internet is amazing. You see someone with their light coming on and showing growth and then you also see this guy in the same post.
As an exercise to the reader, the above post was exercising the slur liberally in an attempt to claim it’s “barely an insult”
Mods seem to think otherwise :)
Lol and black people say the n word all the time why can’t I say it too? /S
One law.
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Not even the same.
damn. i don’t know much about her other than she’s been pretty vocal about UAP transparency. sucks that she’s an asshole too.
