Democrats Vote Down Trans Refuge Bill In Maine After Right-Wing Attacks
Democrats Vote Down Trans Refuge Bill In Maine After Right-Wing Attacks
Maine's Judiciary Committee voted down House Bill 1735, a shield law for transgender people fleeing other anti-trans state laws, after the cosponsor asked for his own bill not to pass.
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This kinda stuff I think about when people say. Just vote blue.
Well voting red is definitely not going to be better, and not voting or throwing my vote away to a third party is the same as voting red.
Voting for a third party is simultaneously voting blue and red, if you listen to the blues they tell you it's a red vote while the reds are in your other ear complaining you just voted blue. The fact that it pisses off both the republicans and the democrats frankly is an indication that I have made the correct decision.
It should be the correct decision, but when the realistic options are maintaining the (lukewarm at best) status quo and genocide we kinda dont get to make the correct decision unfortunately
Well if you listen to everyone, the choices are genocide or genocide, so I suppose you're free to pick which genocide you'd prefer.
Cool that you don't care about using even the minuscule amount of power you hold in a democracy to vote for something better. That position makes you the bad guy btw.
So what's the play -- who are we voting for to get something better?
There is no state or county that only has the party of Capital on the ballot. So just don't vote for the party of Capital at the ballot box. You can and should do more stuff outside of voting, but as far as voting, do not vote for the party of Capital. If you do vote for the party of Capital you are telling them that your rights are negotiable. That you will support them unconditionally, and most importantly, the people who prove by their actions they obviously do not care about human rights, will continue to be in a position to block out anyone else that could possibly care about human rights.
You spelled your user name wrong.
The first five letters don't belong ;)
I'll be spending my trans ass time setting up mutual aid for food, housing and meds for all I can. You can vote for whatever wealthy fuck you want. We don't live in a democracy. We live in a republic with a fascist ideology. What's the headcount of babies in cages after biden? More than Trump. They are all the same, Fascist bastards. The Democrats are no better they just hide it better. I'm not saying don't do anything, just that the liberal is the same as the rest. And focus on something helpful instead of a cult of blue hoping checking a box will save people.
Politics is similar to the ecological structure and development of a forest. You begin with grasses which shield fledgling shrubs from the elements. The shrubs eventually push out the grass and make way for trees that push out the shrubs and then trees that push out the earlier trees. Then fire and flooding that brings you back to step 2.5. Focus on trees after you slit the stem of every single shrub and hope fire doesn’t set you back after.
Fire is actually beneficial to forests. It burns away the grass so fast growing tree saplings can grow.
In a vacuum, absolutely. With human meddling inadvertently causing hotter, longer, broader, and more frequent fires, natural fires can cause a full or partial reset more frequently. Except in aus. Eucalyptus is future-proof. Just like politics, ecology finds people are the problem.
This such a white western take. Indigenous peoples all around the world have been using fire to benefit ecology. People are not the problem. White fascist, colonial actions and ideals are the issue.
I feel like your point would be more poignant without the racism but I agree?
Yeah cause reverse racism exists and talking about the history of the world and how your view point is clearly skewed by racism colonialism and white fascism is totally racism in of itself.
Reminds me of a conversation I had a decade ago about “reverse rape.” It’s just rape. Academic study of racism hasn’t made “power+prejudice” the de facto definition and, as a result, it’s ostensibly racist to say “white western take.” I say this, once again, while agreeing with you.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360867339_How_social_media_use_political_identity_and_racial_resentment_affect_perceptions_of_reverse_racism_in_the_United_States U can request a free full text article here if you'd like a research article on the subject.
You can't be racist towards white people sry. Nice job bringing up rape tho
I think I’m just gonna leave you be, internet stranger. Good luck with… whatever this was meant to be.
Just came across this post randomly, and I've gotta commend you on the dryness of your wit. Saying something so patently absurd and hypocritical as
You can't be racist against white people
while keeping a straight face. Quality comedy.
Or you're just a racist piece of shit.
You should definitely vote further left and ensure you have zero say.
The system sucks. You should still remain pragmatic while being active locally.