• kool_newt@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/obama-administration-title-ix-transgender-student-rights-223149

    https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/05/05/obama-era-trans-protections-in-jeopardy/

    But for sake of argument, even if Democrats had done jack shit to protect me, they haven’t been sadistic like the only alternative is. There is no realistic third alternative, not for 2024 at least. If you want something better than what we have, you gotta work for it, not push for doomed revolution.

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      3rd isnt an option because liberals don’t want it to be. They are comfortable with the status quo, the same status quo that keeps everyone oppressed. Both parties intentionally are controlled opposition, to maintain the power structure that they’ve spent decades building. Republicans provide you a boogeyman, and Democrats proclaimed to be your savior, so that we are constantly fighting each other instead of fighting them.

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        3rd isnt an option because liberals don’t want it to be

        Yep, that’s at least a big part of it. We need to break out of this but not by forfeiting and letting Republicans win. Putting energy toward ranked choice voting or something is probably wiser.