nora

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a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

My point here is that there are certain things on which you CANNOT compromise. If you compromise on personhood—just a little bit, just to win the primary—you open the door to dehumanization and genocide. As They Might Be Giants once sang, "can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding."

Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌@tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 3w ago

If we compromise on this basic facet of our personhood—if we say, "yes, Democrats, you can compromise with literal fascists on JUST THIS ONE THING so you can get elected, and we won't complain (where anyone can hear us)"—we forfeit everything: our rights, our identity, our very existence.

No, we can’t work on changing their minds. Their thesis is “if we sacrifice the trannies we win.” Once they win, their thesis is proven correct. They have no reason to compromise on that point because they have been proven right.

The sports issue is not about sports. It is about calling trans women men on the TV and in our laws. It is about conjuring images of a scary masculine tranny in the minds of voters. It is about constructing a perceived threat to the cis hetero american family to win votes through fear and bigotry.

"Would you rather have an IMPERFECT Dem or a GOP fascist in office? HUH?" Transphobia isn't "imperfection." It's a DISEASE. And it's a disease that's conveniently spread to a couple dozen Dem candidates in the past week. It's going to skyrocket just like it did with Labour.

would any other minority group besides trans people be expected to take one for the team and vote for a democrat who doesn’t support their right to exist in society? would they expect black people to vote for a candidate who supports segregation or jewish people to support an open nazi?