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In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left (jacobin.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Right wing - You don't hate gays? Ah well close enough, you'll get there with time.

Left wing - You think women should be entitled to their own spaces? YOU FUCKING BIGOT!!!! REEEEEEEEE!!!!!?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’m a big left winger and I’m broadly in support of trans rights except for two or three minor sticking points which I think are very much worthy of debate, like women’s sports and women’s changing rooms, but if I actually express that, I’m a massive cunt 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

It's probably because it hits very close to the extreme-right talking point that trans women are only trans because they want to sneak into the women's toilet or win at sports. People are like "not this shit again 🤦".

Though I think banning trans women from changing rooms is like misgendering them which is mean.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A better argument would be the down votes prove you're clueless and oversimplifiying things. Or just a troll.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm aware that I'm oversimplifying things, it's an extremely nuanced and sensitive subject and to write about it in whole on Lemmy would be a mile long wall of text. I don't think I'm clueless, but I understand that insulting my intelligence makes you feel better about your predetermined side of the argument rather than actually trying to engage with the substance of my comment.

I think it's pretty obvious that there are many people that think along the same lines as me but you can bury your head in the sand and pretend I'm a troll if you want.

Regardless of my personal opinions, my comment was written as a proof of how the left, despite broad similarities and agreements, eats itself over minor differences whilst the right aren't as bothered. You've done nothing but prove that point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Regardless of my personal opinions, my comment was written as a proof of how the left, despite broad similarities and agreements, eats itself over minor differences whilst the right aren’t as bothered. You’ve done nothing but prove that point.

It's because on the left we actually have principles. The right are populist, they just demonise the minority of the day, they don't actually care about what they scream. Of course they get on very well because they have nothing they care about except power.