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So, we're just going to ignore the specific mentions in their platform?
Platforms are meanless, it's an outlet for activist that politicians can & do completely ignore.
I think it's more that people wanted a trans speaker or for people to speak about it directly. People are more interested in speeches than reading through the platform. Which I think is crazy since it very clearly outlines their intentions to defend us trans folk. But in the days of social media and sound clips, if you don't have a speaker mentioning it directly, it doesn't exist.
I know this is probably a (relatively) unpopular opinion, but at this point, I'll gladly take passive acceptance over flat out, literally express genocide against trans people.
Straight up, it suck not being positively supported, but it's a hell of a lot better than being threatened with prison time-definitely in the wrong one! 😱
We should never have to accept being a side issue. It should categorically be unacceptable for the political party that is protecting our rights to show passivity in the face of what is happening to us.
I don't believe that being passive on trans issues benefits them whatsoever in terms of votes. Transphobia in the US is closely aligned with American neo fascism. Transphobes are never going to vote Democrat. So what is gained by being silent about us? Like materially, how is that a good political move? All it does is make their support for minority rights seem vacant. Trump and his ilk show up to rallies and rant and rave about us. About how we're demons. How we're vile and repulsive and how we should be ostracized and ridiculed and locked away from society.
And the Democrat response at the DNC is to say nothing? How can that be a good political move? And what does that say to the American people about trans people? Our rights aren't worth any vocal pushback. Obviously, a platform of passive acceptance is better than a platform of hate. But our rights matter, and our suffering matters. Progressive politicians should be actively pushing back as much as possible against the transphobic platform of the republican party.
Be glad you're not in the UK. Here all major parties are worse than US Republicans.
Not really. The current ruling party (Labour) are pretty crap but nothing compared to the openly genocidal US Republicans. And the 3rd largest party (Liberal Democrats) are pretty socially progressive.
Meh, they're really just way more polite about it. Both have the same policy of banning gender affirming care for trans folks.
Same same. I also really don't care that during an election people are trying to get votes and not discussing the most contentious issues. They can do that when they're in power, thank you very much.