179

Democrats Abandon Trans Voters at Their Peril (www.truthdig.com)

submitted 1 day ago by WoodScientist@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

252 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Liberals will lie to you and tell you to "just vote in the primary," but in reality they simply don't care about trans rights and do not believe there is ever a right time to challenge transphobic Democrats.

First primary: the transphobes hide their colors so you can't vote against them.

First general election: the snakes reveal their colors, but you can't vote against the traitors because "blue no matter who." They tell you to just vote in the next primary.

Second primary: the same people who tell you now "save it for the primary" shift their tune to "we can't give up an incumbent seat in a purple district!"

Trans people can see through these bad-faith lies. Yet of course, mansplaining trolls will be sure to breathlessly explain "lesser of two evil" math, as if that's not an argument we haven't heard a thousand times and already rejected due to its obvious flaws. There's never a shortage of arrogant cis people who think they know more about trans issues than actual trans people.

Liberals want your votes, not your voices. Be a good little minority and sit down. Shut up. Support the party. You owe the party your support. The party owes you nothing.

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top new old

[-] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 5 points 1 hour ago

It's not in the top five issues that need immediate attention. And by "immediate" I mean government immediate, of course.

It's not even in the top ten. The other guys are going to make your lives worse so voting for them "out of spite" is about the stupidest thing a human monkey could do. Human beings "think". Human monkeys - not so much.

How about lets put our agendas aside and made the United States of AMERICA the main agenda here. Unless you think you'd like to live in Russia, which is exactly where trump will take it if he steals these midterms.

[-] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 minutes ago

The house is on fire and they're complaining we refuse to talk about who does the dishes. I swear this culture has made people so self absorbed they are incapable of seeing when the system they're a part of needs to be the priority. America could lose it's democracy in this election and if it does, no amount of nagging is going to help trans rights.

[-] kingkong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

this is not an important metric for the nation stop making it so. focus on real issues culture wars can stay culture wars go away and let us focus on jailing the elite epsteins. and stop making it about you there are more important things at hand like preventing criminals from seizing power. all your culture wars have made the nation a much much much worse place to live and impovished the nation and endangered the world. stop letting your self culture interest endanger everyone else for your idealogical gains.

[-] Azal@pawb.social 4 points 3 hours ago

Cool cool cool. So this means we shouldn't vote for them.

My trans friends on the Kansas side of the border had their drivers licenses pulled because the veto-proof Republican Supermajority in one night made all drivers licenses that had gender not of birth null with no warning and that's still currently being fought in the courts. Same time they put through a bathroom bill that has a bounty on it for people to call in where someone will have to go to court to prove themselves.

Somehow frankly shocked our Republican supermajority in MO hasn't done the same, but they're busy trying to take away our ability to pass laws because we managed to keep abortion legal. Oh... wait... they're using trans people as the way to entice people to vote the outlawing of abortion again this election.

But we shouldn't let the dems win.

I think a lot of yall saying this don't live in red states where the water is already boiling. Best of luck to you, we're trying our hardest to survive over here.

[-] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

I live in Missouri (the St. Charles area) and I don't support either of these bastards. Missouri is filled with morons though so we're better off getting air striked than ever seeing any positive change. Put an actual socialist in charge of this state instead of Dems that literally put in their campaign ads that they're conservatives who think the party went too far so they're running as Democrats.

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Holy fuck. Are you telling me that trans voters and supporters are not going to vote for a Democrat if they're soft on trans rights? Is that all they're concerned about? That's the number one most important thing to them? Have any of them noticed the much bigger issues at play here? Republicans must be voted out of office and yet some of you apparently aren't that worried about how they're destroying our country because you won't vote for their opposition. It's hard to be principled when you're fighting an unprincipled opponent.

[-] kingkong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

seems the trans community dont care about the nation one iota and just wants little trickets to appease them. they are not friends of the world or the nation it means. it wasn't going to be an issue regardless idk what the heck they are complaining about little titles that mean nothing at all.

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Republican playbook for years: Make the Dems fight each other over social issues.

[-] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

But don't you get it , if the Republicans win it will get worse faster. If you elect Democrat the camps they eventually agree too send you to will be so much nicer and dignified.

[-] AviAdi@suppo.fi 1 points 1 hour ago

Well Everytime I bring up that the only way out of this is with a barrel of a gun and some targeted assassinations I get banned... So enjoy the gulags americucks. YOU FUCKING IDIOTS WILL KILL THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN BEFORE MURDERING PEDOPHILE POLITICIANS. EVIL FUCKS

[-] VampirePenguin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Our choices are dogshit and exploding dogshit. votes for dogshit again sigh

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

You have a choice of two lunches.

Stale bread and water OR a steaming pile of rancid horse dung marinated in cow urine and e-thot vomit.

load more comments (2 replies)

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

2024: "If you accept that the Democrats are fucking over Palestinians and vote for them anyway, then are you going to follow the same logic when they fuck over trans people?"

2026: "If you accept that the Democrats are fucking over trans people and vote for them anyway, then are you going to follow the same logic when they fuck over gay people?"

2028: "If you accept that the Democrats are fucking over gay people and vote for them anyway, then are you going to follow the same logic when they fuck over PoC?"

2030...

This is exactly why you take a stand and nip that shit in the bud. "We will hang together, or we will all hang separately." The moderate fascists want to chip us away, piece-by-piece, dividing and conquering so that our defeat is inevitable.

We have to draw a fucking line and hold that line, come hell or high water. Why would I stand behind someone who will sell me down the river at the drop of a hat, the moment it's politically expedient?

Some people will just never understand this. But they can at least understand that it is what we believe, and that we will not abandon and sell out our comrades simply in the "lesser evil." Whether we face a greater or lesser evil, we must face it united, or all hope is lost. Solidarity is non-negotiable.

[-] kingkong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

if they revoke the allegence to the epstein class and jail them then that is enough for me to vote for them. i do not care which party it is jail the epstein class no matter the cost. the world will be at peace you can fight your culture wars after the main threat is gone and we can move on with our lives your gas lighting us with culture wars is their epstein agenda as always.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

Letting the Republicans win to...

Checks notes

Protect trans rights

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes the only power you have is demanding things for your vote. If they believe you are willing to give your vote regardless of them not meeting your demands, then they will obviously not bother to meet them.

[-] kingkong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

i demand the epstein class all be in jail and no other way i will vote for anything they say. i rather country burn otherwise as the source of burning are the epstein class. thats the fact and truth. anything less is treason. let the culture wars go into the toilet until we can achieve this as the epstein class deflect with culture wars.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments

this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2026

179 points (73.4% liked)

politics

31286 readers

2182 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News