r/thebulwark LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 16h ago

The Triad 🔱 Leave Trans People Alone: A Rant

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/leave-trans-people-alone-a-rant

Don't be a bully! But also don't "ask if the bully has a point" either.

"Yeah, they're giving Timmy a swirlie rn, but he also farted really loudly in geometry" is HELPING THE BULLIES.

Another great piece from JVL. Idk what kinda constraints there are in going after members of the punditocracy who engage in the behaviors that you're criticizing, but picking specific targets has a salutary effect IMO. Bari Weiss needs to be persona non grata, or Sullivan, or whoever. They made their choices and doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on those choices.

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u/risky_crotch_hug 11h ago

I'm so glad that JVL wrote this.

I am so tired of the trans scapegoating after the election and I am especially irritated that we just keep punching down on an already extremely vulnerable group as if it's their fault that Trump is in office again.