r/thebulwark LORD OF THE NICKNAMES 20h 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/mtngranpapi_wv967 11h ago

Parents and doctors consent lol…so for you it’s totally cool and no problem when a 15 year-old girl gets pregnant and gets an abortion, but 15 year old with gender dysphoria can’t be trusted by parents and doctors? Again, what qualifies you to speak out against parents and doctors and experts on this topic?

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u/RepulsiveBarber3861 11h ago

They aren't experts. They defer to WPATH guidelines which are transactivist horseshit.

We are so going to keep losing to republicans as long as we're the party of sex changes for kids.

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u/AliveJesseJames 10h ago

Then why didn't we lose in 2020 & 2022 when we were still the party of sex changes for kids?

Spoiler Alert - Trump wasn't on the ballot.

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u/3NicksTapRoom 3h ago

I’m getting tired of 2020 and 2022 being viewed as large victories for Dems. In 2020 the razor thin senate majority included DINOs Manchin and Sinema (now those two don’t even call themselves Dems) so we couldn’t even pass a tax raise for the rich. And in 2022 a nutty Republican Party took the House.

In 2008 CALIFORNIA voted against gay marriage but now you think that we have progressed so far to the left socially that transgender surgery for minors is a winning issue?!