• Catoblepas
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    The Obama administration did this in his last year in office too, and Trump immediately tossed it. A bandaid is better than nothing, but it’s still a bandaid and it can still be ripped off by the next Republican in office.

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      If Trump gets voted into office, I think that will be the least of anyone’s problems at this time. The good news is that an extra 4 years will get a lot of people through school

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        I’m well aware that everyone deprioritizes the health and well-being of trans youth but thanks for the reminder I guess?

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          it doesn’t mean its not a priority, however, Trump will do what he needs to stay in power. He’ll empower bigots, he’s been blunt about wanting to be a dictator, and he’ll release criminals who work for him.

          He’ll also likely give people guns who shouldn’t have them, and introduce measures which may lead to more mass shootings instead of taking them away.

          The last time he was in office, he had a huge effect here in Australia and we’re now dealing with more anti-vax idiots than ever, and more racists.

          So yeah. I’d argue that more dead kids is a bigger priority. I’d argue dead kids and trans people (since they’re probably more likely to be targeted), is a bigger concern. It’s actually crazy that such laws are needed in the first place honestly

          By the way, I know it doesn’t say much about me, but I actually do a lot of rock climbing, and we actually have a huge LGBTIQ community (which is awesome)

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            Every single thing you listed will also affect trans people, in addition to the policies that exclusively target trans people.

            It is completely unnecessary to minimize the harm caused by anti-trans policies in favor of talking about ‘more important’ problems. People can care about more than one thing at once, and if your right to exist in public was being eroded out from under you that is not the tune you’d be singing.

            Let me be crystal clear, I’m not interested in hearing any more about why and what other issues you think are more important than trans youth being forced to attend schools where they can’t safely use the restroom. This is not an invitation to double down. I have had to help too many trans people fleeing conservative states to feel like trans youth who can’t even escape their situation is ‘the least of our problems.’

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              Sigh… What a silly argument this is, and it really just feels like you’re attacking me despite being on the same side for the sake of doing so.

              Yeah, he plans to make everyone feel unsafe. No idea why you’d attack me for pointing out that his policies are so fucked it affects everyone.

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                It is free to not come into a post about bathroom restrictions faced by trans youth and to tell a trans person that trans peoples’ rights to equal bathroom access are the least of our problems if Trump is re-elected.

                If you view doing that as being on my side please reevaluate. Or at least stop bothering me about it.

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                  Again, I support Biden’s law. But I believe that blocking this law would only be the start of the crap Trump wants to do.

                  He’s been pushed into a corner now (and knows he will be locked up forever), and he is using typical Nazi / Dictatorship bullshit to maintain power. And that means being cruel and empowering the kind of people who are dangerous to everyone.

                  It also means brainwashing gun nuts to believe the election is a scam so they’ll fight for him. And it also helps that he attacks immigrants, the LGBTIQ and other minorities to recruit them.

                  We’ve seen the consequences even here in Australia from Trump. Banning pronouns and transitioning in schools is simply a tool he uses (one of many) for gaining more power. I believe VERY far. And don’t be surprised if he later steps up the rhetoric way beyond reverting this law.

                  You need to ask yourself, how far can he go? Blocking Universal Healthcare? Improved access to fully automatic weapons? Banning Abortion nationwide? Or even banning Gay marriage again.

                  To be blunt though, I’m not responding again, because this is kind of a stupid argument over semantics of what I said lol

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        yeah well actually show up to vote and vote on democrats to congress so they can pass the equality act into law