Just to reiterate: engaging in resistance is not the same as throwing your hat in the ring. And again, i don't disagree with your points or those options but I worry we're setting ourselves up again because we'd rather argue about that unicorn perfection.
I don't think that "stop treating MAGA like reasonable interlocutors to agree with and appeal to" is "unicorn perfection". I think it's the bare minimum when it comes to opposing MAGA. But what do I know? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I think you're still missing my point. In no way am I interested in engaging maga. They're a lost cause. I think we can all agree with that. This isn't about them. The success of the opposition was nudged by us being distracted. And we're doing it again. And please stop assuming I'm simply pro-Gav
What were we distracted by? The adoption of MAGA positions toward my community by my party poses an existential threat to me and those like me.
So infighting solves this how? What do you propose we do to be a united front? I'm genuinely curious. How do we, as a proactive community, find common ground that's good enough for us all to agree for once? What IS that common ground? And please don't assume I don't understand the threat.
How is my objecting to having my rights threatened by a member of my own party the infighting here? How is the threat to my rights not the infighting? The common ground is the baseline economic conditions threatening us all. Universal healthcare, guaranteed housing, etc.
why are you fighting someone who wants to protect their right to dignity and autonomy? do you not think they deserve that right? what's the "middle ground"? it's a yes or no question
Fighting? I'm asking how we successfully create a proactive, united community and who the contender who checks enough boxes could be. What is your constructive suggestion? What if they aren't interested in the national spotlight?
you've been told, you just don't want to accept it. you want to dictate the terms instead of letting others lead the way you're just like the white moderate mlk complained about
You're making assumptions. Again.
you just don't like being called out on your bullshit
Gavin actively agreeing with extreme-right talking points about an important segment of our own base is fully buying into their distraction tactics, not avoiding it. The right play is to deflect their talk about trans people onto a point where the public is net favorable for the Democrat position.
"you misunderstood me, your rights are a distraction from the real successes like paying an intern to troll trump on twitter"
Nice try.
newsom is actively contributing to the anti-trans environment that is causing harms RIGHT NOW; he's not a hypothetical threat, he's a clear and present danger bsky.app/profile/erin...