personally i do not think human rights should be up for “debate” but what do i know, i’m emotional and biased because those are my rights they’re talking about
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Jon Lovett is engaged to a trans person. He's been challenging folks in interviews about their views on our rights. I agree it might not be the right things to do, but he's trying to fight for the person he loves.
aug 28, 2025, 3:00 am • 0 0 • view
and jd vance is married to an indian woman. somehow doesn't make him any less of a white supremacist.
aug 28, 2025, 6:03 am • 7 0 • view
"he might not be right". I agreed that his approach might not be right. The discussions he is fostering amongst liberals needs to happen. I'm agender. Him going after Maher and then giving space to Patricia Arquette to talk about her sister matters to me. I'm not seeing that effort from other libs.
aug 28, 2025, 2:38 pm • 0 0 • view
it’s also immaterial to my point whether or not he intends well here. putting our rights up for debate in this manner is inherently harmful. there are ways to challenge those ideas that don’t involve giving them an equally weighted platform
aug 28, 2025, 12:21 pm • 2 0 • view
And maybe I can understand debating someone whose opinion actually matters but Matt Y is someone whose opinion does not matter
aug 27, 2025, 11:09 pm • 8 0 • view
Like if he got thanos snapped out of existence I don't think even his cat would notice
aug 27, 2025, 11:09 pm • 3 0 • view
he is a useless, bloviating bigot who is notoriously not smart or insightful
aug 27, 2025, 11:10 pm • 7 0 • view
Such an absurd sham. These people have killed the idea of rational discourse and evidence-based argument by pretending to do it. What intagram influencers are to nutrition and RFK, Jr. is to public health, they are to the process of people talking to each other to figure things out.
aug 28, 2025, 12:01 am • 4 0 • view
They should have me on. My response to every question would trans people are human beings, they deserve the same rights and protections as every other human being. Including housing, food, and basic economic stability.
aug 27, 2025, 11:23 pm • 2 0 • view
Questioning which humans have rights is inherently authoritarian; that this poisonous attitude persists in the Dem party leaves little room to wonder why they haven’t been able to beat back American fascism.
aug 27, 2025, 11:11 pm • 14 1 • view
To be fair, we did start with 3/5 of a person and “savages.”
aug 27, 2025, 11:18 pm • 7 0 • view
I agree and it's not my rights being debated. Some things, like human rights, should not be up for debate.
aug 27, 2025, 11:27 pm • 3 0 • view
I agree with this entirely and the only personal stake I have in it is that I really want to live in a society where this is *so self evident* that people don’t have to assert such things at all
aug 27, 2025, 11:42 pm • 2 0 • view
Human rights are not for debate or voting . This is absurd .
aug 28, 2025, 9:12 pm • 1 0 • view
well said. Debate is only appropriate when both sides on the topic have potential merits that should be considered .
aug 27, 2025, 11:30 pm • 3 0 • view
Being up for debate is more about the existence of a lot of people on both sides of the issue than a question of morality - trans bigotry is out there and needs to be argued with
aug 28, 2025, 12:28 am • 1 0 • view
arguing with bigots is not the same as a “debate” where both sides are framed as having legitimate points of view
aug 28, 2025, 12:51 am • 2 0 • view
i do not think ANYONE’S rights should be up for debate, literally, ever
aug 27, 2025, 11:06 pm • 112 8 • view
there is no real nuance on this topic. everyone who thinks there is has bought a very specific conservative narrative that was designed to create skepticism about us. either you support people’s rights to bodily autonomy or you don’t. i don’t care how shit polls. it doesn’t matter!
aug 27, 2025, 11:19 pm • 75 6 • view
Yeah they shouldn’t be up for debate. This is basic morality
aug 28, 2025, 12:42 pm • 2 0 • view