Oh piss off you patronising cunt, the civil rights movement was carried forwards by annoying fucks like me who didn't back down. Not cowards like you that tremble at the slightest pushback. And we're talking about trans people *losing* rights, trans people have been in sports no problem for DECADES
Yes, I remember that famous speech Martin Luther King gave where he called all the southern racists a bunch of cunts. And where am I being a coward? I asked a simple question and you said you wouldn’t vote even though that might help elect a 40 something authoritarian.
Janet Mills in Maine didn’t back down on the issue. Presumably Mayor Pete wouldn’t try and pull funding away from Maine or sue her, leaving time for her and others to push back in the other direction on the issue.
And he WOULD cave in red states, because he's a spineless coward just like you. Why would I waste my time and energy advocating for a loser like that when I can spend it on a candidate that actually fights for equality.
Politics is a lot like a civil war battlefield. If you try and hold an indefensible position you just get shot up. But if you move slowly and methodically you can grind down the opposition.
Republicans won handily by not conceding. The Dems continue to be pushed to the right. Incrementalism has led us to this point