Trans journalist Erin Reed has published a list of Democratic midterm candidates with anti-trans records, and the question she is forcing is one the party would rather not answer: if trans voters keep rewarding Democrats who harm them, what signal does that send? The calculation is real, the stakes are high, and there is no clean answer.

  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    And then liberals wonder why people refuse to vote for them, out of no other reason than a rejection of liberal arrogance.

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      Don’t be silly. I don’t wonder why naive leftists don’t vote in their best interests. It’s because they’re immature and unable to come to terms with doing something positive for themselves that doesn’t feel good at the time.