https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/iowa-dem-josh-turek-releases-anti>On Saturday, Oct. 24, Josh Turek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, released a new ad targeting transgender people—perhaps the worst anti-transgender ad of the entire election cycle to come from a Democrat. The ad begins with Turek talking about his disability and the importance of not discriminating, before immediately turning to adopt discriminatory policies toward transgender people. One such policy is a sports ban, a position sadly becoming increasingly common among high-profile Democrats in competitive races, and one that alone would have made this yet another newsworthy anti-trans ad. But Turek then goes further, advocating for a new policy: a proposal to ban federally funded gender-affirming care in the United States, one that would impact a substantial number of transgender people and make their care difficult to impossible to receive.>“As a kid in a wheelchair, I faced my share of bullying. It’s why I believe that no Iowan should face discrimination,” Turek begins in the ad, before turning to embrace discrimination: “As a Paralympian, I also know it’s important to have rules. It’s why I oppose males competing in female sports, something that is already illegal in Iowa. I’m against taxpayers paying for sex changes too. Anyone tells you any different is lying.” The ad then ends by declaring it’s time to “stop the nonsense from both extremes and start to focus on lowering costs for Iowans.” Notably, the “from both extremes” clip flashes to Rep. Becca Balint, the first woman and first openly gay person to represent Vermont in Congress, questioning Attorney General Pam Bondi on Epstein survivors.
>>45127789STOPTOLERATINGFAITH
Something about leopards and faces
>>45127789lmfao he's a cripple? here's your solidarity sister
>>45127789cissoids try not to be evil challenge: impossible
>>45127789Watching trannies lose their last support amongst cis white liberals makes me very happy. Terfs, white libs, conservatives, and religious people are coming together to end this threat for good.
>>45127789>Hey Democrats, vote for me, I'm literally worse than Republicans!Who the fuck is he selling to
>>45127789its the paradox of needing to appease people who hate you because you cant win without them but not going so far the radicals step from their basements and french revolution youit's hard trying to govern the western world and these fuckers are all retards
>>45128071It's just the typical dem in conservative state strategy to try and pivot to the right to try and get the mythical independent vote and court conservatives who are sour on Trump and Republicans right now. These people don't realize that sometimes the best strategy is just not fucking say anything about it instead of just outing yourself as a demon with no empathy.
>>45128073>>45128090The key here is that you need to court as many dissatisfied Independents as possible while not losing your base (Democrat in this case.) The issue is that being radically anti-progressive to the point of being anti-healthcare is extremely unpopular with his base, while at the same time all our polling is telling us Independents (and even the opposition, Republican voters) do not give a fuck about trans issues vs. the economy or the wars. So he's selling out his base on an issue they do care about (at least in theory,) while trying to court swing voters using an issue those voters are not actually all that concerned with. It's a lose-lose strategy.
>>45128071the majority. most people don't care about trans issues and the few that do i.e. radfems are worried about losing 'spaces' or other resources. that being said trans girls in women's sports is irrelevant either way, surgeries aren't. Then again SRS does not change suicidality in the long run, so I understand the push to stop coverage.
>>45128093i'm not really into US politics but i know enough unfortunatelymore unfortunately british politics are more fucked and archaic than yoursbasically it's trying to farm sheep with a combine harvester and hoping some of them live i just want a government that doesn't see us as a political football*sigh*one day
>>45127789why you should have zero faith in "progressive candidates" btw. the democrats are the jobber party. that's their function. their goals are fundamentally the same as those of republicans, and they aren't actually interested in defending anyone of our rights or whatever. that's why they always do shit like this, alienating thousands of their own potential voters to win over like 3 republicans at most. the sooner people realize that they aren't just bad at opposing conservatives, but in fact have no desire to do so, the better.
>>45128124>most people don't care about trans issuesYes, most don't, which is why talking about them instead of the things they care about is NOT going to win you votes. Dumb phobe.>>45128131Brits are another story entirely, British voters DO care more about punching down at trannies than groceries, gas prices, jobs, or the possibility their government will finally lose it and send them to die in Ukraine or Iran. It's baffling how a people can be like that but it's the key difference vs. American Conservatives.
>>45127789Why not actually ban it? These politicians are just larping.
>>45128124we have to fight any codified notion that trans people are actually their agab or it will spread>>45128093he probably just thinks we're icky and is happy he now thinks he's allowed to say it
American politics are just becoming>You support trannies>No you support trannies!
>>45128205you can't sell gender anything to the masses. "born in the wrong body" fuck off why should they care. all this anchoring and schizo browbeating and all it lead to is a massive dumpster fire. then you come along, going well we should do it even harder. stfu
the one thing you can reasonably present to cis people is this is a medical condition caused by hormone mismatch at birth (see powers theory), we can't cure it in mtfs, the only thing that helps is hormone replacement. that's mechanistic enough to sound sane. but like I said, FFS and SRS are hard sells due to cost. you ask them to cover that, they'll be like fuck you just be an ugly woman then, not covering your expensive plastic surgery.
>>45128274Bargaining with people who want you to die doesn't work.
>>45128274you can't be a woman if you don't have a vagina? also cis women with vaginal conditions routinely get those fixed. but yeah a prettier face isn't covered for either of us.so can we please just go back to that world?>>45128244so what's your alternative?gender marker changes are no longer allowed in the usathe number of places you can get surgery is shrinkingthere's like two healthcare systems in this state and one refuses to see trans people for any purpose ever. the other just told me I don't get hrt any more but can still see them if i get the flu. i've never found any doctor willing to do the most basic treatment for my neopussy. one laughed when i got raped.do we just give up and live as men?
good time to remind people, the leftoids accept you
Hoooly shit every subhuman democrat is trying to justify this shit, have you seen?
>>45128481maybe in the US, but have you ever been in a "FLINTA-Only" place? aside from the cultural feminism of somehow assuming only cis endo men can perpetuate misogyny it usually just means "women... and trannies <3"like just say "afab only" atp and stop larping as left
>>45128527the insane mental gymnastics ppl have to do to make leftists seem transphobic bro
>>45128354this is presentation not bargaining>>45128384stop fucking anchoring. if it fails, and it usually does, it doesn't lead to a result somewhere in the middle but to everyone considering you insane and a nuisance. 'trans rights are human rights' oh my god who comes up with this horseshit. there's exactly one minority that's even better at making enemies out of everyone and at least they can afford better lawyers.
>>45128536generally cissoids are extremely likely to be transphobic even if not consciously regardless of "political belief" so idrc about mental gymnastics
>>45128544>Stop it, just do whatever the conservatives say and you'll like totally win andPickme retard.
>>45128547i have had a lifetime of experience with leftoids and they are the only cis people who genuinely care about trannies in any way, even if they don't "get it" and it's not good enough.
The dipshit pickmes don't seem to understand that you cannot argue with faith. If Christianity says you're evil, and it does, then no amount of kowtowing is going to help you.
>>45128569explain conservative gays to me. why does it work for them but not for us?
>>45128562let me guess, you have brown skin?
>>45128576it doesn't they are next in line to be thrown under the bus, it's just slightly less socially acceptable to be homophobic in the western culture right now
>just let them say they don't support trannies in sports bro it's a non-issue bro it will never progress from here i swear bro>just let them say they don't support trannies bro it's a non-issue bro it will never progress from here i swear brif you vote dem you're a faggot if you vote at all you're doxing yourself on public records just lay down and rot it's over-mifflin devin
>>45128576They're coping. They're playing pickme with straight dudes and trying to win acceptance, which they never in fact receive. Pretty much everywhere there's been a successful anti-trans push they start talking up doing something about gays next.>>45128584A traditional straight Christian white male is never going to fuck you. You will never be a traditional straight Christian stay-at-home wife and mother.
>>45128569if in doubt, dumb down your adversaries to the point where you start sounding reasonable again.don't change anything, just wait for things to get worse. better we all die than anyone admit we failed.
>>45128576nta but we are currently 'the jew'fascists need an eternal enemy, we fit the role by being a very small minority group that confuses peopleif we didnt exist it would be gays or some kind of ethnic minority right now
oooooohhhhhhh sorry trannies i need to throw you under the bus i neeeed to it's for le polling i need to le court independents and republicansoh um israel? data centers? um um hey don't talk about th hey quick look at the tranny everyone look at the tranny
black maoists were telling me about how important fighting transphobia and misogyny are to building communism in Amerikkka yesterday very strange to see people of all races, ages, educational backgrounds coming together and explicitly stating their support for trans liberation (among many other things). even a lot of families and children there
>>45128586BUT MUH SLIPPERY SLOPE. omg it the nazi the real nazis there will be concentration camps.one of many examples of repulsively stupid representation. this shit is all over reddit too.they're gonna kiiiill US ALLLll aahhhhhhh
>>45128614>2 years of reactionary politics that is getting lots of pushback and even Trump's base has been polled to be sick of>Anon starts screaming that we should undo all trans rights period because she's never dealt with the seesaw of American politics once in her lifeHint: The Red that comes next after Trump in 6/10 years is going to have less success pushing ant-trans shit.
>>45128613yeah these fucking losers trying to gain acceptance, that shit is for loser we don't need it. lmao pickme roflcopter.
>>45128631yeah US leftists are extremely polarized in favor of tranniestoo bad they have 0 political power ever
>>45128633>>45128640part of the seesaw is us not putting up with shit and standing up for ourselves retardsit's the natural push and pull don't be a cuck
>>45128644>Trying to gain acceptanceBy pandering to the one crowd that will NEVER accept them because God says they're evil. You cannot negotiate with faith. You gain acceptance with people who are NOT Christian fundies, not by giving fundies more power over you.
>>45128633you're retarded
>>45128660>not putting up with shit and standing up for ourselvesThat's literally what I'm saying. Anon thinks we should bow down and give Christians everything they want, I'm explaining that this 2 year dip is temporary and the seesaw won't go as low next time (though that Red will try to get rid of some funding because muh taxes.)
>>45128668changing the goal post. eat shit
>>45128686idk why you're so sure shit just bounces backshit's getting worse, i'm not a collapse fetishist but something's gotta come around sooner or later
>>45128692The one and only goal post has always been rights.
>>45128619it's also Somalians in the cross hairs, which is very sucky to see a Minneapolis tranny >>45128645true, but things are changing. petrodollar system and treat economy are rapidly coming to end. this means increasing rate of proletarianization within the imperial core, along with mass dissolutionment with both sides of the liberal establishment. there is great chaos under the heavens, the situation is excellent
>>45128700Because even Trump's base is already getting sick of the anti-trans shit being focused on instead of issues that actually effect their lives. Multiple polls clearly show this. Which means this as a wedge issue is doomed to fade and die.
>>45128544>trans rights are human rights' oh my god who comes up with this horseshit.
I wish Christians were as oppressed as they think they are
>>45128720I wish the Roman pogroms against Christians had been successful.
>>45128749vengeance for Hypatia when
