cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/68111168
When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way. My stance wasn’t rooted in hate or fear but in a commitment to reason and fairness. My loyalty was to the truth, not to political tribes. Maintaining my integrity cost me greatly, but I believed it was worth it.
Their hate for black and trans people was so great they teamed up with the people who want to kill them.
“Jews like me joined forces with the Nazis and now we’re dead” ahh situation
Well yeah they hate gays and women so of course they’re gonna REALLY hate gay women.
Joined forces is a weird way of saying “used useful idiots.”
She’s a fucking idiot. And definitely unqualified to talk on half of the shit her profile says she does.
I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons.
“I stupidly, and wholeheartedly bought into Conservative media talking points. While I still hold these nonsensical positions, I don’t like that the bigots I aligned myself with me were honest in their hatred of me and those like me. You should feel sorry for me.”
FTFY. Also, fuck off.
This has been the most maddening thing about it; it’s just whole-hearted willful ignorance. NO ONE is doing gender conversions on kids. I guess if you want to make the argument that hormones are thrown around as teenagers, sure, but teenagers get on birth control, there are plenty of legitimate hormone therapies done already.
I’ve had decent progress with some more conservative, non-religious family members on the “indoctrination” shit by likening it to religion. No rules on what wild shit religion can do; promising you to an older man, severing social ties, and putting you in a situation where you don’t know you’re being abused. No crackdowns, no vehement marches, no violence over that. But an adult family and their near-adult child can’t make medical decisions with oversight from a medical professional? It’s absolute, willful ignorance at best.
Dumbshits.
I really want to know where are these DEI mandates, have anyone ever heard about these “DEI” hiring mandates?
Yeah, it got a dead senator’s sister appointed to replace him with absolutely no experience.
I’ve had this discussion with my conservative brother
Me: my company has diversity programs to reach a wider pool of applicants and to help people with historical disadvantages fulfill their potential. The best manager I ever had, had a little help overcoming language and confidence barriers, and i was happy to follow her to multiple companies
Him: they keep bringing in these managers solely by their gender or skin color and never promote engineers. They made us take this one employee who is completely unqualified and we have to do her work
He buys that there’s a harmful dei mandate that prevent qualified people from succeeding. You can imagine there’s some resentment there. However it’s easier to explain as normal large company bs, and only knowing part of the story
No, lesbians did not join forces with conservatives. You keep telling yourself that, because otherwise you have to admit you are an absolute monster of a human being.
Being a lesbian does not excuse you from being evil.
Who would have thought the people affiliated with the party that wants to turn the country into a white, straight, Christian theocratic ethnostate would turn against lesbians? I am shocked.
“My stance wasn’t rooted in hate or fear…”
Bullshit. Fuck you
If you read her drivel its clear she’s still a hateful cunt she just wants sympathy from the people she turned her back on.
I say again…
FUCK YOU BITCH
fuck you bitch
Which I certainly won’t be doing and you shouldn’t either.
She would try though because I’m transfem and pass better than her lol
*Downvote me all ya want I’m pretty and i know it. If you don’t think at least some of this person’s hatred of trans people is jealousy you’re lying to yourself
This woman is talking herself up. Better put her back in her place
Hey. Let’s not be assholes about who passes as what. Everybody has bad days, seeing her scales under the human skin suit isn’t a reason to be a bigot and turn off her heat rock.
… Downvoting this shitty comment is what oppression looks like to you…?
Don’t put words in my mouth, dipshit
God forbid you consider the real reason you’re being downvoted. But you won’t get anymore downvotes from me since I won’t be seeing any more of your shitty comments or posts.
I’m being downvoted because I said I’m attractive. Does that sound reasonable to you?
Fuck off
Can we just have all gendered bathrooms and co-ed sports already? Like Jesus fuck they’re killing people in the street
People only ever propose co-ed sports when trans people are brought up. It’s a thought-terminating cliche and a reliable indicator that the speaker hasn’t seriously considered why sports are gendered in the first place.
Real ally: Trans women are women. They belong in women’s sports because there is zero scientific evidence of trans women having any advantage over cis female athletes. Fears that they have an advantage are just bigoted gut-level stereotypes assuming that trans women are biological men.
Performative ally: Let’s move to co-ed sports!
Summary:
“I am stupid. In fact, i am so stupid that when bad staff happens as a result of my decisions I perceive it as a betrayal on the part of others and the universe instead of the predictable result of my actions. That way I can ensure that I never stop being stupid.”
