Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: "Endgame" Is To Ban Trans Care "For Everyone"
Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: "Endgame" Is To Ban Trans Care "For Everyone"
In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the "endgame" is to ban transgender care "for everyone."
In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the "endgame" is to ban transgender care "for everyone."
A year or so back I heard a trans activist on a podcast saying that the “protect kids” rhetoric was bullshit and all the bans on providing gender affirming care to trans kids was a foot in the door to ban it for all trans people.
Now we just need the leaked audio of republicans talking about banning birth control for the awfulness hat trick.
Even the usage of the term "endgame" implies an almost sportsman like perspective on the legal battle for transgender rights, devoid of any acknowledgment that transgender people have humanity and that their actions will have dire consequences for real people. A literal battle plan for how to dispose of us. No vague language, no hand waving away accusations of genocidal intent. Point blank, openly asking, "How do we get rid of trans people for good?"
They refuse to acknowledge that trans people, that any trans person, benefits from acceptance and support and freedom to be themselves. In their ideal world, first they'll deny our healthcare, deny our legal rights and protections from violence and discrimination, they'll replace mental health care facilities with religious conversion therapy camps, and when all is said and done and trans people continue to exist in any shape or form they'll resort to incarceration and disposal. They'll make laws enforcing dress codes based on assigned gender and make it illegal to change your name to one not approved for your assigned sex. This is what they've been saying they want for years. If they could do this, they would without a second thought.
We're the basis of the entirety of the post pandemic Christian conservatism movement. None of these people would even have jobs without us to scream about during the two minutes hate.
Representative Shriver asked, "In terms of endgame, why are we allowing these practices for anyone?"
Because trans people doing this for themselves to themselves doesn't hurt or harm you in any way whatsoever.
"If we are going to stop this for anyone under 18, why not apply it for anyone over 18?"
First, I don't think it should be banned for under 18. However for those over 18 are adults that are able to make their own choices.
It's harmful across the board, and that's something we need to take into consideration in terms of the endgame."
How is it harmful? Even empty conservative arguments about homosexuality being bad in the bible don't apply to trans people. Conservatives only apparent reason for harming trans people is you don't like it. If that's the bar, then whats to stop others from banning conservatism itself because there are lots of people that don't like it?
If we are going to stop this for anyone under 18, why not apply it for anyone over 18? It's harmful across the board, and that's something we need to take into consideration in terms of the endgame."
Wow.
Representative Click then responded, "That's a very smart thought there. I think what we know legislatively is we have to take small bites.”
This is why they call everything a slippery slope. Projection.
Imagine dedicating your life to being an asshole. If, IF, you're a gigantic, seeping, festering asshole, you can get an anchor spot on Fox.
it must be nice having a party that just always manages to force through all the shit you want no matter the odds
it's so awesome that we still haven't fixed roe. like, ridiculous that that night the president didn't write something saying 'actually it's legal everywhere executive order fuck you'. i don't care if that's not how it works!! he's the president!! that's how 40% of people think it works anyway!!
Obviously. This was apparent from the start.
Oh man, I hope they do! What am I going to do with myself in the meantime? Just knowing that there's a slight chance that someone might remove my penis and replace it with a vagina and then give me boobs... It's too much for me. We must prevent anyone from trying! That way they won't do it to me!
Actually, what about two penises? That's like double macho! Ok let's hope they block male to female and female to male... But male to really macho male, that's gotta stay!
Let's see if the population complains about exceptions such as removal due to cancer and such. Maybe toss the doctors in jail for removing boobs that have cancer? And specifically the law should say boobs because that's more funny. And cruel. We are Republicans! God damn it! In God damn we truss.... well it's a sort of truss, it's a cross ❌ truss!
Yes it's all sarcasm and confusing non language. It makes my brains happy.
Yep just keep on stripping life away from those of us with firearms until we have nothing to lose. You think people who had surgery and totally altered their physical appearance can just "go back" to their birth gender? Nah fam. What you're doing is backing these people into an inescapable corner who are armed and have nothing left. Let me know how that works out for ya.
What a shock.
In other news, the color blue is blue. The party of hate surprised no one.
Isn't this literally apart of Nikki Hailey's campaign?
And if this goes as well as their war on Gay Marriage, it ends when a Right Wing Leaning Supreme Court gives us Trans-Inclusive Single Payer Healthcare and then they go after the next "Freak of the Week", probably furries since New Hampshire's already making legislation agianst them.
I'm shocked I tell you
Michigan Republicans are extra evil and authoritarian. Thankfully they don't control the legislature anymore. Or the state Supreme Court. Or the Governorship.
Oh so this is why "Republican" is listed as a synonym for "Dystopia"...
Remember now, Republicans worry that they have no accomplishments to run on...
Is it really your endgame, though, Ohio Michigan Republicans? Is that really where you want to stop the train?
Which means it'll be banned in red states.
Occasionally Democrats from blue states will do what they've done with abortion and cannabis legalization and the minimum wage: They'll look at the victims of Republican policy in red states and say they deserve it. Say their suffering is a good thing because they committed the heinous sin of being outnumbered.
But what Democrats won't do is try to protect the human rights of vulnerable minorities on the national level. That would require getting rid of the filibuster.
good, maybe then there'll be less people making irreversible and unchangeable modifications to themselves as well as influencing others to do the same (and yes, puberty blockers are irreversible, puberty isn't something you can just decide to shift over a few years into your 20's, and on top of that it is neither ethical to traumatise a child using them)