• DougPiranha42@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I want to rant a bit, and while this post may not be the perfect place for it, it’s related.

    I am eternally frustrated by democratic candidates jumping in the culture war on the opposite end of the right, and taking positions that are way out there for most people, then making the surprised pikachu face when voters don’t show up for them.

    I recently heard this from an analyst: democrats are so keen to be inclusive to the 1% on the fringe, they forget the 75% in the middle who are their actual constituents and undecided voter base.

    Case in point. Talarico, the otherwise good candidate, eloquent, strong fundraiser… goes out to explain there are 6 fucking biological sexes. Why. Why the fuck is it important for him to say that, putting a big fucking culture war target on his back. Are there six sexes? Is six really the only right answer, and we’re confident in that? Do most of us know people from each of the six? Does he want to win on the votes of those 3 people who felt more included specifically because he said there are 6 sexes, and not something more general about not being a bigoted homophobe?

    I have a degree in biology and I like to think I am the least bigoted person. I don’t have any desire to police other people’s sex life or identity. But fuck me, the statement that there are 2 biological sexes of mammals, is more correct than any other statement using a different number than 2. There are a million issues to fight the MAGA culture war on, but the 2 biological sexes is not one of them. All the nuances of sex determination are just those: nuances to an otherwise simple fact. If you want to acknowledge those nuances, talk about them, but don’t replace the basic fact (2 sexes) with one that is at best thinly defendable (6 sexes). I am no expert in sex determination, but I am willing to bet any money that the number 6 would be debated by at least a big chunk of the experts.

    I feel the same way when a promising candidate says “no human is illegal on stolen land” - here we have another nationally unelectable candidate who will run for president and lose the race to any white guy with a pulse who says he supports traditional values.

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      9 days ago

      The democrats have spent the last 2 decades trying and failing to appeal to republicans. They can bend open and spread cheeks for republicans, but they aren’t voting for them.

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      I understand why you’d think that way, but I don’t think ignoring many human beings to just focus on the majority to secure votes would be ethical. Which your argument is basically arguing for them to do.

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        There’s lots of minorities that they’re “ignoring” right now.

        I always thought throwing away your chances of actually improving lives for the people somewhat to offer a few virtue signals to a handful of people was a highly privileged position to take. Some of us can’t afford to wait.

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        I’m not advocating for ignoring anyone.
        I’m definitely not arguing for focusing on secure votes.

        In a representational democracy, elected officials should focus on the majority, while protecting everyone especially those who can’t protect themselves.

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    They’ve really got nothing substantive on him, do they? But they have everything they need to rile up the brain dead Republicans. I guess that’s all that matters.

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    The funniest part about this isn’t even the text. It’s the shitty crops and the fact that they needed to make it have colors aligned to trans flag but they still couldn’t just put the actual flag as the background. So it’s like a shitty half-assed poster. lol

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    9 days ago

    Non-binary God

    Ohh my, so they do acknowledge that there’s a possibility of the God being a woman. So it’s literally disrespectful to refer to God as “he/him” because we don’t know the gender.