Stop telling trans people they have to vote for anti-trans Democrats. Stop telling them they’ll be responsible for the fall of democracy unless they do.
I’ve been thinking a lot about something @nome.bsky.social posted to Bluesky on Sept. 15: “I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they’ve been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable,” he wrote. “I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.”
In other words, if you’re mad and want to yell at someone, channel your anger toward the campaigns of anti-trans Democrats. Tell them democracy depends on them not being anti-trans.
I’m so fucking tired of these dumbass takes tell minorities to throw away their one real lever of power.
The only way a group that represents 1% of the population can have any real political influence is if they strongly support one side, but are willing to pull that support if they are betrayed. These snakes don’t reveal their true vileness in the midterms. And every one of them that’s allowed to win a general just further cements the idea that transphobia is acceptable.
Maybe cis people shouldn’t tell trans people how to vote and advance their own interests. Maybe they should sit down, shut up, and let the minority groups tell them how best to fight for their rights, instead of haughtily telling minorities that the good smart liberals know how to get things done.