Since Republicans have no solutions for Americans seeking better economic opportunities, they resort to their cruel & divisive strategy of scapegoating the trans community. It's time we say, "Enough."
I have a trans woman daughter. She is amazingly intelligent and was able to tell me when she was 3 who she really was. As a family we are afraid of what the future here holds. We have been through a lot because we followed the advice of professionals and many family and friends disagreed. She has been condemned to hell more than a few times and we as supporters have as well. Republicans and the religious have invited violence against the trans community. Actually they openly encourage it. Tomorrow is trans day of remembrance and I typically fly our trans flag in support of this day to remember the needless deaths of the beautiful transgender people that have died for being transgender. This year we are afraid to display it. Afraid it will make us a target. That is a shame. This is the United States of America but we are not free. If only one person among us is not free, none of us are free. Thank you so much for your timely article.
Thank you so much for being a human capable of expressing this VERY SIMPLE stuff so well, and using your platform to hopefully get some folks thinking about it.
Thank you for another thought provoking piece. It’s disgraceful that this is what is going on in the United States in the year 2024, by the GOP. All people are human and want to be loved like everyone else. As Kamala said, it should be about building people up, not tearing apart. We were born and raised in NJ, retiring 3 years ago to Delaware and proudly voted for Sarah McBride. 💙
In the words of Tim Walz, slightly modified, Mind your own effing business. MYOB. Accentuate the positive, ditch the negative. Quit picking on people, particularly defenseless ones. Do your damn job of building, not tearing down America.
"White supremacy, and specifically the GOP, play on grievances, rage, and divide and conquer. They’re excellent as an oppositional party that pours gasoline on our problems, but they offer no solutions."
Trump is and was "Promise them anything but just give them rage." People are going to NOTICE as the government gets torn apart. No warning about listeria in the organic carrots? Eggs still sky high? TVs/Playstations/Phones suddenly ultra expensive? Is the media going to ignore airplane disasters because TSA or the FAA are now staffed with incompetents? Are you going to start having to support aging parents or disabled relatives because social security is cut or Medicare gutted? Is your insulin back to 2019 prices?
And the oligarchs are noticing. Chaos is not good for business. Tech bros may get some bennies--not so much the owners of conglomerated normal businesses.
Fasten your seatbelts and infuse the buckles with hope and determination.
This was just something that simple folks could understand and get behind. Every time I engaged with someone and if this was the first thing they brought up, I dismissed them as having an IQ of less than 90 or they had been thrilled by their pastor with stories of sodom and some city. There was no sense engaging with them on tariffs, or racism, or voter suppression. Or even rape. Emoluments? The constitution? These are the minds that time forgot. I also think the Dems were complicit by not calling out the issue as a lemming. One dem even bought into this crap and said he didn’t want his daughters to be run over by some trans athlete!
Trans people have a hard enough time as it is. The last thing they are going to get up to is assaulting anyone else or making inappropriate advances. They could end up dead. Unlike members of the GOP who can aspire to advance to key appointments in the whitehouse … even the presidency. Go figure.
I have a trans woman daughter. She is amazingly intelligent and was able to tell me when she was 3 who she really was. As a family we are afraid of what the future here holds. We have been through a lot because we followed the advice of professionals and many family and friends disagreed. She has been condemned to hell more than a few times and we as supporters have as well. Republicans and the religious have invited violence against the trans community. Actually they openly encourage it. Tomorrow is trans day of remembrance and I typically fly our trans flag in support of this day to remember the needless deaths of the beautiful transgender people that have died for being transgender. This year we are afraid to display it. Afraid it will make us a target. That is a shame. This is the United States of America but we are not free. If only one person among us is not free, none of us are free. Thank you so much for your timely article.
As the great Adam Serwer said many years ago: cruelty is the point.
Anyone thinking eggs would be cheaper under Trump failed to notice he likes corporate grocers way more than he likes you.
Thank you so much for being a human capable of expressing this VERY SIMPLE stuff so well, and using your platform to hopefully get some folks thinking about it.
Fantastic piece, thank you.
Thank you for another thought provoking piece. It’s disgraceful that this is what is going on in the United States in the year 2024, by the GOP. All people are human and want to be loved like everyone else. As Kamala said, it should be about building people up, not tearing apart. We were born and raised in NJ, retiring 3 years ago to Delaware and proudly voted for Sarah McBride. 💙
In the words of Tim Walz, slightly modified, Mind your own effing business. MYOB. Accentuate the positive, ditch the negative. Quit picking on people, particularly defenseless ones. Do your damn job of building, not tearing down America.
Great article as usual. It was never about the eggs
I love this. You so perfectly crystallized the situation.
Well said!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"White supremacy, and specifically the GOP, play on grievances, rage, and divide and conquer. They’re excellent as an oppositional party that pours gasoline on our problems, but they offer no solutions."
Trump is and was "Promise them anything but just give them rage." People are going to NOTICE as the government gets torn apart. No warning about listeria in the organic carrots? Eggs still sky high? TVs/Playstations/Phones suddenly ultra expensive? Is the media going to ignore airplane disasters because TSA or the FAA are now staffed with incompetents? Are you going to start having to support aging parents or disabled relatives because social security is cut or Medicare gutted? Is your insulin back to 2019 prices?
And the oligarchs are noticing. Chaos is not good for business. Tech bros may get some bennies--not so much the owners of conglomerated normal businesses.
Fasten your seatbelts and infuse the buckles with hope and determination.
This was just something that simple folks could understand and get behind. Every time I engaged with someone and if this was the first thing they brought up, I dismissed them as having an IQ of less than 90 or they had been thrilled by their pastor with stories of sodom and some city. There was no sense engaging with them on tariffs, or racism, or voter suppression. Or even rape. Emoluments? The constitution? These are the minds that time forgot. I also think the Dems were complicit by not calling out the issue as a lemming. One dem even bought into this crap and said he didn’t want his daughters to be run over by some trans athlete!
Mace is a hypocrite! All for anything to get any political attention!
143,000,000 dollars=28,600,000 dz eggs. But then again who needs eggs.
I think Republicans are overplaying the value of hate and fear and as you point out seem to overlook actual sexual assaults and other harms to women.
Love you and everything you put out, Waj. Thanks for being brave enough to tell unbiased the truth !
Trans people have a hard enough time as it is. The last thing they are going to get up to is assaulting anyone else or making inappropriate advances. They could end up dead. Unlike members of the GOP who can aspire to advance to key appointments in the whitehouse … even the presidency. Go figure.