AOC assures trans kids they’re not to blame for anything: “You are fine just the way you are”. She acknowledged that it feels like both parties are blaming trans people for everything.
Source: southpawFA
AOC assures trans kids they’re not to blame for anything: “You are fine just the way you are”. She acknowledged that it feels like both parties are blaming trans people for everything.
Source: southpawFA
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I get that she is trying to convince them everything is going to be okay but why say both parties? All I see is one party trying to limited their rights.
This should be completely uncontroversial.
What I really, really, really don’t understand about right-wingers is this conviction they have that other people’s lives are their business. And they’re absolutely sure it’s their business too; there’s no shadow of a doubt that maybe… just maybe… somebody else’s sexuality is none of their concern.
>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) shared a message of solidarity with trans youth during a recent social media Q&A after someone asked if she had anything to say to them amid an onslaught of anti-trans attacks by the GOP.
>“I want to say that I know this time is completely terrifying for so many people, and it feels hard to know where your place is, and especially in politics, where it feels like people in both parties are blaming you for everything that’s happening, I just want you to know that they couldn’t be more wrong,” said Ocasio-Cortez, who is known for her ability to easily connect with constituents and for directly communicating with Americans through social media on a regular basis.
>“You are fine just the way you are,” she said, “and in a time when it’s hard to know who stands with you, I want you to know that I stand with you, and everyone who wants to be mean shouldn’t be mean around me.”
>She added that the party can’t “cower in the face of tough issues ” because “people are looking for strength.”
>“The reason why I think some folks in the Democratic Party have felt like trans issues are hot water, or immigration issues are hot water, is because they haven’t felt confident or the ability to confidently throw a punch on solid ground that is persuasive and uniting people.”
>Calling out GOP malice “aggressively” is what brings people together, she emphasized.
AOC is awesome. I wish more Democrats were like her, Jasmine Crockett, and Talarico.
The *sole* value of conservatism is respect for and obedience to [one’s perception of] traditionally established hierarchy, and hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility, and resources, while those on the bottom (out-groups) are demonized/dehumanized and/or bound by restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources.
To them, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those [they perceive to be] on the bottom [of social hierarchy] to have access to the rights, credibility, and resources reserved for those on top. The first greatest injustice is for those on top to be bound by the restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources reserved for those on the bottom.
[Denying](https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-transgender-republicans-trump-christian-conservatives-election-83becc009d8123d96a75c2e4940ab339) [transgender people](https://www.axios.com/2024/11/21/trump-anti-trans-bathroom-laws-gop) [their existence](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/31/republicans-transgender-kids-issues-00186347) — [when studies show](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789424000340) [gender affirming](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10290445/) [care is](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37526532/) [health ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35212746/)[care](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31735692/), [and when](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11045042/) [coupled with](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5061456/) [social acceptance](https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article-abstract/18/11/1933/6955947), [promotes the](https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/gender-affirming-care-saves-lives) [well-being of](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1747938X17300386) %5BLGBTQ+%5D(https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/23727322211068021) %5Bpeople%5D(https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/archive/lgbtq-inclusive-curriculum-path-better-public-health/), [including](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740920311440) %5Bkids%5D(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34553384/) — provide conservatives an underclass [for society] to demonize and dehumanize in order to maintain [their] hierarchy, and every single one of their policies and rhetoric work to do exactly that.
“Know your place” is their mantra.
Trans kids are spiritually cisgender if their politics are good
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There is no reason to put blame for anything on the LGBTQ+ community. They’re just people and somehow groups of people have convinced themselves to dehumanize one group or another. All this hate pointed at one group or another because of the way they look is ridiculous.
Nothing wrong with quoting Mr. Rogers.
I thought we were blaming MAGAts for everything? I barely think about trans people.
It’s not just the kids that feel that way.
How Democrats used to sound when they had a fucking spine. I will never forget moderate or centrist Democrats willing to compromise positions of human rights (be it trans folks or immigrants) to try to appeal to the middle. Cowards, and AOC is not one of them.
Since they are 0.5 to 1% of us, it is incredible that trans have such power over us! Well, if they do, then could it be . . . (cue echo) – SATAN?!
Shame on Democrats that go and scapegoat a heavily scapegoated group by the right wing. It’s like going in and joining a group of people kicking someone innocent on the floor.
AOC – America’s Obvious Choice
It’s really, really sad that this is a bold, refreshing, and brave thing for a politician in the United States to say. There are people, even here in this subreddit, who will use this honest, and accurate, statement from AOC as an argument against her and that’s a damning assessment of the USA right now.
This is why she’s not electable. Stop talking about trans people 24×7.
What? No, both parties are not. That’s absurd
Not sure how I could love this woman more.
Can’t wait to vote her in to the White House.
AOC/Newsom 28
AOC/Newsom 32
Newsom/Strong A.I. 36
Newsom/Strong A.I. 40
… at this point I’ll likely be over the rainbow bridge…
But it’s just women and AIs after that. Because men are toxic. Calm down, you know it’s true.
Like chemo, a little toxin can be a helpful thing… but the world has had way too much for a long time.
Trans people in general not just kids along with any other scapegoats people can use for a means to an end. Politics are so fucking toxic now with Trump and his minions going scorched earth and people on the left that fall into the trap.
Wish people would just be kind, even if you don’t agree or whatever what’s so hard about being kind…
Ah yes because the Democrats are the ones out here calling all trans people pedophiles and clamoring for them to be out into camps! Its obvious Republicans are the party pushing the anti-trans agenda, just because the Democrats are trying to counter the more “reasonable” parts of GOP messaging doesn’t mean they’re abandoning trans people. Can we please stop this false equivilency crap?