https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3mynwzsux7k2u
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.
Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.
Horrific.
The only thing more dangerous than an enemy is a traitor.
A transphobic republican will do what they can when their party is in power. A transphobic democrat will undermine the opposition to transphobia, and will make hurting trans people a bipartisan policy. That is much much worse.
I hate I have to say this, but iff you’re reading this, and there’s a race on your ballot where you have no choice but to vote for a transphobe, pick the republican. We need to keep these traitors out of office.
I would suggest leaving it blank or writing someone in, to avoid sending a mixed signal (“people liked the Republican’s platform, so maybe we just need to move farther right”), however, I will admit that I’ll be cheering if Turek eats shit so I do understand where you’re coming from.
No you just don’t vote for that race. You don’t vote for the Republican cuz that just tells the Democrats that you support the Republican cause. That would make them chase Republican ideals even more.
If you find a Democratic candidate so completely abhorrent and you cannot vote for them, then vote for neither. Or vote third party if one of them exists on the ballot and it lines with your values cuz that’ll be much more helpful than anything else.
Now normally I wouldn’t council any of that mind you, but this does seem like it’s pretty dire in this case.
If you vote for the Republican they’ll just assume that Josh Turek didn’t go far enough to the right.
It’s better to write in the Dem runner up from the primary, which is what I’m doing.
Thats also a good option assuming you can do write ins there.
Iowa allows them, yeah. I think only three states restrict them.
Well where I live you can only choose “declared” write ins. Which admittedly does cut down on misspellings invalidating the name. Which when I voted the other day was nice since I had the write ins name down as her nickname and they listed the official spelling there.
Good to hear about Iowa though. That seems like the optimal strategy assuming there isn’t another 3rd party that works.
Fuck off with that nonsense. There is absolutely no scenario where voting for a Republican is a better choice, unless you are an accelerationist or MAGA.
I am trans. This effects me. I care about my trans siblings and their safety. A vote for a republican in this specific race is the least harmful choice for my community.
Clean up your own party before insulting others.
Sure, because a Republican would be more-trans friendly. What fantasy world is this? A Republican candidate will be objectively worse for any category you can measure.
Have you seen the UK recently? Labor is doing more harm to trans people than their conservatives, because labor is the current government. That is what will happen if democrats become transphobic. Transphobia in the democrats needs to be stopped even at the cost of seats.
Things rarely get done in the federal government unless they are bipartisan. Making transphobia bipartisan is the worst possible outcome.
What’s the difference between Hispanics voting for Trump and trans people voting for this guy? Aren’t they both doing the same thing? I mean this guy wants to exterminate trans people. Is a really fair to ask any trans person to vote for them? Don’t you feel that’s unreasonable? No matter what your other politics are you can’t expect people to respond to that argument.
And the Republican candidate for this seat has said what exactly re: trans right? Do you seriously think the GOP would be a better alternative?
You are missing the point.
It is simply immoral to ask someone to vote for their own destruction for your material benefit. To ask someone to vote away their human rights. To look at them and tell them that you do not care about them and their survival but that they should value yours. Thats what you are advocating.
You can justify sacrificing the lives of Trans people if you like. However asking them to sacrifice themselves for you is simply wrong.
And what exactly is your point? Is your point to leave that entry blank, or is it to vote Republican?
What? I just told you my point. Go back and read it.
Please get outta blahaj zone with ts 😭
Do not vote R under ANY circumstance I don’t care. Go vote third party at least, better a “thrown away” vote than one that helps republicans
There’s a reason I am only saying this in this very specific circumstance. Iff, with two fs is shorthand for if and only if. Obviously under no other circumstances should anyone vote republican.
First past the post is a terrible voting system where unfortunately the optimal choice is often voting against what you want to avoid, and this is one of those cases. A candidate who will make the opposition party turn against us is far more of a threat than a giving a single seat to the party that is already against us. A vote against him is the most effective way to keep him out of office.
I genuinely believe its safest for us in the very specific races where the only viable candidates are transphobes. A transphobic democrat is far more dangerous than a transophobic republican.
I’m not reading all that, sorry. I really don’t have the same level of care about this 😭
I already voted anyway lmao
You can’t manage three short paragraphs? Your attention span is that completely shot? If Tick Tock has warped your brain to that level perhaps you shouldn’t be giving voting advice to anybody.
I mean I can, I really just don’t care enough to yk? Like why read your bs when there are other much better things out there. Time prioritization and shit
That wasn’t me. As a fellow blahaj user I value your opinion, which is why I replied to you outlining my views in detail. I respect your choice to not discuss further.
Take care <3
Fuck off. Don’t insult my sibling.
Right back at you Republican.