Emerald Lavigne, subsumed by despair: I'm bein repeatedly told that bein publicly mad Biden said "trans people - I have ur backs" before not making a big deal about these legalizations of discrimination & stepping stones to genocide against trans people means I am ignorant & going to cost Biden the election. When he could simply DO MORE

So Utah, having passed a transphobic bathroom bill, has launched an online form for people to snitch on folks they think are in the "wrong" bathroom or locker room. Be a real shame if people on the Internet flooded it with fake reports: ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_co...

Hotline Complaint Formut-sao-special-prod.web.app

Didn't worry, there's a Portland liberal in my mentions telling me that Biden is doing enough to protect trans people actually and I just want to gloat when I cost him the election! I'm so fucking sick and tired of this shit. Anyway, here's the entire Bee Movie script in PDF:

www.screenwritersnetwork.org

utah is a red state, biden doesn't have authority to change their laws. how will costing him the election help anything, this is a really confusing comment

Nope, you're right. I really think that Biden can change state law. He definitely can't use the bully pulpit, sign any executive orders guaranteeing trans people's right in federal spaces in Utah, or advocate federal laws guaranteeing trans rights, or like stop any discretionary spending there. Yup.

i'm not totally sure about the executive order but yeah he should do those things (and in many cases did during house appropriations) what you said just seems like a complete non-sequitur to what you were responding to which is why i was confused. in fact i'm not sure what you're even responding to

I'm bein repeatedly told that bein publicly mad Biden said "trans people - I have ur backs" before not making a big deal about these legalizations of discrimination & stepping stones to genocide against trans people means I am ignorant & going to cost Biden the election. When he could simply DO MORE

i mean. yes, he can, absolutely, but like www.erininthemorning.com/p/massive-de...

Massive Defeat For Anti-Trans And Anti-LGBTQ+ Riders In Spending Bill As Dems Hold Firmwww.erininthemorning.com Over 40 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ riders were defeated during budget negotiations with Republicans. Previous reporting indicated that riders targeting trans people could be a red line for the party.

i'm not saying you have to think this is good enough i just don't know why you immediately thought of him when hearing about this utah law and I have no idea how the logic of "i will gloat when i cost him the election" even plays out. it felt completely random

It's what I was told by some shit head. My point was that it is random to claim I just want to gloat as well as to blame me for Biden losing when he's the one not attracting votes. I'm laying out things that could be done by the Democrats on a federal level that could make me want to vote for him.

ok, i at least understand that you were quoting someone and not randomly declaring that, which was confusing the hell out of me. i understand your point, it's just that fixating on biden and biden alone came off really sudden when this battle is happening all over the country against many people

That was the last one. They need to be fighting back on every single one of these. In 2020, the line was "hold his feet to the fire & pull him to the left." Calling out ways he's not living up to claiming to have our backs is doing precisely that, right? We cannot let these laws slide.

Do you not remember the way the Obama WH actively participated in like coordinating the organized pushback against the Indiana and Georgia anti-gay """religious freedom""" freedom state laws? Expecting similar support seems pretty basic from the Biden WH.

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