cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54506028
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/politics/p/1270828/iowa-dem-josh-turek-releases-anti-trans-ad-calling-for-a-federal-funding-ban-on-trans-care
On Saturday, Oct. 24, Josh Turek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, released a new ad targeting transgender peopleāperhaps the worst anti-transgender ad of the entire election cycle to come from a Democrat. The ad begins with Turek talking about his disability and the importance of not discriminating, before immediately turning to adopt discriminatory policies toward transgender people. One such policy is a sports ban, a position sadly becoming increasingly common among high-profile Democrats in competitive races, and one that alone would have made this yet another newsworthy anti-trans ad. But Turek then goes further, advocating for a new policy: a proposal to ban federally funded gender-affirming care in the United States, one that would impact a substantial number of transgender people and make their care difficult to impossible to receive.
What a piece of shit
Weāre not getting our passports back in 2028
When people take this hard stance with trans rights (almost always men IME) it sure does feel like theyāre saying āyouāre gonna have to make trans people illegal so I stop watching trans porn. Itās the only wayā
Not shaming anyoneās kink, just seems like a self control problem to me
I know this is Iowa. I know itās always a stretch to court poorly educated people because appealing to ethnocentric bias and anger is always easier.
One can hope this is a bait-and-switch thing that we often see happen in the reverse way with dipshits like Sinema or Fetterman but I seriously doubt it.
This is honestly such an easy issue to navigate if you frame it around individual freedom and redirect the conversation to war, gas prices, cost of living etc.
There should be a federal funding ban on trans care.
There should be a federal funding ban on everything.
Over the next 50-100 years, our ultimate governmental goal should be the reduction, with the ultimate intent of abolishment, of all government systems.
You moron, weāre getting a taste of your hell scape nowā¦
The lettuce is full of diarrhea, the beef is poisoned and the air is poison and children are dying of preventable diseases
Morons that donāt understand the purpose of government infuriate me
So, like, do anarchists not abide any kind of government, even if a hypothetical government doesnāt claim authority over anarchists who donāt consent to it?
No.
Will this one get removed like the previous times?
100% he feels weird about his chub when watching peg porn - now he wants us to feel bad too. I am convinced this is always the issue with anyone who is on this side of history.
Peg leg porn, what will they think of next? Eye patch porā¦ ohā¦ oh wait never mind.
Fucking plant.
What a wildly stupid idea.
Check yourself before you Turek yourself. š
Just Iowa things.
The depressing thing i fear is that polling on trans rights must be bad enough that some dems feel this is a position that benefits them. Newsom seems to think it benefits him, slimy amoral scumbag that he is.
The dems donāt want to accept any responsiblity for the perception that theyāre not meaningfully different from fascists, but they also want to throw trans people to the wolves when theyāre already one of the most murdered groups in society.
Itās just consultants. The audience and constituents that are being listened to are just consultants. Most people donāt give a fuck about trans people cuz they are such a tiny minority. Neoliberal consultants have seen the success of conservative culture war narratives and have adopted the, ācanāt beat 'em, join 'emā strategy because they donāt want to do the actual work beating culture war narratives would require, which is pushing progressive policies.
I donāt know what the polls say on this issue, but if the Democrats throw trans people to the wolves, itās because their ādonorsā said to; polling is only relevant if Amazon agrees.
For example, polls show support for term limits is 83%; it doesnāt matter, because Meta doesnāt want term limits. I could list ten issues with over 80% support from all Americans; theyāve wanted these very basic no-brainer things for DECADES.
Just like labor discovered long ago, Democrats (or Rs, bOtH sIdEs, etc) will abandon any issue for enough ādonationsā.
I think meta has less to do with term limits than no one being willing to vote themselves out of a steady job.
There was a massive study from princeton over a decade ago showing that since the end of the civil rights era, not a single piece of public policy reflected public opinion.
The conclusion was that there is no evidence that the US is a democracy, and it explicitly said weāve functionally been an oligarchy since the 70s.
Sitting in that chair, playing someone who understands discrimination and fairness because you canāt walk or please a woman, and using the way other people perceive you to say:
āReally itās the trans women who are oppressing the cis women. The trans women are oppressing all of us with skyrocketing insurance rates, and by making us look at them.ā
Is disgusting, cowardly, and shows us that Josh Turekās biggest disability, is the fetid rot of a person he is.
āReally itās the trans women who are oppressing the cis women. The trans women are oppressing all of us with skyrocketing insurance rates, and by making us look at them.ā
āWheel chair bound people are oppressing able bodied people with skyrocketing building cost due to mandating ramps and elevators thanks to the ADA; and by making us look at them.ā Incredible someone canāt see this same warped logic applied to them.
But Gender Affirming Care is already way too hard to get and pay for.
Then how is he any different from his opponent? Wow, itās such a mystery why the Dems keep losing electionsā¦. š
