Aww. As a transgender woman, I am genuinely afraid of Republicans murdering me if I stop for gas in the wrong part of Virginia.https://twitter.com/michelle_sham/status/842718268280528897 …
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But if everyone jumps down each other's throats and diminishes others when they have any grievance we'll never get anywhere.
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That's provably false by all of history.
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cf Stonewall, Velvet Revolution, Ceauçescu's downfall, etc. etc. etc.
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Rights are never gained by equivocation.
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You should spend more time standing up to bigots and less time tone policing people's lives you don't understand.
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I do that as well. I know people with views on both sides and I feel like there are better ways to make progress.
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Your feelings don't really matter and are contrary to evidenciary support of 40 years of queer activism.
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Our rights are not about your feelings.
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K I don't know every view she claims to have but it's possible to have conservative views and still be pro-LGBT.
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Not if you support republican candidates, as the GOP national platform is explicitly anti-trans
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You can't support candidates pledged to that platform and claim pro-trans stances. Period.
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Anyone is hard pressed to find a candidate/platform they agree w/ 100%. Supporting Republicans does not mean you hate LGBT.
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It means you are tacitly accepting the erasure of LGBT folks.
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You cannot support their platform and not support erasure of LGBT folks. Period. They are the same.
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maybe you don't actively hate us, but supporting republicans means you're just fine with us going away
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Trust me, I'm not okay with that. In the past I've been registered Republican but I've supported many non-Republicans.
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I imagine it's hard to take the moral high ground all the time & stand up for others even if they wouldn't stand up for you.
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