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I've seen what feels like a hundred posts complaining about people saying we need to support Gavin Newsome no matter what but I have yet to see someone saying we need to support Gavin Newsome no matter what.
I have absolutely seen it.
As have I, and they are sanctimonous, condescending, and tiresome in the extreme.
There's a big difference between:
"We need to support Gavin Newsom no matter what."
And
"You don't need to comment on every post about Newsom trolling Trump by talking shit about him. You can support a thing he's doing without supporting him."
Support him for what?
For an eventual presidential run. This is what the DNC does. Spend three years finding the worse technically electable person they can, then pressure the left into voting for them because otherwise the republicans will destroy everything.
I personally had many people pile on me when I criticized him during the peak of his meming on Trump. But it does feel like the tide has turned against him a bit now.
They love the pointless, performative shit.
Look at what Newsom is actually doing: presiding over a state where, for the vast majority of his constituents, it's becoming unaffordable to live in while at the same time he is actively criminalizing homelessness.
Absolutely. And he vetoed a lot of great bills seeking to address many of the state’s crises.
He also vetoed ranked choice voting
I don't see it much on here, but they're everywhere on Bluesky. You can search Newsom's name and the first result will probably be someone talking shit about him with tons of comments and quote posts telling them they're just trying to get Trump to win a third term.
Then these memes should be posted on Bluesky not here where "centrists" are unwanted.
It's literally in this thread.
Yeah, those posts were in response to people being completely shitty about it.
Do you need me to link to some previous discussions where there are accusations of someone being an accelerationist who prefers Trump because they criticized Newsom? Because that was just yesterday. That’s not even touching the people who flat out say ‘I am absolutely willing to sacrifice trans rights because everyone else is more important’.
Don't trans people already have the same rights as other people? The things happening to them are prejudice.
No.
It is illegal for trans people to use the bathroom corresponding with their gender in 13 states. (Drop down menu to change maps)
It’s illegal to update your gender markers on ID in 3 states.
Over half of states prevent trans youth from even playing in school sports.
In 10 states it’s not considered a hate crime to attack a trans person for being trans.
Conversion “therapy,” proven to be psychologically damaging, is legal in almost half of states, including against youth who can’t say no to it.
It’s legal to discriminate against trans people in housing in almost half of states.
18 states allow employers to fire someone for being transgender.
TIL
The funny thing about trans people is that they also care about having an administration full of insane clowns enabling climate catastrophe, the next pandemic, and the Gaza genocide.
You would think this incredibly basic understanding of the political leanings of the average trans person would get us a little solidarity from Democratic leadership, but we can all go fuck ourselves the second a blue dog dem starts crying about being scared of pronouns apparently.
You don’t have to fuck yourself. But you might be asked to hold your nose and vote even if you can’t compete on the sports team you want. I’m actually unclear when that became a human right. I am far more concerned for your physical safety under another Trump administration.
It never, ever stops there. And if you view the participation of trans people in public life as a nice thing that we get as a treat when times are good, then yeah, you are kind of telling us to go fuck ourselves.
It should make you stop and think when LGBT leaders and organizations within California are condemning his statements.
The fact you don’t connect pushing trans people out of public life with the exact transphobia that endangers us is why you need to listen to us instead of deciding you know best and lecturing us about it.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transgender-people-are-not-feeling
This is the time for someone else to step up and be noticed by the crowd.
Exactly. I support Newsom because he fights and would even support even Republicans. We need everyone.
Most Democrats don't do anything beyond nice speeches and many don't even bother with that.
Does he fight? What's he actually done beyond steal Trump's vibes?
He put proposition 50 this November as a response to Texas move to get additional 5 seats, and is advocating for other governor's to do the same thing.
It's funny how that works on here.