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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 97 points 5 months ago

Who the fuck cares if they're black white gay straight trans, just so the fucking job well. That's all anyone wants.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 159 points 5 months ago

Who the fuck cares

Aww, you’ve never met a republican, huh?

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 months ago

I have. And I'm telling them to get over it and not care. Even though I know they're too mentally unstable to accept the feedback.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

We should stop selecting our candidates based on what Republicans think.

[-] GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago

The unfortunate reality is that there's plenty of older democrats, "moderate democrats", and independents that also have a negative perception of the LGBT community.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And of course we listen to them, but order everyone on the left to STFU and adore the genocide.

No more. Let the pampered centrists vote blue no matter who. Let them practice what they preach for the very first time ever. They don't get their very first choice? FUCKING GOOD. I hope they never do again. Their first choice in 2016 handed the presidency to Trump out of sheer stupid pigheaded hubris. Their judgement is garbage.

Yeah, we all hate those fucking guys and trust me when the door shuts on them I hope it shuts in their faces.

[-] aniki@lemmy.zip -2 points 5 months ago
[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

as outlined above, republicans care an unhealthy amount

[-] aniki@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 months ago
[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago
[-] aniki@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 months ago

They aren't voting D anywayso again... Who gives a fuck?

[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

people whos rights are on the line believe it or not

[-] finley@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago

Oooohhhh, a lot of people reeeaaaally care. They shouldn’t, but they really do.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, the ones with mental health issues.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

Their bigotry or mental health doesn't make their votes worth less. You can cry about their sensibilities all you want but you need those votes to win regardless. Welcome to democracy.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

So... No Republicans. Got it.

[-] ChadCMulligan@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago
[-] Timii@biglemmowski.win 1 points 5 months ago

Anybody that wants to know they have a representative that... represents them. Particularly for those that have never had someone of their class act as a representative.

There are several experiences/issues I wouldn't have the first clue about good intentioned or not. To say 'muh, just do the job well' fails to appreciate that one cannot 'do it well' without intimately understanding under-represented constituents issues through... experience.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Unfortunately, many or most people.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Which is why the do-nothing Secretary of Transportation and McKinsey grad who got the job to repay a favor is the wrong choice.

If anything, it could be awful for LGBTQ+ people if the first representation in the White House is a corporatist small town mayor who keeps failing upwards.

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