Thursday, December 19, 2024

America's Anti-Trans Panic Is a Scam

While the current wave of discriminatory policies will do obvious harm to the transgender community, they're also meant to distract from the myriad ways we're all getting fleeced.

Posted by Corky at 09:31 PM | 43 COMMENTS | permalink

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While millions struggle under the weight of medical debt and economic precarity, our political class has masterfully redirected public anger toward a manufactured crisis: the supposed threat of transgender Americans.

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"In the marble halls of the battle dome of American lawfare on December 4, Tennessee's deputy solicitor general performed a brazen act of legal gymnastics:

He argued to the Supreme Court that protecting transgender children requires denying them health care.

That same day, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson"architect of an AI-powered claims denial system with a reported 90 percent error rate"was shot, allegedly by a man driven to desperation by America's predatory and labyrinthine health care system, which causes as many as 66.5 percent of American bankruptcies.

The grim symmetry was impossible to ignore.

The parallel path of these two events perfectly encapsulates the cynical sleight of hand at the heart of the American establishment's current political strategy.

While millions struggle under the weight of medical debt and economic precarity, our political class has masterfully redirected public anger toward a manufactured crisis:

the supposed threat of transgender Americans."

the article isn't long, but worth the full read

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-18 04:22 PM

Duh duh duh ...

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-18 04:27 PM

Don't expect BullBringer, Boaz or the rest of the idiots who survive on Republican lies to ever acknowledge they're willing victims of Republican deception.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-18 04:29 PM

America's Anti-Trans Panic Is a Scam

Is it panic, though? Same problem I had with the term "homophobia." Seems more abject hatred and disgust than panic or fear.

I had a prof from the scenic Island of ------ who told the class how much she disagreed with the term "homophobia." She preferred calling it "heterofascism." As an aside, she did not get tenure.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2024-12-18 06:14 PM

@#4 ... Seems more abject hatred and disgust than panic or fear. ...

In my view, it is a political rallying call that is designed to evoke the negative strong emotions you note.

It seems to be used by MAGA politicians to evoke a fear of the unknown among their MAGA followers.

Of course, that then raises another question ...

Why does MAGA seem to have the need to rely upon the stirring of such strong negative emotions so much?



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-18 06:55 PM

It's ignorance.

What was the statistic? Less than 2% of people are transgender?

I doubt most people have ever met anyone who was transgender.

All transphobia is based on lies they've been told.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-18 07:21 PM

So true - societal issues like this are simply a distraction and something to divide the middle so the wealthy can screw us all. And Democrats keep taking the bait.

#7 | Posted by HeeHaw at 2024-12-18 09:03 PM

- Less than 2% of people are transgender?

It's something like .5 percent of adults and less than 1.5 percent of teens.

It's obviously problematic, it's just not something worth being distracted from our new Fascist Government leaders; from the Oligarchy being put in charge of the Government by rwingers, which is the very definition of Fascism.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-18 09:08 PM

Anything to gin up the rubes while they pick their nearly empty pockets.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-12-18 09:24 PM

Idiots would allow America be destroyed in order to pacify their rampant phobias.

Republicans have been banking on this.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-18 09:49 PM

all scares that produce Prohibitions are a scam.

#11 | Posted by ichiro at 2024-12-19 04:35 AM

I had a prof from the scenic Island of ------
#4 | Posted by censored

I got bleeped for specifying the name of a Greek Island. I love it!

Lesbos or Lesvos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi), with approximately 400 kilometres (249 miles) of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece and the eighth largest in the Mediterranean.
en.wikipedia.org
Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain (or TuhWayne to avoid the bleeper) would roll over in his grave.

#12 | Posted by censored at 2024-12-19 08:35 AM

Anything to gin up the rubes while they pick their nearly empty pockets.
#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Like the welfare queens and flag burning in the 80's, and the gheys in the 90's and 2000's. And now the trans.

#13 | Posted by censored at 2024-12-19 11:09 AM

the basic argument... They're a small group, so we'll completely let them trash the rights of a larger group(women). While we are at it we'll completely ignore basic medical approaches and just let kids self identify, and shout down anyone who asks questions about whether it's a good idea or not. Then on top of it if we start to not win the debate by shouting people down, we'll just call them stupid for caring about the issue at all.

Brought to you by the party of "If it saves just one person", except if it's teen girl told to shut up and ignore the dick in her face while she changes to make the team she's trying out for. Or if that one person is a child who's suffered a trauma and suddenly claims to be the opposite gender, don't care if they get the proper mental health care for that, just turn a blind eye while they are given puberty blockers.

Keep on telling us what we are or are not supposed to care about, we'll see how that treats the DNC in the next election cycle.

#14 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-12-20 10:54 AM

Keep on telling us what we are or are not supposed to care about

#14 | Posted by kwrx25

Fear is the "care" that you have.

Stay scared, as if anyone could stop you.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-20 11:00 AM

Duh. Fascists always need a minority group to demonize. That's how they get you to vote for them before they destroy your life.

#16 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-20 01:00 PM

Brought to you by the party of "If it saves just one person", except if it's teen girl told to shut up and ignore the dick in her face while she changes to make the team she's trying out for.
#14 | Posted by kwrx25

How many dicks were IN YOUR FACE when you changed in the boy's locker room? Something you want to get off your chest?

#17 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-20 01:02 PM

Imagine thinking there's a 'transgender community' and not just a group of mentally ill people

#18 | Posted by THEBULL at 2024-12-20 02:39 PM

"Imagine thinking there's a 'transgender community...'"

You're joking, right?

Have you ever met a trans person not IMMENSELY HAPPIER than they were?

Aw, hell, who am I kidding: Have you ever MET a trans person???

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-12-20 02:42 PM

"except if it's teen girl told to shut up and ignore the dick in her face"

The last thing a trans woman wants to do is wave a dick in a woman's face.

And trans women change in a closed stall, unless that's impossible.

#20 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-12-20 02:45 PM

- a group of mentally ill people

The -------- must have looked around his Shelter.

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-20 02:46 PM

I've got nothing against transgenders. I grew up in the 70's. They were everywhere. Geraldine, Bowie, Burle... I find them amusing, like clowns.

#22 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2024-12-20 03:04 PM

Clowns are more like Drag Queens.

They put on a costume and perform in front of others.

Transgender people aren't putting on a costume and they're not performing for anyone.

#23 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-20 03:14 PM

The biggest mental illness Americans suffer from, is the irrational fear and disgust of the naked human body.

So much so, that for some, just seeing a naked person causes terror and anguish.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-20 03:22 PM

#24 so you're all for 17/18 year old boys changing in the same place as a 12/13 year old girl?

#25 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-12-20 04:56 PM

Imagine thinking there's a 'transgender community' and not just a group of mentally ill people

#18 | Posted by THEBULL

Imagine thinking MAGA is a political movement and not just a group of mentally ill people

#26 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-20 04:58 PM

#24 so you're all for 17/18 year old boys changing in the same place as a 12/13 year old girl?

#25 | Posted by kwrx25

I'm all for you proving that's happening.

#27 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-20 04:59 PM

Back in my college days, we used to take the PATH trains from Hoboken, NJ to NYC to visit McSorley's Old Ale House in the East Village area of NYC.

When I first went there, it was men-only. Then something happened ...

McSorley's Ale House
en.wikipedia.org

... Opened to womenWomen were not allowed in McSorley's until August 10, 1970, after National Organization for Women attorneys Faith Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow filed a discrimination case against the bar in District Court and won.[17] The two entered McSorley's in 1969, and were refused service, which was the basis for their lawsuit for discrimination.

The case decision made the front page of The New York Times on June 26, 1970.[18] The suit, Seidenberg v. McSorleys' Old Ale House (S.D.N.Y. 1970) established that the licensing of the bar, under the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, rose to the level of state action, thereby requiring the bar to comply with the proscriptions of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.[19]

The bar was then forced to admit women, but it did so "kicking and screaming".[2] In 1970 Barbara Shaum became the bar's first female patron.[5] With the ruling requiring women to be served, the bathroom became unisex. ...


Yeah, the bathroom was unisex. It became typical to visit the bathroom and see a female also using the facilities.

At the time, there were no issues raised about that.


... we used to take the PATH trains from Hoboken, NJ to NYC ...

btw, one night, walking back from the PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson, i.e., going under the Hudson River into NYC) one late night (early morning?) was the first and only time I have had police officers draw their weapons and point them at me. But that's a different story....


#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-20 09:45 PM

Well don't leave us hanging. I've never had negative interactions with police outside of being OPFOR.

#29 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-12-21 10:21 AM

#27 The laws allow it, that's more than enough.

But with a one minute search: www.fisherphillips.com

There were plenty more to choose from.

So, since it's happening... I suddenly identify as a woman, a teen girl actually... Point me at your young female family members, It's time to change for gym.

#30 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-12-21 10:23 AM

and it's hyperbole if you can't tell.

#31 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-12-21 10:39 AM

and it's hyperbole if you can't tell.

#31 | Posted by kwrx

Thanks. I did think you were a teen girl.

#32 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-21 10:56 AM

" I suddenly identify as a woman, a teen girl actually... "

Grown men don't "suddenly identify" as a woman or a teenager.

No one suddenly wakes up one day and decides to be woman (or a teenage girl).

Because it does not work that way.

So ... it's BS not hyperbole. That's just more ignorant maga BS designed to muddy the waters around a complex human biological issue you can't or just don't want to understand.

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-12-21 12:13 PM

We have a problem of this country with perverted men in dresses going into girls' bathrooms. But they're all cis hetero men and no one wants to talk about that.

We also have an epidemic of female teachers sleeping with students. But they're all cis hetero women and no one wants to talk about that either.

#34 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-12-21 01:19 PM

I suddenly identify as a woman, a teen girl actually...
#30 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-12-21 10:23 AM | Reply | Flag

Prepare to get raped by a white hetero male.

#35 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-12-21 01:24 PM

But be alert folks! Some trans women is winning in badminton unfairly where no one cares enough to buy tickets to fill an arena. Be afraid, be very afraid.

#36 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-12-21 01:28 PM

But they're all cis hetero men and no one wants to talk about that.

No one seems to be too concerned about lesbians prowling around in women's safe spaces ogling the little girls either.

Weird.

#37 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-21 01:36 PM

So, since it's happening... I suddenly identify as a woman, a teen girl actually... Point me at your young female family members, It's time to change for gym.

#30 | Posted by kwrx25

So you think horny straight men are going to start living their lives as a woman just to get to see them changing in a locker room for 3 seconds?

When there's limitless free porn on the internet?

The fantasies you make up say a lot about you.

#38 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-21 02:16 PM

Do you think rapist care about the sign on the door when they wanna actually rape someone?

#39 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-21 02:37 PM

so you're all for 17/18 year old boys changing in the same place as a 12/13 year old girl?
#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

Our modern day society is suffering from psychosis because we've hidden and repressed ourselves for generation over centuries.

Leading to all kinds of metal sickness amongst heterosexual cisgender people.

In a world free from the poisonous religion, the answer your question would be yes.

#40 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-21 02:40 PM

Do you think rapist care about the sign on the door when they wanna actually rape someone?

I've always wondered about that logic. Trying to rape a woman in a windowless room full of other women sounds like a good way to invite a severe -----------.

#41 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-12-21 02:41 PM

Well, in these scenarios, the "young girl" will have to be alone in the restroom.

Where normally she would be safe.

Unfortunately, rapists have figured out a way around such inconveniences.

First, be a transgender woman, get the hormones, get the surgeries, put on a dress.

Then you get to rape.

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-21 02:47 PM

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