*zach, 19, self-identified 'based tradcath zoomer' (destined to be cast out into the outer darkness)*: 'nooo this is heresy. read leviticus'
barb, 76, liberal lutheran from duluth, minnesota (destined for salvation): 'what a nice cartoon! think i'll send it to my granddaughter :) https://t.co/g06j29KvCG— gg lily allen (@lumpen_princess) April 1, 2023
Odds are, given time, ‘Zach’ will end up as a normie with trans coworkers, friends, and family members — someone who remembers his ‘based tradcath’ days the way others remember being 19-year-old stalinists or metalheads. As Dems, we need to remember that the long arc of history bends towards expanding our concept of freedom, not towards frantically trying to force other people to comply with our own terror of change…
"Well theyre just doing it because it's politically convenient."
Every single major media outlet in the nation right now is screaming at Democrats to abandon trans issues. If Biden gave a statement like Starmer did the NYT and Atlantic would crown him King of Sensible Moderates. https://t.co/K3l0SvWHia
— Environmental Services Weedle (@PartyWurmple) April 3, 2023
No one wants to admit the basic reality that whatever handful of rights trans people have in this country is because of Democrats had enough power to overrule their Republican counterparts. The Brits can mutual aid all they want but it won't replace a pro-trans parliament. https://t.co/AKoRsqTtJG
— Slope Slipperer (@agraybee) April 3, 2023
Power doesn't panic.
The far right panicking over the existence of trans people, discussion of systemic racism, or even the mention of LGBTQ people is a sign of weakness, not strength.
They lost the culture and they know it. This is their sad pathetic attempt to force it back.
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) April 2, 2023
The under 20 demographic is majority minority with 20% identifying as LGBTQ. They are mostly non religious.
They are the future of the country. No amount of dumb policies attacking “DEI,” “wokeness,” “critical race theory,” or “gender ideology” will change that.
All of these horrible laws targeting LGBTQ people, people of color, education, etc. are a vain and futile attempt to turn back the clock and enforce their world view on a culture that’s no longer theirs. They’ve lost and they know it.
Rather than demonstrating power in their moral panic, the people stoking this are demonstrating their immense weakness. By the end of this decade, they will be irrelevant, culturally and electorally. A vestige of an intolerant past raging against a more tolerant culture.
They’d rather turn to pathetic attempts at authoritarian and fascist politics than relinquish their power over this country. They will fail despite the fact we have a system of government that disproportionately favors their voting base to enable minoritarian political power.
Power doesn’t panic.
The far right has already lost. They will continue to lose their power.
They are in their death throes and that’s why they are panicking.
We are the future. They’ll soon be just another sad, pathetic footnote in the dustbin of history.