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> one of the groups that Republicans hate

Illegal aliens? Criminals in general? Trying to think what else



Transgender people


Hate is a fairly strong word. I think a more accurate description of the Republican stance on transgenderism at the moment is "don't want to support it at all". And even then, that is almost entirely in reference to children. But it sounds like OP can perfectly well support themselves, so not sure that would be an issue as a member of that group.


This is just not accurate.


Feel free to expand on that.


again, the GOP in the months leading up to the election spent more on anti-trans rhetoric than all other issues combined, including immigration and the economy. if you saw any of these ads and the literal hate being spewed, you maybe would understand better.


I haven't seen these ads, happy for you to link them (as I said in my other comment).


linked them in a reply to your other comment


For most of the right, as I hear it: if the trans community left the kids alone and trans women didn't insist on playing sports (especially contact sports) with biological women, they really wouldn't care.


I don't know if you saw the "Kamela is for the/them" ads, but they stoke a much more general fear and hatred of trans people than the issues you are referring to. Those issues are picked because they are most popular amongst a broad swathe of the electorate, but they are couched in a deeper hate and distrust.


I probably did see them and just forgot about it because it's a political ad. I can tell you, living in a fairly red area, these are the only concerns I've heard from friends/family/people in my church and community. They don't _care_ what trans people do to themselves but have strong opinions on that they're being forced to not only accept but agree with that lifestyle.


A central tenant of the mainstream LGBTQ community is to "live authentically". That tenant cuts both ways, in that nobody in the trans community is going to force someone to be trans — they wouldn't be "living authentically" if someone were forcing them to be trans. I've seen this point expressed in the LGBTQ community countless times outside of political discussion, usually to someone who is self-questioning, and asking someone else if they're gay/trans/etc., which is community, more often than not, will respond to with "we can't decide that for you."

As for hatred of trans people: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/cpac-spe...

The last political ad I saw, and it was endorsed by Trump, featured a segment furthering the conspiracies around Imane Khelif, implying she was a man, etc.


Every piece of evidence revealed so far points towards Imane Khelif being male. Two blood tests from independent labs showing an XY karyotype, a member of Khelif's coaching team describing problems with chromosomes and hormones while also mentioning that Khelif has been on medication to adjust testosterone levels to bring this closer to the female range, and most recently, a leaked medical report showing that Khelif has a male-specific disorder of sexual development: 5-alpha reductase deficiency (5-ARD).

We can ascertain from all this that Khelif went through male puberty and has the male physical advantage in sport that is caused by male sexual development.

Interestingly this is the same DSD that Caster Semenya has. Semenya is another male athlete who competed in a women's category at the Olympics, for the 800 metres track event, and who also won gold.

Individuals with this condition are sometimes mistaken for female at birth due to internal testes and an underdeveloped penis. And are then issued identity documents erroneously stating that they are female. This is what happened with Semenya and almost certainly is the case with Khelif too.


They don't hate either of those. They cheer them on.


Parsing this for people that didnt get that it was a clear joke: Musk worked without a work visa and Trump is a convicted felon.




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