and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses
and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses
Either you have no opps, or you are your opps’ opp
You just invented intersectionality, but in a way that defends the oppressors. Here’s the classic example of intersectionality:
Say there’s a company. They have an office and a factory. The factory hires white men and Black men. The office hires white men and white women. Black women are not hired in any part of the company. That is an example of how someone at the intersection of two marginalized groups (Black people and Women), faces discrimination that are unique to that intersection. The company isn’t disciminating against all Black people, and they’re not discriminating against all women. But when the two are combined, NEW FORMS OF OPPRESSION ARISE
Let’s go back to your example of the undocumented gay Black autistic disabled homeless albanian furry nonbinary trans woman… SHE is going to face types of discrimination you and I would never dream of. She would have a complex multifaceted life that we would only understand the most basic contours of. Whether or not she’s “safer under the leadership of someone who is transphobic…” is just an insane hypothetical without enough details to be any use as a thought experiment.
Right, because choosing the person who will impose fewer barriers to the most marginalized amongst us in a real election between two real humans that will materially impact every american as well as the whole planet for the next 6 years minimum is siding with the oppressor.
Going back to the factory example I gave. Two companies now. One of them doesn’t hire Black women. One of them doesn’t hire any women. If someone calls to boycott both companies, and you decide to only boycott the worse of two evils, IMO you are siding with an oppressor
imagine an election between an avowed racist that’s weirdly good on trans issues, and an avowed racist that also hates trans people. As a white trans woman, I would implore you to boycott that election
Shopping is an awful analog to elected office
If a trans person will be dead if either candidate gets elected, then why do you believe that they should vote to improve your life?
You seem to believe that you are entitled to trans people’s votes. Why?
Because im also a trans (non binary) person. Because I also care about all humans on this earth. Because the more people a candidate supports, the easier it is to get them to support more groups. . . I dont know how to explain to you that you should care about the well being of more than just one people
I’m not who you replied to, but thanks for that explanation of intersectionality. I’m relativly privileged and haven’t ever been in a position to confront intersectionality, but I’ve certainly heard the word, and witnessed it. I wish I learned it sooner, but I’m glad that this is what I learned today. Thank you!