cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54506028
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/politics/p/1270828/iowa-dem-josh-turek-releases-anti-trans-ad-calling-for-a-federal-funding-ban-on-trans-care
On Saturday, Oct. 24, Josh Turek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, released a new ad targeting transgender people—perhaps the worst anti-transgender ad of the entire election cycle to come from a Democrat. The ad begins with Turek talking about his disability and the importance of not discriminating, before immediately turning to adopt discriminatory policies toward transgender people. One such policy is a sports ban, a position sadly becoming increasingly common among high-profile Democrats in competitive races, and one that alone would have made this yet another newsworthy anti-trans ad. But Turek then goes further, advocating for a new policy: a proposal to ban federally funded gender-affirming care in the United States, one that would impact a substantial number of transgender people and make their care difficult to impossible to receive.
I’m one of those people. One is less bad.
You do you, I mean if you’re okay with it and think it’s one less bad, that’s cool by me, no skin off my back.
One is demonstrably less bad, and only MAGAt trash are stupid enough to think in such stupid simplistic and false paradigms.
You do you. I don’t give two fucks if you think one person who hates trans people is better than the other person who hates trans people is better, who am I to argue with your opinion.
I simply happen to think the person who hates trans people is no better than the person who hates trans people when it comes to not hating trans people as the baseline.
But thanks for the nice ad hominem attack, great conversation.
You’re an idiot that can’t tell the difference between parties. You work for MAGA.
More ad hominem attacks! A person disagrees with me! Oh my, I must insult them by calling the an idiot and MAGA!
Oh my fee fees! Whatever will I do?
Great conversation there bud! Such a wonderful and intellectually stimulating online discussion of ideas being put forth by you!