Then why are they still voting Republican? Are they stupid? /s
Why the /s? It’s a valid question.
I wish I could believe this number.
I know a Republican “ally”, they claim to support trans people but completely bought into the idea that Republicans will “only” oppress Trans kids.
Asked if they viewed Republican candidates’ use of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in their campaigns as “sad and shameful,” 41% of Republicans and 58% of independent voters agreed. That compares to 38% of Republicans and 25% of independents who do not think it’s “shameful.”
What happened to sad? What did you do with sad???
“But I have to vote for Republicans, because mygawd, can you imagine voting for normal people?”
Glad many of these voters do.
So don’t vote for them dipshits (punctuation intentionally left out for double entendre)
But they’ll still vote for it anyway.
20% of any poll will agree with basically anything. So I pretty much always lop off that portion in my head by default now. So until that number reaches 60%, it doesn’t really mean much.
“will you sign my petition?”
postal dude, is that you?
Even though these people will still vote for an anti-trans Republican candidate, the poll is a little encouraging. Republican politicians are not principled, and if persecuting trans people doesn’t win them applause from their voters perhaps they’ll quieten down a bit from inciting this particular hatred.
The problem is that if it appeals to a small number of people, and isn’t a dealbreaker for everyone else then it’s worth doing. In order for anything to actually change there have to be more people willing to walk away over the culture war bullshit than there are people who vote for them because of it. Otherwise it’s still a win for them.
59% don’t find it “shameful” and it’s not like those 41% are going to vote for someone else…
this particular hatred
History has repeatedly shown us they’ll just move on to a new target for their bigotry because that’s the only way they can come close to getting a majority of voters to back their economic plans that only serve a wealthy few. Like, trans people right now are just what gay people were for their party 10-20 years ago.
I try to console myself by realizing they’ll lose that fight too. And the next. And the next. The road will be bumpy and full of struggles, and people will suffer while we walk it, but in the people eternally looking backwards can not win. They fight for the past, but we are the future.
All that means is that there are more important issues https://youtu.be/ZMQqz6IPado?si=rYskhuX76IzTGupe
https://youtu.be/ZMQqz6IPado without the tracker
The image that is painted of other people is even worse, so for them supporting Republicans is somehow the lesser evil. Even though this is just one topic where they’re sad and shameful.
Also… not sure I believe this poll is super accurate in phrasing.
“Listen, bigotry is sad and shameful. I don’t agree trans people should be made illegal. But taxes and immigrants…”
Then stop being a Republican, or give the GOP a long overdue enema.
Then stop voting for them, you troglodytes!!!
