Donald Trump took to the stage this week in Montana for his first rally since Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz to be her running mate. Transgender people were one of his most common targets.
Die Gropenfuhrer is slowly declining into an incomprehensible, doddering, Drunken Uncle caricature of a human. The English language is his all-you-can-eat salad bar. His statements make no sense to begin with, then there are the lies. We have to resist his Malarkey and speak up on his social media platforms all day, every day 'til November's election. Keep fighting, keep speaking truth to stupidity and power. Never back down.
Erin, you are, as often, too kind. The false claims about the Minnesota laws are not "misconceptions," they are not the result of "confusions," they are crafted lies. They are intended to mislead and confuse, yes, aimed at generating anger and fear leading to oppression and violence, yes, but that is the goal, not the source.
I understand that you are trying to maintain a certain journalistic distance, trying to inform rather than openly proselytize (and we love you for it) but we here in comments are under no such restrictions. :-)
All that shows is the level of dehumanization they've reached in their view of trans people and that they like to feel sexually powerful over people they've objectified into nothing more than a sexual object to boost their feeling of superiority. Or they have a degradation kink and nothing could be more degrading than submitting to someone you see as less than human.
Idk, I just don't think it's the "gotcha" or "smoking gun of hypocrisy" folks want to joke about. I think it just further nails in how obsessed they are with hating us and denying our humanity for their own ego and gratification.
I think it does provide support for my own contention that sexual hangups are a driving force behind anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and suggests that self-loathing is a non-irrelevant part of the obsession to which you refer.
"All that shows is the level of dehumanization they've reached in their view of trans people and that they like to feel sexually powerful over people they've objectified into nothing more than a sexual object to boost their feeling of superiority."
Yes, it is spot-on observation. It must be a thing about sexually exploiting and dominating trans folks for their own gratification. Here in Hungary what Republicans consider a "conservative haven", conservatives are quite often rumoured to be doing this with LGBTQ+ people. Pigs.
Trump is ignorant. The facts are comforting. I appreciate Erin Reed. Where are the rest of reporters and news networks? Where are are the tenets of journalism? Truth. Impartiality. Independence. Humanity. Accountability.
Gone, for the mainstream media. What once was a dedication to journalistic integrity has yielded into a dedication to maximize profits. Journalistic integrity doesn't sell as well. Yet another example of how late stage capitalism destroys all good things
Trump is slowly becoming unhinged because he can’t stand the thought of falling behind in the polls to a woman candidate. Expect the bizarre rhetoric to continue. Erin is right, though - if he somehow still wins, expect intense, unprecedented attacks on trans people from his administration, from every angle you can imagine. The only hope in that case would be fierce resistance to his policies from the protective blue states, many of which have protections for GAC by executive order or written into their state laws or constitution.
He has to focus on hate, attacking others is the only way to distract from the fact that the actual republican platform is just tax cuts for the rich at a time when wealth inequality is harming hundreds of millions of Americans, anti environmentalism at a time when environmental disasters have nearly tripled food prices, and taking away human rights from whoever they can, because people with less rights are easier to exploit. Just remember, when one group loses a human right, everyone loses that right, effectively. Trans people are just the canary in the coal mine, and when they run out of ways to blame us, someone else will take the blame, and someone else, and someone else...
I wonder how long it's going to be before he starts trying to claim that Harris is trans. I mean, racism and sexism are already at the core of all his attacks on her, and he's already chosen to make trans people the cackling villains behind all the ills of society he can't blame immigrants for; it's only a matter of time until he smushes all that rancid shit together and decrees that the uppity brown woman is really a man.
As a proud Minnesotan with school-aged children, Governor Walz has done amazing things for our state, and that includes making us a sanctuary state for both trans rights and reproductive rights. Trump deliberately confuses things for people, so that they will become outraged and violent on his behalf. I can’t tell you the number of people I’ve talked to now about Minnesota, and how these claims are just downright inaccurate. Fake. Deliberate lies. The best thing is never hearing from them again after I tell them to go and look up the actual language, laws and policies themselves, instead of believing what Trump or something like Fox News tells them. Thank you as always Erin for your wonderful and informative work!
Die Gropenfuhrer is slowly declining into an incomprehensible, doddering, Drunken Uncle caricature of a human. The English language is his all-you-can-eat salad bar. His statements make no sense to begin with, then there are the lies. We have to resist his Malarkey and speak up on his social media platforms all day, every day 'til November's election. Keep fighting, keep speaking truth to stupidity and power. Never back down.
Gropenfuhrer is a great play on words, I have to say. It's got that kind of rhythm and sound that legitimate german words often have.
How dare you call Trump "Die Gropenfuhrer". It's "Der Gropenführer"! Get it right next time! :-P
Ms. Trump is clearly trans though! Don't you see her feminine facial features?
LOL. That made me laugh! Thank you!
Trump is "Die Obergruppenführerin" :) Trans frau
Erin, you are, as often, too kind. The false claims about the Minnesota laws are not "misconceptions," they are not the result of "confusions," they are crafted lies. They are intended to mislead and confuse, yes, aimed at generating anger and fear leading to oppression and violence, yes, but that is the goal, not the source.
I understand that you are trying to maintain a certain journalistic distance, trying to inform rather than openly proselytize (and we love you for it) but we here in comments are under no such restrictions. :-)
Exactly. You know Trumpy is lying because his lips are moving. These aren't innocent mistakes but outright lies.
We trans folk have long been the wet dream of insane far right freaks.
Data Finds Republicans are Obsessed with Searching for Transgender Porn
https://lawsuit.org/general-law/republicans-have-an-obsession-with-transgender-pornography/
All that shows is the level of dehumanization they've reached in their view of trans people and that they like to feel sexually powerful over people they've objectified into nothing more than a sexual object to boost their feeling of superiority. Or they have a degradation kink and nothing could be more degrading than submitting to someone you see as less than human.
Idk, I just don't think it's the "gotcha" or "smoking gun of hypocrisy" folks want to joke about. I think it just further nails in how obsessed they are with hating us and denying our humanity for their own ego and gratification.
I think it does provide support for my own contention that sexual hangups are a driving force behind anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and suggests that self-loathing is a non-irrelevant part of the obsession to which you refer.
"All that shows is the level of dehumanization they've reached in their view of trans people and that they like to feel sexually powerful over people they've objectified into nothing more than a sexual object to boost their feeling of superiority."
Yes, it is spot-on observation. It must be a thing about sexually exploiting and dominating trans folks for their own gratification. Here in Hungary what Republicans consider a "conservative haven", conservatives are quite often rumoured to be doing this with LGBTQ+ people. Pigs.
Just one example of their hypocrisy:
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/member-hungary-s-anti-lgbtq-government-resigns-after-fleeing-alleged-n1249593
Trump is ignorant. The facts are comforting. I appreciate Erin Reed. Where are the rest of reporters and news networks? Where are are the tenets of journalism? Truth. Impartiality. Independence. Humanity. Accountability.
Gone, for the mainstream media. What once was a dedication to journalistic integrity has yielded into a dedication to maximize profits. Journalistic integrity doesn't sell as well. Yet another example of how late stage capitalism destroys all good things
Trump is slowly becoming unhinged because he can’t stand the thought of falling behind in the polls to a woman candidate. Expect the bizarre rhetoric to continue. Erin is right, though - if he somehow still wins, expect intense, unprecedented attacks on trans people from his administration, from every angle you can imagine. The only hope in that case would be fierce resistance to his policies from the protective blue states, many of which have protections for GAC by executive order or written into their state laws or constitution.
He has to focus on hate, attacking others is the only way to distract from the fact that the actual republican platform is just tax cuts for the rich at a time when wealth inequality is harming hundreds of millions of Americans, anti environmentalism at a time when environmental disasters have nearly tripled food prices, and taking away human rights from whoever they can, because people with less rights are easier to exploit. Just remember, when one group loses a human right, everyone loses that right, effectively. Trans people are just the canary in the coal mine, and when they run out of ways to blame us, someone else will take the blame, and someone else, and someone else...
I wonder how long it's going to be before he starts trying to claim that Harris is trans. I mean, racism and sexism are already at the core of all his attacks on her, and he's already chosen to make trans people the cackling villains behind all the ills of society he can't blame immigrants for; it's only a matter of time until he smushes all that rancid shit together and decrees that the uppity brown woman is really a man.
As a proud Minnesotan with school-aged children, Governor Walz has done amazing things for our state, and that includes making us a sanctuary state for both trans rights and reproductive rights. Trump deliberately confuses things for people, so that they will become outraged and violent on his behalf. I can’t tell you the number of people I’ve talked to now about Minnesota, and how these claims are just downright inaccurate. Fake. Deliberate lies. The best thing is never hearing from them again after I tell them to go and look up the actual language, laws and policies themselves, instead of believing what Trump or something like Fox News tells them. Thank you as always Erin for your wonderful and informative work!
I wonder if Khelif can file a legal suit against Trump for slander? :)
Seeing what's on YouTube I can't believe DJT even has the smugness to be a moral dictator, as a sexually abusive person.
Trump is going to find that there are limitations on what he can judge.
The American Nazis Party formerly known as the Republican party is very serious about genocide for anybody but themselves.
When Trump stops screaming into the void he ceases to exist.
https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1827394931209502940