Oh man, that was hard to read. The way he justifies his position shows he completely misunderstands the issue, yet is willing to fuck with real people’s lives to maybe win a few extra theoretical votes. Despicable.
Using his completely valid experiences in a wheelchair to show he understands what it’s like to be bullied, and saying “No Iowan should face discrimination”, but then turning around and spelling out exactly how he wants to discriminate against trans people, is just insane. It’s almost too hypocritical for me to believe. Almost. It’s a shocking lack of empathy.
Iowan here, and he’s not getting mine. Every other seat on the ticket I’ll hold my nose and vote dem, but for his I’ll either vote 3rd party or write-in for trans rights.
His opponent is also trash, but if he’s willing to do this shit to win an election his policy votes will absolutely be hot garbage.
The only thing worse than Democratic candidates throwing trans people under the bus are progressive voters who hand victory to the fascists because of purity politics bullshit.
I’d rather Democrats take my rights away than let fascists burn the world to the ground. For fucks sake, some things are more important. Have some goddamn perspective.
Besides, if a transphobic Democrat wins we still gave a chance to convince them they’re wrong. You ain’t getting that chance with a fascist. Why would you give up the chance to advocate for change, just because that change is needed in the first place? That makes fucking no sense.
I hate it here too. Please don’t make it worse than necessary.
As a trans person, I would much rather have a Dem that takes away my rights than a republican. At least the Dem can probably be reasoned with a little bit, the republican cannot. The republican will make it their priority to take away my rights, in fact.
I thought at least some people would’ve learned this in 2024. Guess not.
I totally understand the frustration. But when it’s a choice between losing access to health care vs. getting locked up or worse, please don’t throw away your vote.
Turek is the one throwing away voters. If folks find it too difficult to bootstrap themselves out of the trash can that’s the candidate’s fault for forcing that decision.
You are focusing on the victims of a fucked up Saw torture conundrum. I would also prefer a Democrat to a Republican, but I find it cruel to tell victims to vote for their continued oppression. This is not the time for Democratic candidates like Turek to be putting on their Jigsaw masks and asking voters if they want to play a game.
I’m like 70% certain he’s a spoiler ballot candidate. Someone propped up by Republicans to run against their hot garbage candidate. Unappealing to any but the most centrist of liberals, I’m kinda surprised he survived the primaries
Oh man, that was hard to read. The way he justifies his position shows he completely misunderstands the issue, yet is willing to fuck with real people’s lives to maybe win a few extra theoretical votes. Despicable.
Using his completely valid experiences in a wheelchair to show he understands what it’s like to be bullied, and saying “No Iowan should face discrimination”, but then turning around and spelling out exactly how he wants to discriminate against trans people, is just insane. It’s almost too hypocritical for me to believe. Almost. It’s a shocking lack of empathy.
Iowan here, and he’s not getting mine. Every other seat on the ticket I’ll hold my nose and vote dem, but for his I’ll either vote 3rd party or write-in for trans rights.
His opponent is also trash, but if he’s willing to do this shit to win an election his policy votes will absolutely be hot garbage.
Fuck i hate it here lol
The only thing worse than Democratic candidates throwing trans people under the bus are progressive voters who hand victory to the fascists because of purity politics bullshit.
I’d rather Democrats take my rights away than let fascists burn the world to the ground. For fucks sake, some things are more important. Have some goddamn perspective.
Besides, if a transphobic Democrat wins we still gave a chance to convince them they’re wrong. You ain’t getting that chance with a fascist. Why would you give up the chance to advocate for change, just because that change is needed in the first place? That makes fucking no sense.
I hate it here too. Please don’t make it worse than necessary.
Sincerely, A trans person
thank fuck, a rational take
i would like to believe people are just dumb and not lying but there is so much both sides same so don’t vote bullshit on lemmy
As a trans person, I would much rather have a Dem that takes away my rights than a republican. At least the Dem can probably be reasoned with a little bit, the republican cannot. The republican will make it their priority to take away my rights, in fact.
I thought at least some people would’ve learned this in 2024. Guess not.
I totally understand the frustration. But when it’s a choice between losing access to health care vs. getting locked up or worse, please don’t throw away your vote.
Turek is the one throwing away voters. If folks find it too difficult to bootstrap themselves out of the trash can that’s the candidate’s fault for forcing that decision.
You are focusing on the victims of a fucked up Saw torture conundrum. I would also prefer a Democrat to a Republican, but I find it cruel to tell victims to vote for their continued oppression. This is not the time for Democratic candidates like Turek to be putting on their Jigsaw masks and asking voters if they want to play a game.
I’m like 70% certain he’s a spoiler ballot candidate. Someone propped up by Republicans to run against their hot garbage candidate. Unappealing to any but the most centrist of liberals, I’m kinda surprised he survived the primaries