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[–]teacherterf 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But does it even work that way? I agree that if AOC tweeted anything gender critical, her political career would be over. But is this over-the-top yay-trans-kids sloganeering actually helping her? She rose to prominence on an old-school economic-left platform. She's at her best when she's talking about how ordinary working people are being screwed. She endorsed Sanders, who never played the identity politics game and who went further in the primaries than Warren, who did. I'm just not sure that this kind of behaviour is gaining her any real support that she wouldn't get otherwise, which makes it all the more perplexing (and creepy).

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I myself, after the MERMAIDS debacle, called AOC's office and told them all about the dangers of puberty blockers. So her endorsement of "trans kids" is made in full knowledge of the horrific mental and physical ramification of transition.

So my guess is AOC is getting a lot of money from Big Gender.

[–]teacherterf 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Right. I live in a country with caps on political donations, so that possibility didn't even occur to me. But of course, that makes perfect and terrible sense.

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I want to move to your country. I wish I were kidding. At this point, the US is a Banana Republic with a First World veneer.