Biden picks Dr. Rachel Levine, transgender woman, as assistant health secretary in historic first

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[–]julesburm1891 65 insightful - 14 fun65 insightful - 13 fun66 insightful - 14 fun -  (3 children)

“Biden picks Dr. Rachel Levine, a straight white man, as assistant health secretary as per usual. LGB people told this means equality and recognition for them.”

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 29 insightful - 5 fun29 insightful - 4 fun30 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

The proper title.

[–]Kai_Decadence 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Fuck off" is what I have to say to the original post. so pretty much a straight white man, only this time a straight white man in makeup and long hair. I mean yeah it's something a little different but not really...

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    [–]reluctant_commenter 49 insightful - 2 fun49 insightful - 1 fun50 insightful - 2 fun -  (23 children)

    Oof... this man does not represent L/G/B people. Maybe he will be more focused on the pandemic and vaccinations, for the time being?

    I am especially concerned that he was named as a health secretary, as opposed to, say, transportation or some other department. The article says that one of his areas of focus is "LGBTQ+ medicine" and it is clear that he has a personal interest and bias on those topics (and possibly a financial one as well, who knows; many doctors are well-compensated by drug companies for giving their patients certain brands of drugs).

    [–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 43 insightful - 3 fun43 insightful - 2 fun44 insightful - 3 fun -  (12 children)

    Even worse, he’s a pediatrician.

    [–]reluctant_commenter 33 insightful - 2 fun33 insightful - 1 fun34 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

    I saw that. I don't want to believe the worst, but... paraphilias come in clusters, and there is a solid chance he has autogynephilia as a MtF living in the U.S. at this point in time and passing as little as he does (and AGPs tend to have more trouble passing than HSTS). So pedophilia is not out of the question. I really hope that's not the case, though; I need to read up more on paraphilia overlap.

    [–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 39 insightful - 2 fun39 insightful - 1 fun40 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    To be clear, while pedophilia crossed my mind, it wasn’t the main impetus behind my comment. Rather it’s that he will be treated as an expert on “trans kids” and give credence to that myth.

    [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

    passing as little as he does

    I'm going to bet at least one limb on AGP.

    [–][deleted] 21 insightful - 4 fun21 insightful - 3 fun22 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

    Wikipedia:

    Born October 28, 1957

    She has two children, David and Dayna.[12][13] She transitioned in 2011. Levine and her ex-wife, Martha Peaslee Levine,[14][13] divorced in 2013.[15][3]

    [–]julesburm1891 21 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Whoop there it is

    [–]NeedMoreCoffee~=[,,_,,]=^_^= 31 insightful - 3 fun31 insightful - 2 fun32 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    Is it just me or does transitioning when your kids are still small or teens makes it extra gross. Like you waited so long, wait until they are adults to deal with dad growing boobs and wearing nylons. Being a teen in todays world is hard enough no need to make it more difficult.

    [–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Abel, G. G., & Osborn, C. (1992). The paraphilias. The extent and nature of sexually deviant and criminal behavior.

    Gosselin, C., & Wilson, G. (1980). Sexual variations: Fetishism, sadomasochism, transvestism. New York: Simon and Schuster.

    [–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    So, until proven otherwise (and that's unlikely considering every pediatrician with "LGBTQ+" in mind tends to be a child abuser), Biden just elected someone who advocates for child abuse? Great!

    I hope that America "wakes up" and sees that this isn't the answer either, not even to Trump. Too many people think that Biden is going to save the USA, I know that's so far from the truth.

    [–]hetisachoice 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    How long before the pedo accusations come up? There's already proof Biden has been inappropriate with women and girls, but it gets brushed off because the slave party is the law.

    [–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    That is a new level of frightening.

    [–]julesburm1891 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

    Isn’t this also the guy who was recommending people in Pennsylvania to use OnlyFans during Covid in lieu of having sex?

    [–]reluctant_commenter 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

    Wait really?? Link? I'll google it when I have time too.

    [–]julesburm1891 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

    Oh yes. Just looked it up. https://thespectator.info/2020/12/18/in-other-news-pennsylvania-health-department-issues-safety-tips-for-covid-free-orgies/

    [–]reluctant_commenter 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

    What in the bloody hell. And this idiot is supposed to "represent" our community???

    Wow. Thanks for sharing. Tbh that would be a good post in and of itself.

    [–]julesburm1891 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I got you!

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      [–]GreykittymommaMagical lady 💜 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      Thank you, thought that sick fuck looked familiar!

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        [–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 39 insightful - 1 fun39 insightful - 0 fun40 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        A trans person in health of all things? Great! Expect Biden & his team to say OK to child abuse and stripping the rights of people with sexual development disorders.

        [–]distortedlindsLady Muse[S] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        yep, here you go! https://joebiden.com/womens-agenda/

        cmd F : 'trans', 'gender identity'...and you'll see more hellfire

        [–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 34 insightful - 3 fun34 insightful - 2 fun35 insightful - 3 fun -  (21 children)

        So much for Biden being the good president.

        [–]nevergonnagiveyouup 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

        yea... i was hoping he was just saying the occasional TRA stuff to get votes, then drop it when elected and focus on more important stuff. but uhhh, lets just hope for the best...

        [–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        keep hopin' he and kamala are on the trans train

        [–]hetisachoice 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Keep hoping that train crashes.

        [–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

        It seems like most Democrats and even some Republicans are on the trans train. Not American, so I hope that I’m wrong, but o don’t have any hope for Biden fixing America.

        [–]hetisachoice 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Any Republican who supports this is a fucking RINO who should be thrown out of the party and out of the country. I did not become a Republican just to give the same thumbs up to the evisceration of children that the slave party has.

        [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 17 insightful - 5 fun17 insightful - 4 fun18 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

        More like no politician is 100% going to do what any of us wants, and we had to choose the less horrific option. Still have a lot of work to do.

        [–]Kai_Decadence 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        This. Yeah between him and Trump... Eugh... I dunno. It was not an easy election that's for sure.

        [–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Completely agree. Edit: And I don't think Trump would have helped either, it's not like he gave a fuck about LGB people.

        [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Trump just moved in whichever direction the hot wind in his head was blowing, namely toward the next source of narcissistic supply preferably with a large amount of cruelty.

        [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (9 children)

        I told you to vote for Trump.

        [–]dippintots 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

        Trump doesn't even believe in climate change. If you think Trump was the better choice over Biden, you are mistaken.

        [–]MrFahrenheit46 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

        Agreed. Climate change has made me a single-issue voter.

        [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        What, is Biden gonna do a global one-child-policy?

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            [–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

            I’m not American, so I couldn’t vote for him if I wanted to.

            [–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 33 insightful - 1 fun33 insightful - 0 fun34 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

            So does this mean we'll be seeing harmful plastic surgery proceedures possibly subsidised by the feds?

            [–]mvmlego 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

            Yep. Just like with abortion, it's not enough for the new Democratic Party for the procedure to be legal; the procedure is so unquestionably good and unquestionably important to justify using the gun of the government to make everyone else pay for it.

            [–]Archie 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

            Don't tell me we have anti-abortion people on a second wave feminism sub

            Abortion isn't accessible for every woman if they have to pay for it. And usually, for those who need it the most.

            [–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

            This subreddit isn't for feminism (gendercritical would be more apt) and you unfortunately do get conservative men here who can't and refuse to understand the nuances of being a person capable of pregnancy.

            [–]mvmlego 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

            I disagree with your comment in a few ways.

            1. My comment wasn't anti-abortion. I was pointing out that federally subsidizing trans surgeries and hormones can be justified by the same reasoning that the Democratic Party uses to advocate for subsidizing abortion. I didn't imply anything about whether those procedures should be legal.

            2. This isn't a second-wave feminism sub. Feminism is specifically devoted to advancing women's rights. This sub also advocates for the rights of gay men--a group which is as removed from the proper scope of feminism as it's possible to be.

            3. It's wrong to force people to pay for something that they believe to be murder. It's also bad for society. If we want to live in a pluralistic society, then we need to let others live according to their own conscience. Do you believe that coercing people into using certain pronoun conventions is wrong in principle, or only wrong for conventions that you disagree with?

            [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 27 insightful - 5 fun27 insightful - 4 fun28 insightful - 5 fun -  (48 children)

            Someone like this as health secretary means promotion of transgenderism and hormones therapy. Trump was bad, but with dems at the helm, forget about situation improving in USA when it comes to gender ideology. I feel for people living there.

            [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

            Just keep resisting as you can where you are...never know which way the ripples of influence might travel on our collective return to sanity.

            [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

            Until majority of hetero people don't get tired and see the danger of thsi ideology, nothing will happen. Gays are just too small of a minority and trans got the support of government and big LGBT organization. Maybe in the future where you will see a lot of people complaining about getting transed during teen years and havign life ruined. Maybe.

            [–]mharmless 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            Until majority of hetero people don't get tired and see the danger of thsi ideology, nothing will happen

            How can they, when saying anything against it is 'hate speech' and your technocratic overlords forbid you from dissenting?

            [–]reluctant_commenter 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            Just piggybacking off of this-- someone made a great point to me a few weeks ago, that it might help straight people get on board with LGB Alliance if they a) see that many of us LGB people are and b) hear us say, "Hey, it's not bigoted for you to take a stand against transgender ideology; in fact, it would be homophobic of you to support it!" I think some straight people don't feel allowed to disagree with the belief in "gender identity" that is pushed by trans activists.

            [–]hetisachoice 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

            I have tried to warn everybody I know but they refuse to listen.

            [–]Finnegan7921 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            I did as well, but people were so blinded by media fueled Trump rage that it didn't matter. Nothing mattered, Trump was a manifestation of the devil and Biden was going to magically make it all better.

            [–]hetisachoice 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            Instead they have enabled setbacks for women's rights and gay rights that will last decades if not centuries. They have literal blood on our hands.

            [–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            Thanks for trying. I think as we see more official, institutionalized changes such as the questioning of Tavistock, we will slowly start to see more progress in the attitudes of people around us.

            Just curious, what is the meaning of your username?

            [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

            I prefer a more optimistic approach. It's easier to keep fighting if you haven't preoirdained a negative outcome yet.

            Besides which a negative outcome can be reversed. Just keep going.

            [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

            Well, I hope for american homosexual people. The amount of lesbians becoming gender neutral or trans is getting scary.

            [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

            I completely agree. (I am an American, btw.) The thing is, you can't fight nature forever. Detransitioners prove this.

            And if we don't keep going then those who realize they were just hurting themselves won't know where to look for support.

            [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            Yeah, there will be lots of detransition in the future. I'm sure.

            [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            Then what? How do we stop the destruction of gay and lesbian bodies before it starts?

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              [–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

              How do you fight when you're silenced or punished the minute you say one critical thing?

              [–]reluctant_commenter 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

              If you're looking for actionable items, there have been a few past threads on this but my suggestions are:

              • Provide support for people harmed by gender identity ideology. That means LGB people, especially teens, detransitioners, teenagers in general who may be pressured about transitioning by peers, and other marginalized groups being harmed by gender identity ideology (e.g. people with autism, women, etc.).

              • Boycott or refuse to buy products from companies that actively promote gender identity ideology. Certain feminine hygiene product companies, for example, if you're a woman. I was thinking it might be helpful for this sub if we got a list going of such companies.

              • Organize resources that we can share with people on the fence about gender identity ideology. Such as newspapers, research, etc. Some people posted today about the investigation into the Tavistock in the UK, for example; that's great because a) it brings us hope that the tide is turning and b) gives us an official resource that we can share with people who might be skeptical-but-not-yet-persuaded about gender identity ideology.

              Just some ideas.

              [–]hetisachoice 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

              Trump was a return to sanity. The left doubled down on their war on it.

              [–]hetisachoice 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (23 children)

              This is why Trump's tr-ns military ban was a step in the right direction.

              [–]ZveroboyAlinaclownfish is a clown or a fish? || Febfem 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

              It was ban of everyone under medication, not exclusively transgenders. It was framed as "anti-transgender" by woke media. It is like saying that "no human is allowed to enter this place" is racist, becasue it is not allowing people of color in there, when in reality it is not allowing everyone.

              [–]mvmlego 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              Wow. Despite the fact that I follow conservative-leaning media, I was never aware of that. Thanks for the info.

              [–]dippintots 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

              I don't think this is accurate. I think it was a ban exclusively for transgendered people. Do you have a source?

              [–]ZveroboyAlinaclownfish is a clown or a fish? || Febfem 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              Ban was aimed at them, according to Trump tweets, with reasoning that "we need healthy army without distraction", however, the changes were against everyone on medication (they were before Obama like that - everyone on medication can't serve, but Obama made changes, that transgender people were excluded from that rule, and Trum returned them back). So transgender people who were not on hormones and who were not wearing wigs and make-up on servise still were able to serve in military.

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                  [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

                  I don't even want there to be a United States anymore and I fucking live here.

                  [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 12 insightful - 7 fun12 insightful - 6 fun13 insightful - 7 fun -  (4 children)

                  I was about to say move to Canada, then remembered that Canada is even worst lol

                  [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

                  Trump should have built a wall around Canada and made it twice as big and twice as wide. Seriously.

                  [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

                  Ahahah Migrate to Europe? Free healthcare and not many queers lol

                  [–]hetisachoice 3 insightful - 10 fun3 insightful - 9 fun4 insightful - 10 fun -  (1 child)

                  That "free" healthcare includes free sex "changes" paid for at the expense of the people in those countries. Hitler supported socialized medicine, too, therefore it should be opposed at all costs.

                  I want to be where only gay Republicans are. I am not kidding about that. I can no longer tolerate anyone else. I can't even make eye contact with anyone else. Especially if they are white and neither gay nor Jewish.

                  [–]Elvira95Viva la figa 10 insightful - 9 fun10 insightful - 8 fun11 insightful - 9 fun -  (0 children)

                  Ok...

                  [–]SnowAssMan 19 insightful - 8 fun19 insightful - 7 fun20 insightful - 8 fun -  (1 child)

                  Not very "affirming" when all the powerful positions are taken by men who identify as women, & never the women who identify as men. Go home & cook & clean if your femininity is so innate.

                  [–]reluctant_commenter 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

                  Go home & cook & clean if your femininity is so innate.

                  THANK you.

                  [–]NonimeTired of Explaining Reality to Fuckwits (TERF) 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

                  What an absolute clown. This person doesn't look respectable at all with that joker-esque makeup. Shameless narcissists should not be in positions of power.

                  [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (17 children)

                  You could have had four more years of Trump but no no no you had to give in to those tired 1990s talking points.

                  [–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

                  Please stop pretending Trump is our fucking Lord and savior either though.

                  [–]MrFahrenheit46 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

                  I know, right? The sheer delusion.

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                    [–]Archie 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

                    Don't you see any irony in supporting Trump to avoid having shameless narcissists in positions of power?

                    [–]MrFahrenheit46 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

                    Trump IS a shameless narcissist, though. He's a failed billionaire who peddled pseudoscience and set America back decades in the fight against climate change. He doesn't give a shit about anyone, and he never fucking has. If people still can't see that, I honestly don't know what to say.

                    [–]chazzstrong 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

                    This is the same piece of shit that pulled his mother out of a retirement home shortly before stuffing it full of COVID patients.

                    [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (18 children)

                    And now a moment of silence, for those of us who felt morally compelled to vote for him for many other reasons, and were afraid he'd do something like this. Although this is actually worse than anything I feared.

                    We'll just have to keep giving people smelling salts for as long as it takes. Sadly we haven't gotten to critical mass yet.

                    Better to have a livable planet and the chance to enlighten people, than torch the damned place and have no chance at all.

                    [–]mvmlego 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

                    This sort of choice between two awful candidates that's plagued American politics won't get better until people see that the (very) long-term benefits of breaking the political duopoly outweigh the costs of losing an election or two, and vote third-party candidates into office to reform the voting system from FPTP to something more representative.

                    I think there's a potential solution to this problem, but the culture wars are eroding it: find someone IRL who you know and trust who despises the Democratic and Republican candidates as much as you do. Then, figure out whether they plan to vote for the opposite candidate that you do (in your case, they planned to vote for Trump) just to keep the other person (Biden) out of office. Then, make an agreement to both vote for a third-party candidate.

                    [–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

                    outweigh the benefits of losing an election or two

                    Not when the fate of the entire world is at stake.

                    This needs to start at the local level and work its way up over time so there's actually a voter base that can win at a national level. Otherwise I agree, but dead people can't vote. We have to be alive to change this.

                    [–]mvmlego 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

                    Not when the fate of the entire world is at stake.

                    I was no fan of Trump, but I don't see what you're getting at here. Regardless, my proposal still stands. The spoiler effect can be avoided by pairs of people with opposing political persuasions agreeing to vote for third parties. In other words, my proposal is a way to avoid losing elections to a potentially world-ending main-party candidate, while still accomplishing voting reform.

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                        [–]Ferngully 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

                        It’s like.... how am I supposed to be ok? I look at the news for 0.5 seconds a week and it just doesn’t stop. The world doesn’t stop going backwards. I almost wish I could unsee and unknow the things I’ve learned about TRAs/the trans movement

                        [–]hetisachoice 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

                        Fight back.

                        [–]mvmlego 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

                        Given that there are at least some trans people who don't buy into TRA ideology and will actually side with people like Jordan Peterson on trans issues,* I held out some hope that Biden wasn't appointing a radical to the position. Then, I followed CBS's link to another article about so-called harassment against Levine. Given how sensitive Levine seems to be about what constitutes harassment (e.g. a parody in which a man played Levine), I'm not optimistic.

                        *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasiov0ytEc

                        [–]Seahorse 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

                        Lol well I hope the dems enjoy their four years while it lasts.

                        God, how tone deaf can you be. You have an extremely divided public and you pick an extremely polarising person in your staff. Yep, I'm sure that'll go down reaaaaal well.

                        [–]mvmlego 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

                        Yep. I think there's a mistake on both sides to mistake an electoral victory as an ideological victory. Most presidents (at least in my lifetime) weren't chosen because Americans loved them, their ideas, or their party's ideas; they're chosen because Americans hated the other candidate more.

                        [–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

                        This is a good point. Now of all times is not the time to throw such a curveball of a person into such a position of authority. The country's on fire and you present the clown with a flower squirt gun.

                        [–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

                        Brace yourselves... for the Transpocalypse.

                        [–]hetisachoice 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

                        The horror … the horror …

                        [–]Destresse🇨🇵 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

                        I really hope the ideology burns during those four years. We all know how much influence America has worldwide. It's like seeing the future and watching a catastrophe in slow motion. You know what'll most likely happen and you know you can't escape.

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