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

I'm in the middle of the Bible Belt, I already know how my representatives will vote, but unfortunately the past few years and the most recent election have eradicated any faith I had in our system. I'm not voting or writing politicians anymore, I'm buying ammo and making friends in my local community.

And at the risk of being controversial, if I'm being honest, I actually WANT this to pass. American women are the single largest voting block of the 'progressive' movement pushing this bullshit agenda, and it's going to take something huge, like men invading and overtaking every women's sport, space and sanctuary, to wake the majority of them up. And I know, as a man, me being able to say that is a disgusting luxury...but I'm sorry, I just don't see a way out of this that isn't itself as extreme as the actions being taken against us. : /

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

Whenever I call Democratic politicians about this, I tell them that the Equality Act and similar legislation could be the hill the US dies on.

I know that sounds dramatic, but for a job I had for quite a few years I had to analyze events around the world, including in the US. That included paying attention to elections.

If the Democrats go ahead with the Equality Act, and as Americans find out that the Democrats have already passed similar legislation on the local and state level, they will lose a lot of voters.

The Democrats will lose a ton of independent women voters and they will lose a good % of Democratic women. The latter won't vote GOP, but they won't vote Dem. and, more importantly, they won't do the legwork that the Democratic party so desperately needs.

And Americans tend to vote their irritations rather than their interests. The "breast milk" / "chest milk" thing, the pronouns, their kids being taught they're "gender fluid" in school - that will all add up.

Once it hits home - once their little girl is perved on by some horny "girl" with an erect penis in her locker room, even some Progressive men will turn on the Dems. They probably won't vote GOP, but they might not vote and donate Dem.

So passage of the Equality Act will have far-reaching consequences. Global consequences, because the next Trump won't be a bumbling, narcissistic grifter, he will be the end of the US as we know it, and since the US has a large role to play in things like international treaties on the environment, stopping the next pandemic, etc., the US president has outsize power over the world.