• Zannsolo@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Even if Newsome skews transphobic he will be infinitely better than any Republican on the issue. We can beat up Newsome all we want now but if he “wins” the nominee acting like he’s the devil incarnate is a really dumb position to take. I would prefer a ton of other people over him but he won’t be pushing insane policies like the right is.

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      15 days ago

      Even if Newsome skews transphobic he will be infinitely better than any Republican on the issue.

      That’s what they said about Labor in the UK. Then the UK liberals became even more transphobic than the conservatives.

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        15 days ago

        The UK has a Liberal Democrat Party and a Labour Party as well as the Conservative Party and now Reform (formerly UKIP, Farage is trying to be the smarter, more British Trump).

        It’s confusing when you call Labour Liberals, because Labour is strongly in support of free universal healthcare and workers’ rights, introduced and regularly raised the minimum wage and is generally pro union. They’re considerably to the left of the American Democrats.

        Having said all that, three Prime Minister, Keir Starmer seems to be the most Biden-like Prime Minister we’ve had.

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          They’re considerably to the left of the American Democrats.

          How convenient. You’ve left out the one issue that we’re actually talking about, the rights of innocent trans people. On those, Starmer is as bad as any Republican. The UK labor party is one of the most transphobic parties in the western world. And I’m referring to them as liberals as they are, in terms of political alignment, a liberal party. And like most liberal parties, scratch them and a fascist bleeds.

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      15 days ago

      But he isn’t running yet and you still have a chance of not having an asshole like him in eventual primaries.

      Already pretending that he’s the best choice now is borderline stupid.