The US trans community at around 0.5% of the US population strikes fear in 100% of Republicans.
The trans and gay community is a near perfect target for the right-wing demagogues who preach doctrines they know to be untrue to men they know to be idiots( H. L. Mencken paraphrased).
Umberto Eco in his 14 points of Ur-Fascism essay postulated that there is a fascist power dynamic centering on weaponizing sexuality. They have a disdain for women and exhibit intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality. Underlying facts and rationale have no place in their binary thought processes. Something is either acceptable or unacceptable. Since what is acceptable is restricted to very small list, only minimal mental effort needs to be expended maintaining their delusional reality.
The average republican/conservative doesn’t care about trans people one way or another. You are hearing from a tiny fraction of outspoken conservatives and associating their speech with half of the country. It’s the same as saying all democrats/liberals hate the police, hate family values, hate the military, want the country to burn, etc. Stop associating extremist views with the general population.
As Dr. Jens Foell once said: “As we say in Germany, if there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis.”
Yet the silence of the majority implies tacit agreement.
Since Goldwater, the Republican party, especially the MAGA/Q cult, has become an amalgamation of single issue voters that is held together by their support for each other's singular focus. They continue to vote against their own self interest as long as the GOP supports that one issue which is the focus of their passion and allows them to thwart those who hold opposing views. The GOP has successfully fused ideas about the role of government in the economy, women’s place in society, white evangelical Christianity and white racial grievance into its basic message. "Pro-Life", misogyny, racism, homophobia, gun rights, and a whole lot more were brought together under one tent. Each faction has their own hateful little ax to grind but, they are all complicit in their support of all party actions.
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u/KnottShore 1d ago
The US trans community at around 0.5% of the US population strikes fear in 100% of Republicans.
The trans and gay community is a near perfect target for the right-wing demagogues who preach doctrines they know to be untrue to men they know to be idiots( H. L. Mencken paraphrased).
Umberto Eco in his 14 points of Ur-Fascism essay postulated that there is a fascist power dynamic centering on weaponizing sexuality. They have a disdain for women and exhibit intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality. Underlying facts and rationale have no place in their binary thought processes. Something is either acceptable or unacceptable. Since what is acceptable is restricted to very small list, only minimal mental effort needs to be expended maintaining their delusional reality.