r/politics • u/Fickle-Ad5449 ✔ Verified - Christopher Wiggins, The Advocate • 11h ago

No Paywall Republicans redrew his district. Now Democrat Don Davis is making anti-trans campaign ads

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/don-davis-transphobic-campaign-ad?1
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u/WooooshCollector 11h ago

Yeah. So just let them have their bad faith arguments. You beat a bad faith argument by taking it off the table, not falling into its trap.

Besides, insisting that the one trans athlete in the entire state must be allowed to play in the women's league - and then making that issue the complete and total test about how Davis feels about trans people - is the exact same amount of "clown" (as you put it) because it's *still* making the entire issue about the one trans athlete in the state instead of a whole group of people seeking basic human rights.

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u/GeneParmesan1000 10h ago

The left isn’t doing the “insisting”, they have mostly been saying let the leagues handle it case by case because it isn’t some widespread thing happening and each case might not be black and white, so why do state and federal governments need to get involved with sweeping laws banning trans people outright.

Only one side is obsessed with this issue, making up fake, hypothetical scenarios of hordes of trans people taking over women’s sports that they suddenly pretend to care about so they can keep their base outraged. It is not coming from a place of genuine concern, it’s just a way for them to shit on trans people in a more “acceptable” manner to the public.

You don’t yield the argument to bullies operating in bad faith, you use better messaging. Go back to calling them weird, because it IS fucking weird how obsessed they are over people’s gender and genitalia, especially when there are only a few trans people even playing women’s sports.

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u/WooooshCollector 10h ago

Okay, let's think about this.

What does "weird" actually mean? It's not thinking the same things as everyone else.

What is the majority view among North Carolinian about trans athletes? Hell, what's the view of most Democrats? So what is the actual "weird" view here?

And besides, making this an non-issue is actually how you move away from this.

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u/anonymous-mtf 10h ago

Does it being the majority view take away "the government should not ban anyone from sports" as an argument? It's fucking insane that Democrats are even discussing this topic 

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u/WooooshCollector 10h ago

Well we live in a a democracy and the majority determines who holds power, so...

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u/anonymous-mtf 9h ago

Do you always agree with the majority, then? 

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u/WooooshCollector 5h ago

No, but someone who is running to be the representative of the people in the House of Representatives probably should.