• Jankatarch@lemmy.world
    59·
    14 days ago

    They tried to show the clip where he says “God is nonbinary” as a point against him, but I only imagine kids from religious families going “wait that makes sense to me.”

    • scoobford@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      14 days ago

      That commercial included several things which are pretty much just in the text. I learned them in bible class as a child, read them myself as a teen, and discussed them with a professor to boot.

      They’re entirely banking on Christians who don’t know much about the bible, which tbf is most of them. Sort of like how a lot of leftists don’t read theory.

      • Hildegard (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        14 days ago

        I first noticed american republicans pushing transphobic rhetoric around ten ish years ago or so. I want to be informed on issues that may arise during an election, so I had to research trans issues. All this was a direct result of that hateful rhetoric.

        I learned a lot about gender, and trans people, and it prompted me to consider my own gender which I really hadn’t done before. It took time after that to accept myself as trans, and even longer to be ready to do anything about it.

        If politicians had just left trans people alone I doubt I would have figured myself out by now.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
      4·
      14 days ago

      Whinging… That’s the perfect way to describe it. Like that one kid in grade school that nobody liked that was insistent on telling on everyone.

      I’m keeping that, thanks.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
    131·
    14 days ago

    There where multiple ongoing anti-drug campaign when i was a teen.

    Many of them framed facts into scare campaigns. The issue was if i lined them all up it became obvious that they could not all tell the truth.

    I was vey naive and it seemed very obvious to not consume something that would kill me. I was never going to touch drugs, why would anyone? Why do we need a police officers visiting my class to tell us the most obvious things in the world.

    At some point i just cracked from the confusion and started doing my own research on the topic.

    As a results i became hugely interested in the matter and they remain one of my special intrest today. Mild altering substances are so fascinating and powerful, and we barely understand them.

    Responsible disclaimer:

    • Drugs have real risks and can be very dangerous, addiction is no joke.

    • While interested i did wait till i was over 18 to start experimenting, with what i know now i recommend waiting till at least 24. Contrary to what laws say an 18yo is not an adult.

    • I knew my limits and remained careful while continuing to apply a scientific rigor trough it all. And in the end i stopped using them at all.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
      4·
      14 days ago

      Literally came intthe classroom and told us the right way to do drugs.

      Literally.

      This was a campaign to get certain folks on drugs.

  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip
    11·
    14 days ago

    All the us Americans talking about some politician again, guess it’s time for me to find out who they are.

    —

    So, according to the political positions listed on his Wikipedia, he’s a guy who’s mostly against anti-trans legislation and who generally says that we should listen to what medical professionals have to say. THIS is what all the republican fearmongering is about? A guy who sometimes is not in support of their repressive policies?? Is this what left-wing means in Texas???

    • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      14 days ago

      I think it was that he thought it should be fair and not managed by the state, but rather at the community level.

      I as a trans adult also think it should be fair, a certain amount of time on hormones/androgen blockers for example, but what that means to him IDK.

      edited for clarity

      • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml
        21·
        14 days ago

        You think small communities in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, etc should be in charge of legislating trans rights, lol?

        • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          14 days ago

          That was what he said. No I don’t think it should be legislated, just fair which is what I was referring to.

        • Estiar@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          14 days ago

          I think that it’s more so that athletics associations like the NCAA or whatever their state-wide high school athletics associations that would be legislating it. And school boards. Granted it’s not great and throws trans kids from conservative communities under the bus too because those school boards can be crazy. It’s better than prohibition from the state level of government though

  • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    14 days ago

    Election day anytime of year needs to be a “trans day of visibility” as we all go and vote.