I don't think that's right, there's been incredible progress in the past ten years on this issue. This is what a privileged class looks like when they're losing.
In some places like the UK and part of the US that's true.
Elsewhere, they are losing. It's well known that the AU election was the slam dunk it was because the dumbasses in the Liberal Party (our right wing party) couldn't keep the mask on, and turned off even people with chuddy views on LGBT with their petty cruelty. And I think after Posey was run out of the Antipodes by our NZ comrades, open transphobia isn't a viable political position in either country any more (closed transphobia is of course extremely viable as always)
open transphobia isn't a viable political position
This is true here in the UK also. You can be transphobic, but having it front and center turns people off. The transphobia should be a side-thing, in the background, for the level of priority it deserves. When they put it front and center people get annoyed that it's even cared about much compared to things like why energy bills are through the roof. It makes them look like clowns that care more about cruelty than governing, which is true really.
The issue here in the UK is that they're smart enough to keep it in the background. They make enough noise to tell the bigots they're transphobes but don't make it their whole fucking platform in a way that turns off everyone else. And because everyone else doesn't care that much about it they don't mind that it's in the background.
I don't think that's right, there's been incredible progress in the past ten years on this issue. This is what a privileged class looks like when they're losing.
Losing among average people and corporations. Winning in political institutions.
In some places like the UK and part of the US that's true.
Elsewhere, they are losing. It's well known that the AU election was the slam dunk it was because the dumbasses in the Liberal Party (our right wing party) couldn't keep the mask on, and turned off even people with chuddy views on LGBT with their petty cruelty. And I think after Posey was run out of the Antipodes by our NZ comrades, open transphobia isn't a viable political position in either country any more (closed transphobia is of course extremely viable as always)
This is true here in the UK also. You can be transphobic, but having it front and center turns people off. The transphobia should be a side-thing, in the background, for the level of priority it deserves. When they put it front and center people get annoyed that it's even cared about much compared to things like why energy bills are through the roof. It makes them look like clowns that care more about cruelty than governing, which is true really.
The issue here in the UK is that they're smart enough to keep it in the background. They make enough noise to tell the bigots they're transphobes but don't make it their whole fucking platform in a way that turns off everyone else. And because everyone else doesn't care that much about it they don't mind that it's in the background.