The only federal democrat running for POTUS to throw a bone to trans people was Hillary Clinton. Biden did nothing while he was in power, but many of the reforms Clinton did did in fact help trans people. As SoS, she verified that trans people could change gender on their passports and use them to get jobs. This was huge because it bypassed many terrible state guidelines that made it impossible for trans people to get a job without outing themselves. It has likely saved some people's lives.

Compare this to Biden's track record. He supported DOMA. He increased police presence, which naturally impacts trans people poorly. I've had a cop reach for his gun on me once, he was surprised when he checked my ID and realized I was trans / lying about my identity. I was just eating food in a fucking park minding my own business.

I voted for Hillary because she did something tangible for the trans community. Biden is a nod to the right-wing Southern Democrat part of the party, whereas Hillary at least tried to make a show on domestic policy. Both obviously suck ass on foreign politics, and that combined with domestic policy is why I'm voting Green.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah I want to vote PSL but they're not on the ballot in all states so I'm probably going green to push for that 3%.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Damn shame those asshats are just bootlickers and not actual revolutionaries.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      i think the greens have something that could be better than the KSCM if they use their funding on tangible things rather than solely electoral stuff once they hit 3%

        • kristina [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          you might also find it amusing that there is a joke from our town and it is that the closer you get to the poles the more communist you feel

          • Nakoichi [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            "This is why we recognize the essential truths of Marxism as part of humanity’s body of cultural and scientific knowledge. We accept it with the naturalness of something that requires no further argument"

            -Che Guevara

            • kristina [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              the joke is more that the poles do not like communists, vehemently so

              this is coming from a town where the chief of police is a communist, and so are the majority of councilpeople

              • Dear_Occupant [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Sounds wonderful. Does the "closer to the Poles" joke have the same double entendre in Czech? Poles = polls, I mean.

                • kristina [she/her]
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                  4 years ago

                  kinda, not really though. polak is pole in czech. pol is pole.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          yeah. kscm tries with that but the right wing faction is in charge of the party right now and it sucks. there are a few individuals in office that actually have read socialist literature and know that theyre talking about. my rep specifically is very pro-lgbt, wrote the damn bills, has read shit, and always has his bills watered down by dicks in the legislature. the city council is solidly red and dual power is being built but i think our city is the outlier there...

          kscm has their own aoc who sounds like a complete moron when talking about socialism in any real sense and she is unfortunately quite popular among the right portion.