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.
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.