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  because the republican base is racist, sexist and homophobic.  they lost the last general election by seven million votes.  so since they can't win a fair fight against adults, they'll pick on kids.  how courageous and patriotic.
context: TEXAS, leave those kids alone! 
  Republicans can't be happy if they're not harming someone. >
  
  
  Republicans can't be happy if they're not harming someone.
  
  Particularly if that someone can't really harm them back. >
  
  Cruelty is a win? Children being miserable and frightened is a win? Increased S attempts or families losing children is a win? >
  
  The way Republicans see it, if parents won't take their kids to church to have them traumatized with threats of hellfire and damnation, then the state will show them what hell is. >
  
  This is the real answer.  Don’t toe the line, we’ll remember next time you absolutely NEED something to live.  Texas, I am ashamed you are my state right now >
  
  It's why the same people are now attacking HIV treatments and preventative measures like PrEP.
  They want the dark days of AIDS to come back, because they believe that virus kills the "right" people. >
  
  Pointing out a minority group of humans to attack politically is fascist. 
  We are on a very dangerous slope. 
  If you didn’t vote or if you voted Republican in the last election, this is what you supported. >
  
  Yea it has gotten ugly. What scares me the most is they’ve crunched the numbers and found this is politically safe or advantageous. They’re pushing the needle further and further while the rest of us sit on our hands and watch to see what crazy thing they do next. >
  
  I live in Florida. 
  Affirmative action and fetal personhood are probably happening this spring. 
  I expect Desantis is pushing girls to report their periods to the state so parents will file a lawsuit. That lawsuit could lead to the end of Title 9. >
  
  When it comes down to it, it's a group of grown-ass adults attacking children because they know they can't fight back. >
  
  Attacking "others" is what conservative do. Trans is just an easy group to go after >
  
  Trans people* not trans >
  
  And yet Texans will still continue to vote these asshats in. >
  
  Texas Republicans and Republicans in general see attacking anybody as a political win. >
  
  That kind of downplays what they are doing to trans people. They aren't trying to make other people's existence illegal. >
  
  Gay people, women who have abortions, ... >
  
  
  One barred committee chairs from enforcing “a speech code that restricts the use of biologically correct pronouns.” Another prohibited the legislature’s members or employees from declaring their pronouns in their email signatures. In addition, the duo tried to keep the House from taking up measures dealing with the highway system before first voting on proposals to ban child gender modification and to make it illegal to perform drag shows in front of minors.
  
  This is why there’s no such thing as “moderate” Republicans. At the end of the day, if you’re voting for this, you’re an extremist. >
  
  Right? It’s awful. I know they also would take this as a win, but I have an Anglicized non-English name and adding pronouns is helpful to others. Partly because the feminine and masculine versions are different only by one letter. I’ve reliably had people confused and then apologetic. I don’t mind but it’s easier to go ahead and clarify how to address me beforehand. Same with how I offer a phonetic breakdown next to my reliably confusing surname (it has a non-English letter, Anglicization isn’t fully helpful). 
  TL;DR: Offering pronouns is also useful in a multicultural, multilingual society. >
  
  There is a fantastic vid by Three Arrows on Youtube titled "Matt Walsh and How Republicans Lost". Essentially putting forth the idea that going after trans rights has cost the GOP a lot, and will continue to. Most Americans find the targeting of trans kids as creepy and too extreme.
  I am reminded about after the 2012 election where Romney lost and the GOP put together an autopsy. In their autopsy they learned that their base is shrinking and will need to appeal to other demographic groups if they wish to win elections. They chose to double down on the small tent. I have no idea why, but I don't think of Republicans as self reflective in general. >
  
  You probably don't remember how different a fight gay marriage was. Since 2016, look how much ground conservatives have had to yeild.
  First it was every trans person, bathroom bills. Cost em a governorship and was a big tipping point making NC Purple. They had to back off of that. Then they went for sports, the one thing I know enough about to know isn't an issue but I thought would never get over that hurdle in my lifetime. They've had some successes, but look how esoteric it is. And the spotlight led to a lot more people realizing the hard facts like how long most leagues have already been inclusive.
  Now the kids. This treatment is horrific, yes. Just like every older generation of trans folk had to face. Looking at the state of things now though, seems like a lot of trans youth even in ruby red states are looking at what was best case scenario for Milennials. It's not as big a winner as it seems. >
  
  
  You probably don't remember how different a fight gay marriage was. Since 2016, look how much ground conservatives have had to yeild.
  
  Almost everything we are saying today is a backlash against same-sex marriage being legalized in all 50 states.  THAT is the war that the GOP is still waging.  Right now they are focused on trans people because they see it as easier politically, but they are really after same-sex marriage. >
  
  They're really after white supremacy, and this is one of their routes to getting it. It's all in service to fascism. >
  
  SAY LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
  I am white enough and straight-passing enough where  random straight white men will share their problematic views with me, unprompted and unfiltered, because they think I’m like them.
  They have a DEEP “us vs. them” mentality. The moment I mention my boyfriend or my Chinese family, they shut up and look embarrassed for having shown their true colors. >
  
  Their audience are bigots, so yeah. >
  
  We can also thank Republican propaganda for this. >
  
  The bad part is that they're right when it comes to the red voters. >
  
  The GOP’s constant prattling on about “think of the children!” makes me irate— if it was really about the children, they’d be more focused on actual issues like preventing school shootings or lowering the teen suicide rate which, by the way, is the second leading cause of death among people age 15 to 24 in the U.S.
  But no, lets focus on demonizing a group of kids who are already at a high risk of suicide. God these people are pathetic. >
  
  I keep thinking about Caitlyn Jenner and the  absolute nothing that she’s doing now as her party villifies trans folk. >
  
  So brave when these douchebags are surrounded by bodyguards.
  Cowards always trying to kick down on the minority. >
  
  When the history books on this era are written, conservative anti-trans scumbags will be next to the bigots screaming at a black girl for attending a school with white people, and the assholes blasting black protestors with firehoses. Y'know, the same place conservatives always end up in history: on the wrong side. >
  
  🥰🥰🥰 Can't wait when those days come. When even to average person, names like Ron deSantis and Greg Abbott will cause everyone's hair to erect, just like the name George Wallace does now. >
  
  And Trump will be like Hoover or Buchanan.  Everyone will be asking the teacher how the country could be so stupid to allow that to happen. >
  
  When you meet an anti-trans person ask them which school or government official they would like to perform genital checks on their children. You know, so nobody is playing on the “wrong” sports team or using the “wrong” bathroom. Principal? Teacher? School nurse? >
  
  Attacking kids who are already stigmatized is sick and disgusting. >
  
  And thanks to anything perceived as "leftist" being shouted down in US politics for a century, they are right. >
  
  Sure says a lot about Texans Republicans.....and it ain't good. I guess we are no longer protecting the children. >
  
  Most Republicans in Texas would be supportive or apathetic if the government started taking these kids from their homes or even executing them >
  
  What about the kids that suffer from this action...oh...never mind. >
  
  After Uvalde it was especially obvious none of these asshats could give two shits about any children. >
  
  Republicans love to hate and be outraged. It what feeds and drives them. >
  
  These guys won’t ‘get it’ until their radical hate filled rhetoric damages Texas’ economy.  
  Is there a ‘Boycott Texas’ group I should be joining? >
  
  “If anyone is going to fuck these kids we are!”
  -Texas >
  
  My fetus might grow up to be trans, should I cancel it?
  (Not actually pregnant, just a fun thought experiment for them.) >
  
  “Texas Republicans See Bullying as Political Win” >
  
  Of course, weak people attack marginalized people. They’re insecure bullies who full well know they’re unpopular. >
  
  How very big of them >
  
  Don’t worry about the power grid. Keep being “SJW’s”…
  Remember when they used that term? 
  Imbeciles. 
  Fat, useless, hog, motherfuckers.