Summary
During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly shouted an anti-trans slur despite objections from Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly.
She defended her remarks by attacking transgender rights and dismissing criticism.
The outburst drew condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates and political figures, highlighting her shift from previously supporting LGBTQ+ rights to embracing anti-trans rhetoric.
Mace has used the slur in past statements and introduced legislation restricting transgender rights.
Honestly, I didn’t know that was a derogatory word, because I hear it used by people within the lgbqt community. Maybe it’s like the n-word where only certain people can get away with saying it?
EG, there was a famous SF club with that word in its name https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trannyshack
It’s very much a “reclaimed word” in the same way the n-word is. Totally cool if one of my queer friends says it, not cool if some rando on the street shouts it at me.
And most people would just go “hey man, that word is deragatory” and you’d probably go “oh sorry,” and everyone moves on and grows.
But Mace was told directly “hey that’s a derogatory term” and then proceeded to spew it repeatedly, because she’s a cunt.
The MAGA Cult holy grail is when they can keep their careers intact after shouting the N-word in the capitol and say that they don’t care.
They’re almost there. Keep sleeping, murica
Some future documentarian’s job just got easier.
Documenting facts with an intention to educate? That’s definitely going to be illegal.
It’ll be an important topic for history class in the New California Republic
What a vile human.
Bigoted bitch
I hope she chokes on her vomit in her sleep.
Realistically, I’d be happy for her to choke on pretty much anyone’s vomit. Extra points for creativity.
I volunteer. I’ll eat some weird shit
A whole bag of Skittles please, so she can taste the rainbow
You, I like.
The same could work with the right combinations of chili, OJ, corn, peas, blue cacao (or any blue booze), and purple cabbage.
It’s gonna suck a lot more for the vommiter, but she doesn’t deserve to die with a sweet taste in her mouth.
The dye will all mix so it unfortunately won’t be rainbow colored, just a gross uniform brown
While she’s awake would be better.
That’s tough. If she’s awake, chances of survival sky rocket. I don’t like those odds.
Oh, that’s true, you didn’t specify that she died from choking on it.
Someone deserves to be maced, that much is certain. May you go to hell, Mace.
Shouldn’t she be hiding in a bathroom somewhere, faking injuries while trying to inspect other people’s genitals?
Can’t she, like, shut the fuck up? I wish our paths were to cross.
Methinks this Caitlyn Jenner doppelgänger doth protest too much.
That’s rich, coming from a sandwich-maker that left the kitchen.
The actual stripping of protections, the laws they are or will pass, those are bad enough already, but sometimes it feels like the worst part is just how brave these bigot shitfuckers have become now that their pet nazi is in power. They don’t even have the decency to be afraid to fly their hate flag anymore. They were always shitty people, but at least they used to feel like the country at large would reject them for expressing their true feelings, hence all the pushback against “Cancel Culture.” Now, though, they’re not even afraid of ostriziation, much less anything more substantial.
T**nny today
F**got tomorrow
N****r next week
This is escalation to test the waters
Toonny
Forgot
Nibbler
They are not testing the waters, there isn’t a plan. They are just bigots doing hateful things
You are right in that there may be escalation because sooner than later these assholes will realize Trans people are so few as to be invisible to them, they’ll once again see their own lives are pitiful and move onto hate someone else just to feel good about themselves for a hot minute
Just because someone is a bigot doesn’t mean they aren’t following a plan. Testing the waters and normalizing bigoted thinking are things bigots do on purpose.
They are not testing the waters, there isn’t a plan.
This is the plan
Where does it say they’ll strategically start saying certain slurs in public in there?
As these next 4 years go by do yourself a favor.
Write down right now what you expect and hope will happen from the current administration.
Now that you have your expectations and convictions on paper, don’t move the bar when your leaders fail to meet your expectations and convictions. What you wrote down is what you beleive.
Stop moving the bar to always accept them, it isn’t healthy.
Yes, there is a plan. No, her screeching slurs isn’t part of it, although it comes from the same hate and cruelty that the plan does.
It’s also unhealthy for you to just block out ideas that make you uncomfortable, like having principles instead of following a strong man that makes you feel safe and changing your convictions when they no longer align with the strong man you cling to.
Stop moving the bar, you’re lying to yourself.
This seems a bit obsessive and more than a little unhinged. I had the unique experience of being interviewed in a state committee and the experience can be overwhelming. The idea that someone would act up this way feels performative, dramatic, and to repeat the word, obsessed.
What’s a woman doing in a position of power in this administration? Oh wait, she is doing her master’s bidding - never mind.
