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It’s so exhausting to see a legislator acting as if an executive order applies to them.
Dumb fuck, you don’t work in the executive branch. It doesn’t apply to you.
transphobia is just misogyny. period. it’s why every single transphobe is a sexist piece of shit.
And why they completely ignore that trans men exist any time trans people come up.
yup it’s all based on the idea that women are weaker and need protecting
McBride is truly awe-inspiring. She’s so strong.
Gotta give props to Keating too. It’s refreshing to see a Democrat actually push back.
Not just push back, but push back so effectively. I hope Democrats see how well it works. Fascist are cowards by Nature. When you hit them in the face they fold. Feel free to take that metaphorically and literally.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR 👏 👏 👏
Fucking legend!
In response, McBride said, “Thank you, Madam Chair,” before beginning her remarks. She was soon cut off by the subcommittee’s ranking member Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., who asked Self to repeat his introduction. He then called McBride “mister” again.
“Mr. Chairman, you are out of order,” Keating shot back. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit. But this is not decent.”
Though Self said it was time to continue the hearing, Keating replied, “You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way.” Self then adjourned the hearing.
Self later explained himself in a post on X, formerly Twitter, saying that “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female,” referring to President Donald Trump executive order in January.
McBride later wrote on X that “No matter how I’m treated by some colleagues, nothing diminishes my awe and gratitude at getting to represent Delaware in Congress.”
Fascists fashing in addition to being contemptible fuckwits.
Why are ANY Democrats on Xitter?!
DNC, get your idiot consultants gone already.
Why wouldn’t they be? It’s kinda stupid to just let your enemy run a massive platform without having a presence there.
it gives legitimacy and content to nazis, and right wingers.
- because it’s supporting it
- because it’s a fascist cesspool
- ‘the enemy’ runs all social media except Mastodon (for tweet-like things)
- being on Xitter gives Xitter authority and power over their words, not to mention personal data.
yea tell them to go on bluesky.
Bit of a catch-22 when you’re a public official. It would make sense for them to just use cross-posting client to cover their bases, but I doubt they know that.
but I doubt they know that.
That’s exactly the point. They’re following a playbook from the 90s at best.
Xitter wasn’t around in the 90’s, was it?
riiiiiiight!
Ha, nice, Keating is my Rep.
dude- fuck that guy with an 8 foot poll. This just makes my blood boil. The fact someone can just get away with being a fucking asshole IN BROAD DAYLIGHT? Bro. Imagine the shit he says behind closed doors.
You know if these people think the president has the ability to just declare laws then why don’t they just resign? What’s the purpose of a congressman? If he’s just surrendered all the rights and privileges of his office then why does he need to fill his office? Just seems like he’s a burden on the taxpayers at this point. Seems like that’s an inefficiency that could be cut Musk.
Fascist lack-of-virtue-signalling.
Vice signalling
Nice.
Zionist on Zionist violence
“Thank you, Madam Chair,”
Beautiful.
“Self later explained himself in a post on X, formerly Twitter, saying that “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female,””
But she is one of those two fucking sexes you piece of garbage.
Not that we should be looking for logic and reason from the bigots, but an executive order applies to the executive branch.
Maybe Keith Self needs to go back to elementary social studies to figure out which branch he is working for.
He should go as Tommy Tubashit since he is the expert on branches of the US government. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/13/alabama-senator-elect-tommy-tuberville-botches-historical-facts/6283806002/
He can’t even use this because the very thing he’s referencing (the Trump EO to define the two sexes) defines it by “at conception”. At conception, every fetus begins as female before the other chromosome kicks in. Conclusion, Representative McBride is a woman. But so is he. Not that it matters.
Literally either way, that dumb fuck is wrong.
More accurately at conception everyone is sexless. No one has reproductive organs at conception.
Also this
Oh yes of course, but we can’t use “genderless” with these people because they just disengage. It’s slightly easier in my experience to just say we were all female first, which is why males have nipples.
And the ridge on our scrotum. It comes from the fusion of the genital folds. Males literally have our vags sewn shut. 🤭
And our testes derived from the same thing ovaries derive from! Ours just descend down. Thufferin theminal vethicles!
This
Self later explained himself in a post on X, formerly Twitter, saying that “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female,”
…and she identifies as female, not an attack helicopter, you dimwit.
The best way to handle these bigots is to keep calling them by female pronouns forever. If you are a decent person, and let people live their lives as they see fit, then youre fine. But if you insist on enthusiastically and viciously applying your bigotry to others, then you just bought a lifetime of misgendering of your own.
Its long past time that these traitors learned that their hatred is a two edged sword.
Happy to see McBride being supported, but where was that support for Al Green?
Ahhh yes. When good isn’t good enough. Race ya to the bottom again.
Was he on this committee? I have not seen a list of names.I misread a preposition, from instead of for.
Irrelevant.
What you want him to bust into the committee like the koolaid man?
So Al Green can only expect support from his own party if he’s on certain committees?
Sorry, I misread your comment as you were asking where the support FROM Al Green was, not for him.
I think nokturne might have read “from Al Green”. I did at first
You are correct… I did read from. Whoops.
Ah no biggie, you did come off as someone with a bit different way of thinking.
Thanks for clarifying
Yes, but that’s not the point.
I have already twice admitted to having misread a preposition in the comment, I read from rather than for.
Oh, I wasn’t trying to rag on you. I just liked the image you put in my head.
Sigh, this party sometimes.
I donated to Green after getting adds from reps not willing to fuck shit up.
Was he misgendered?
Is that the only thing that deserves defending?
Keating is based as hell to call him out like that. Also lol @ the quick “Thank you madame speaker” response From McBride
Yeah, the issue with the targeted person calling it out is that it just allows the attacker to pull the classic DARVO tactic and play the victim. If you fight back, it allows them to paint you in a bad light and use you as an example against everyone like you.
That’s why it’s so important to have allies. It’s the ally’s job to get angry and confrontational when the victimized person can’t. When the victim needs to maintain decorum, the ally should be flipping tables and getting in the victimizer’s face about it. Because Keating is an old white guy; His identity can’t be used to further victimize trans people like McBride’s would have been.
This is a perfect example of how the situation should play out. Bully tries to throw insults. The insulted person remains calm, but their ally gets in the bully’s face and makes a scene. The bully quickly retreats when they realize that they may need to actually back up their words, and the original victim is able to say that they did nothing wrong.
This is well articulated. This dynamic is something I think of a lot, because as a cis woman, I often have a disproportionate level of social power in scenarios similar to this
Do you? As a loud mouth myself typically they just make me out to be hysterical.
I still do it.
Yeah, that’s often the result (and like you, I also find this to be worthwhile nonetheless), but it depends on the context. Sometimes it plays out like this though (image below) and the trolling potential is glorious
Sure, they’re going to frame it in a way that gives them the victim, but we don’t have to accept it. Just laugh in their face, and misgender them right back. Nothing pisses off a trans bigot more than being called by the wrong gender.
Great post.
Keating replied, “You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way.” Self then adjourned the hearing.
Good for him, standing up for a colleage and due process, too.
If the government feels the need to recognize what’s in our pants, the government needs reninded exactly where our boundaries lie.
What’s in my pants is whatever the fuck I tell you is on my pants.
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An underrated gem of a movie
