[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 2 weeks ago

That's how it's going to be as long as we continue to use First Past the Post voting.

And since the only people who have the desire, and potentially the power, to change that are Progressives who caucus with the Democrats, vote Progressive in the primaries and Democrat in the general. If you're not willing to do that, then yeah you might as well get comfortable with the current system.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 1 month ago

The problem is that "biological man/woman" is a nonsense pseudoscientific term. There's multiple forms of sex determination: chromosomal, hormonal, and phenotypical, for example. And none of them necessarily reflect gender, which is about how the brain develops.

Chromosomal sex is what most people think of when they use terms like "biological man/woman" but the chromosomes themselves aren't nearly as important as the SRY gene which, if present and active, triggers an embryo to develop hormonally and phenotypically male sex characters and male gender. But the SRY gene isn't always where it's supposed to be or working how it's supposed to work, which can cause mismatches between sexual development and gender.

And that's only one known potential cause due somebody to be transgender. There are more that we know of, and probably more that we don't know of.

So yeah, "biological male/female" is a gross oversimplification to the point of being straight up bullshit.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 months ago

Just setting up plausible deniability against accusations of helping trump.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 25 points 2 months ago

it's not like logical consistency matters to them.

In fact, fascists see the ability to just say whatever gets them the most power in the moment as a strength. They're not held back by "weaknesses" like truth and facts

All that matters to them is power

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 25 points 3 months ago

I'm not deluding myself about anything. The choice isn't "vote for or against genocide" it's "act to get less or more genocide". It's not a false dichotomy; if you're not voting to defeat Trump, then you're acting to get more genocide.

By not acting to defeat Trump, you're enabling genocide more than Biden ever has.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 3 months ago

Google WPATH Standards of Care and read that document for the truth. It's the actual rules that doctors are supposed to follow for treating trans people.

Until you've read that, you can't have an informed opinion on the matter.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 4 months ago

You misunderstand. A librarian may not know if something is true or not, but they are educated on how to research something to find out if something is true or not. As you said, their job is to manage sources, which includes knowing with sources are reliable and which sources to look at for certain types of information.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 4 months ago

The thing is, police and politicians don't care about getting correct results, they only care about results. An innocent person convicted is still "case closed" and "another criminal punished."

Politicians can be made to care by threatening their jobs, but the police still don't give a shit about catching the right person as long as they can put somebody behind bars by any means possible.

I'm their view, the experts are part of the problem and should be ignored.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 4 months ago

He's also said that he regrets a lot of that. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 30 points 5 months ago

To the fascist, hypocrisy is a feature. It's a tool that removes restrictions for themselves while it restricts others. It's a flex; their strength is so great it can't be bound by internal consistency or mental consonance.

To the fascist, if hypocrisy grants them more power then it's a good thing

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 5 months ago

1000% agree on prison reform.

[-] GoddessNoAi@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 1 year ago

The 14th Amendment doesn't require a conviction, and innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply because this is a civil suit.

I'll be surprised if this doesn't go all the way to SCOTUS though.

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