Joe Biden calls trans people “fabric of our nation” in Trans Day of Visibility proclamation

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Joe Biden calls trans people “fabric of our nation” in Trans Day of Visibility proclamation
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In commemoration of the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), President Joe Biden issued a statement praising trans people’s contributions to society and describing actions his administration has taken to counter transphobic bullying and extremism. Additionally, many members of Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also issued their own statements affirming that community health depends on supporting trans people too.

“Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation,” Biden wrote in his statement. “Whether serving their communities or in the military, raising families or running businesses, they help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms as every other American, including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves.”

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It's a 10 day old account, they are 100% a bad faith actor, and you know this because they don't acknowledge any of the ways to push for better treatment of Palestinian civilians. They are using them as a prop to tell people to not vote for Joe Biden (which is its own brand of fucked up privileged), even though Joe Biden is pretty famous for being bullied into better positions. Voting against fascists is, indeed, the right move, and Joe Biden might be a centrist liberal, but he isn't a fucking fascist.

my first post here is asking what Lemmy is lol I'm just new here

And you are acting in bad faith. You set up a straw man argument so you can bash people for whatever their choice is. If you really meant to have actual discussion, you would. Instead you spout right-wing bullshit about “Biden bad boohoo”

You say he is the genocidal one, while he is actively being pushed to change his ways and taking responsibility while correcting the behavior. Slowly but surely. As opposed to the other side, which literally just wants to drop a nuke on the situation.

When people call you a bad-faith actor, it’s because you’re acting in bad faith.

He literally sent more weapons to Israel yesterday. You're dumb as hell if you think he's going to push back against the mainstream Democratic opinion that is in support of Israel. Only way to convince Democrats to change is to stop voting for them.

Joe Biden is a fascist

I'm not sure you understand what a fascist is. Look at Modi and his party in India for a contemporary example.

I start with Mussolini

You have to separate the defining traits of a fascist regime from the other traits which typically accompany them. Some of them aren't exclusive characteristics of a fascist regime, they're just traits of conservative regimes in general.

no, I dont. a fascist is a fascist.

What? No that's my whole point. Fascism is a specific thing, it isn't just any old authoritarian conservative government.

I know what fascism is. america is fascist. the Democrats and Republicans maintain the fascist state.

Well if you want to use your own definition of fascist, I suppose anything can be fascist if you want it to be.

A question, so I can better understand your definition -- is China fascist?

absolutely. it's clear the states interests supercede all other interests and that they have aligned all institutions with the interest of the state.

You're consistent, I'll give you that.

i take that as a high compliment, but i assure you you'll find inconsistencies if you push hard enough and in enough places.

f you want to use your own definition of fascist

I'm using Mussolini's