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14. The Reactionary Crusade Against Trans Rights Is an Assault on Democracy – and Some Thoughts on the Idea of a “National Divorce”

Is This Democracy

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Are You in the Place Where You Think You're Afraid?

The issue here is that one of the most marginalized, most vulnerable groups in the country is under assault and everything else is a distraction. And it's very much about controlling other people's bodies and minds and being able to impose your will on everyone else. The extent of the intervention into people's individual medical decisions reflects a pretty remarkable amount of desired government control over progress in terms of gender in particular. If you read the New York Times, this is not your main takeaway from this, right?

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