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'Trans People's Issues Alienate the Working Class,' Says Democrat Who's Never Met Either (reductress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Building a large working class movement is difficult when you have a bunch of socially conservative landmines that can divide people. The War on Queerness has always and forever been a war on the working class - often the youngest and most vulnerable, at that. The socio-economic benefits of this hostility only ever accrues to the entrenched establishment.

Fear of alienating the mainstream by withholding support for minority groups only empowers authoritarians who profit from a divided public.