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.
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.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR 👏 👏 👏
Fucking legend!
Zionist on Zionist violence
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
Wow, Delaware really has a jewel of a representative. Continuing with a flippant response to such an insult, afterwards declaring she’s here to make life of her constituents better and refusing to rise to the bait of that mysoginistic POS? I wish there were more politicians like her.
“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.
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.
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!
Also this
This
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/
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 them is in my pants.
What’s in my pants is whatever the fuck I tell them is in my pants.
We have conceal and carry laws for this exact reason. /jk
”“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms. I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families,” she said."
Fuck yeah. Rock on. I’m sorry she has to face this bullshit, but Delaware is lucky to have her.
I didnt know she was trans- To be totally honest im actually out of the loop on a lot of this, Visually, she looks EXACTLY like a woman (man I wish I could swap genders and pass-)
Dude she passes 100%, there’s not anything to her appearance that looks masculine, and I say this as just someone looking at her first glance. I saw her for the first time and said “Thats deadass a woman, How do you misgender her she’s literally a woman. Are they stupid?” then scrolled the comments and found out she’s trans.
AND THEY STILL MISGENDERED HER??? Nah dude- fuck whoever did that, they’re a prick fr.
(you’re still a prick if you purposefully misgender someone but like- idk if the person looked exactly like man but prefers She/her, my dumbass is gonna be struggling regardless; I can barely remember to eat food during the day. But this scenario is like looking at Janet Mock and calling her a He. WTF??)
We can tell the difference between someone struggling to be polite and someone being malicious.
We know when we don’t pass. We are hyper conscious of it. We are not going to jump on you for honest mistakes. We definitely do not want to make our gender your problem.
Personally, I don’t care what you believe in your heart, or even what you say behind my back. If you are polite to my face, I’m cool. We can be cool. That’s all I ask. If you are not, I will remove myself from the situation.
I cannot fathom the courage of Sarah McBride. She is incredible to endure this shit every day.
That’s been my experience with my trans homies. As long as you try and get the pronouns right, little slips ain’t a big deal. They usually seem shocked that a redneck like me would even make the effort. Which is real fucken sad cause I figure that means they deal with it maliciously, more often than not, from people that look and talk like me.
Mr. Rogers would have something to say about not treating people like they want to be treated. If Mr. Rogers would be disappointed in the way you treat others, you’re fucking up and should feel bad.
I have a dumb tongue and really struggle with non-english names, it’s the same thing, normal people don’t care as long you make an effort.
ever since the boxer incident right wingers have been purposely misgendering non-transgendered people. one family members were misgendered because she was wearing shoes that are not for her “sex”(not girlie look shoes, like colorful pics)
Thats cus they’re literally fucking stupid. Watch em start accusing their own wives of being trans Gonna make a serious of tiktoks tricking them into this- see how many it takes before a mass divorce in America starts 🥴
they saw the person i know go into a womens bathroom, assuming she was a guy. are people that stupid, on the rare chance someone has androgynous features maybe.
also because they are assuming as well.
(man I wish I could swap genders and pass-)
Should we unpack this or nah?
Shush dude, prime directive
IM NOT TRANS YALL I SWEAR 😭 Sometimes I just wanna wake up one day and be like “Fuck it, im a dude today” And do some real undercover spy type shit and TOTALLY change my identity n shit. like I wanna get to the point where I could meet my friends and they’d be like “Who tf are you??”
GODDDDDDDDD itd be like living a double life- that sounds so cool to me.
PEEPEEEEE
I am a dedicated Peepy enjoyer. (:
omfg I love peepy. IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO OWN ONE!
i know that sounds goofy as shit but IMAGINE just being able to effortlessly swap entire genders like that, and then being able to go back when I feel like it?! UGHHHHHHHHH THAT BE SO FUCKING COOL
if im gonna be honest- I’d say im “digitally trans” if that makes any sense at all. I play a lotta online games like vrchat, and I fucking hate my voice cus I sound like a toddler, but the characters that I enjoy playing are all masculine men. So im working on getting a voice changer that can totally disguise my voice 😎 I’m still a girl, And I love being a girl lol, but im just sayin if there was a machine I could walk into and BAM im a full blown man, bits and everything…
👀 I’d invest my life saving into that shit
You can do that with voice training, as long as you keep using both voices. It might give you euphoria to easily switch it on the fly.
Oh, so everyone is unpacking this lol
Was also digitally trans, until I got sick of hating real life. Now I’m just trans.
Also, voice practice is a thing. If you want to be able to use your ‘digital voice’ in non-digital life someday.
Nahhh I aint got that kinda bass in my voice, the best I could do if I wanted my voice to match a male persona is be a femboy. I do a lotta vocal work, but I just dont have the natural base, I can speak in a fairly deep voice but it’s mostly for singing reasons. Like if ima deadass swap genders, I gotta go full out, FULL full out. No surgery, No T (deff not that lol), ALL movie quality type SFX and a fuckton of scar wax. Finna James bond it…
I think this is more of a Crossdressing interest than it is Trans?? I just wanna achieve that full masculine look cus I like dressing up in really complex costumes n shit 😎
wait- YALL STOP TRYNNA FUCKIN CONVINCE ME TO BE TRANS- I like being a girl by default 😭 😭
Yeah, I think a lot of us are just teasing a little bit. It’s no one’s place to say if anyone else is trans.
I wish you great success with your voice and your avatars.
right wingers got so mad about GEN V show, when a “supe” had the ability to change genders.
They were my favorite character from that show.
anything that gets right winger panties in a wad. also gender, and race swapping in many shows like sandman and invincible. like when lucifer was a girl instead of a GUY, eventhough archange/angels are genderless.
What’s stopping you? 😄
Time, resources, and the fact that I dont want to permanently change my body to achieve it. I have been looking into SFX makeup though, Some women cosplay male characters and its like MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM got damn- they make me weak 😭😭😭
Not trying to push you towards anything, but what you’re saying sounds a lot like my partner, who is genderfluid.
nOOO fluid is not enough, I need a full fuckin set of sixpack abs n shit, I need that jawline, that voice- BITCH I WANNA BE A WHOLE ASS MODEL- 2 whole ass identities n shit.
Im not an egg im not I just really fuckin love theatrics and putting on costumes 😭 😭
Anyone hungry for egg salad?
IM NOT AN EGGGGGG-
Agreed. We can all give each-other a break for misgendering by mistake. But this was pretty clearly an intentional asshole. They even repeated it and defended it after being given a chance in case it was a mistake.)
“In response, McBride said, “Thank you, Madam Chair,” before beginning her remarks.“
Perfection.
An underrated gem of a movie
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Happy to see McBride being supported, but where was that support for Al Green?
I donated to Green after getting adds from reps not willing to fuck shit up.
Ahhh yes. When good isn’t good enough. Race ya to the bottom again.
Sigh, this party sometimes.
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.
Was he misgendered?
Is that the only thing that deserves defending?
yeah…I ain’t downloading shit from limewire. that file could be anything from CSAM to bestiality to a shitty Metallica cover.
Sorry, didn’t know that. I was just looking for a video hosting site that requires no account. Happy for better suggestions on what to use next time
Wow. Limewire? Somehow the Early 2000s returned…
Was the first thing I found that let me upload a video for a few days w/o making an account
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.
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
