In 1655, Louis XIV, the King of France, is said to have proclaimed “The state, it is me!” to the parliament of Paris. Apparently, King Trump is following in his footsteps. Trump met with the governors at the White House, and had a heated exchange with Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D).
Governor Mills says she will comply with all state and federal laws for transgender women, and Trump responds, “We are the federal law”. Apparently, he is using the royal we. And he then extorts the governor, saying he will take away all federal funding to the state, if she doesn’t kowtow to him.
Note how Trump keeps saying he is “banning men from playing in women’s sports.” They are not men, they are trans women. Many babies are born with indeterminate gender, and were assigned a somewhat random gender.
However, the real point is that this is not actually a big problem. Do you know how many major athletes are trans women? There used to be one WNBA player who was transgender, Layshia Clarendon, but she retired. And one trans woman has competed in the women’s Olympics, Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand in 2021. It seems beyond obvious that each sports organization should be free to set their own rules. Why this could be something for the federal government to decide is just wrong and stupid. Many countries allow trans women to participate in women’s sports, and don’t have any big problems with it.
In addition, why is Trump only concerned about trans women? Is he OK with trans men playing in men’s sports?
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The orange man is echoing the Christian Nationalist line. These blasphemers and heretics are telling us they speak for their God. A God of hate and death.
American Christianity is the one true religion that a allows the believer to hate, dehumanize, harm, and even kill the “other” (i.e., anyone different, some one they are scared of, or someone they just don’t like). The bigots follow Bronze Age Hebrew texts, not the teachings of their “savior.”
Jesus weeps–the real one, not theirs.
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