Frank Hester's Racist Comments About Diane Abbott

[Al Bundy]

7 hours ago, peak4 said:

It's not a topic I follow hugely, as I'm not part of that tiny community, but on that one we are largely in agreement.

Much of this is due to activism by very rich people in The US, 

 

Check out such as The Heritage Foundation, and The American Principles Project amongst others. Also a very useful topic in the promotion of culture wars, to divide society,  as a means of mobilising public votes.

The Shadowy Right-Wing Think Tank Pushing Transphobia  The New Republic
The American Principles Project has lost election after election but its influence in the GOP is still growing.

The APP’s monomaniacal focus on gender began in 2019, when the organization launched its first anti-trans political campaign late in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race.

Despite trans issues playing no part in the campaign to that point, the group released ads introducing a new attack line, accusing Democratic candidate Andy Beshear of wanting “boys to compete against girls in girls’ sports.”

Beshear called the ad campaign “a shameful and false attack from a shady group that will lead to bullying of our kids”—and ended up winning by just over 5,000 votes.

 

How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives   New York Times
Defeated on same-sex marriage, the religious right went searching for an issue that would re-energize supporters and donors. The campaign that followed has stunned political leaders across the spectrum.

When the Supreme Court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage nearly eight years ago, social conservatives were set adrift.
The ruling stripped them of an issue they had used to galvanize rank-and-file supporters and big donors. And it left them searching for a cause that — like opposing gay marriage — would rally the base and raise the movement’s profile on the national stage.
“We knew we needed to find an issue that the candidates were comfortable talking about,” said Terry Schilling, the president of American Principles Project, a social conservative advocacy group. “And we threw everything at the wall.”

 

The Anti-Trans Movement Framework   The Commons Social Change Library

Introduction
Trans lives are under attack. In the last five years we have seen a rapid escalation in campaigns to erode our rights, block our access to health care, and exclude us from accessing public facilities and services that align with our gender. The UK and large parts of the US are now openly hostile to the trans community with hundreds of anti-trans bills being tabled across states in the US, and systematic attacks on the institutions and services that support the trans community.

Often the media, LGBTIQ+ communities, and advocacy organisations discuss these issues as escalating transphobia. But it’s important that activists and allies understand that this wave of attacks is not an accident or simply backlash. It is the result of an organised and well-funded anti-trans movement that has intentionally fuelled and weaponised anti-trans hate to achieve their social and political goals.

 

I just knew it would be the rights fault, and rich folk, obviously.

 

 

[Mister Gee]

14 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

I just knew it would be the rights fault, and rich folk, obviously.

 

 

Any chance of this evening’s Lottery numbers?

[Al Bundy]

1 hour ago, Mister Gee said:

Any chance of this evening’s Lottery numbers?

Started early I see.

 

Remember, 2 paracetamol,  a strong brew and take a walk, stop embarrassing yourself.

 

1,2,3,4,5,6.

[Resident]

5 hours ago, Al Bundy said:

I just knew it would be the rights fault, and rich folk, obviously.

 

 

The Left all have these you know....

[Mister Gee]

22 minutes ago, Resident said:

The Left all have these you know....

What if you’re white, cis-gendered, heterosexual and a leftie?

[hackey lad]

1 minute ago, Mister Gee said:

What if you’re white, cis-gendered, heterosexual and a leftie?

Cis-gendered  ?

[Mister Gee]

5 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Cis-gendered  ?

You’ll be fine, drag queens aren’t included.

[hackey lad]

5 minutes ago, Mister Gee said:

You’ll be fine, drag queens aren’t included.

Why  ?