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While I agree with you that they aren't the same and it's propaganda. Henry Cuellar did have board party support despite being a pro life, right wing member of the party. The party pushed against primaries, despite his corruption charges and misalignment with the rest of the party, and especially the populace.
While there were only three Texas Democrats voting for it, the party continues to prop them up, helping them win elections knowing their politics.
Yeah it's not a mono party, but Democrats also do a terrible job at beating the allegations sometimes.
That’s how democracies work unfortunately. If republicans have the majority in a red state then democrats have to cater to them to have any chance of winning.
The only way to change this is to change the consensus on trans rights among voters. Blaming politicians for doing what their constituents tell them to doesn’t make sense.
This completely ignores propaganda that is causing the problem in the first place. Why do people feel that trans rights is even a problem?
Democracies can't function properly if the citizens are being misinformed and lied to about issues that don't even affect them.
Blaming politicians for politicizing and manufacturing a non-existent problem and then scapegoating people is entirely fair. Why it is legal to take away people's rights through outright lies is beyond me.
Because not enough voters showed up to prevent republicans from winning.
We have to protect people's rights. Whether or not someone has bodily autonomy isn't up to the political winds. This is an inalienable right that apparently has to be spelled out by law.
Not that I think it will happen, after all we never even ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. There has been something seriously wrong with the US from the beginning.
Politics absolutely dictates what rights we get. You saying the words “inalienable right” doesn’t actually grant you any rights.
Our rights have to be enforced by society which is dictated by political elections.
38/50 states ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. Primarily blue and purple states. Because again, politics dictates what rights we actually have.
While I agree with your general sentiment it is obviously not exactly as you say. For instance, politicians may dictate something but if it is against the constitution or law/precedent the courts can strike it down.
This is extremely pronounced right now where the executive branch is purposely ignoring the law and flaunting ethics.
I have come to believe it really boils down to our culture and our current culture in the US is dismal from decades of lies and propaganda fed to people by hate radio, then fox news, and now social media.
It really is a class struggle at this point and the privileged are doing everything they can to divide us.
So no, it is not just politics. It is our culture that truly defines not just our rights but how our laws are interpreted and executed.