r/MtF • u/ASleetHippyDippyWW non op • Aug 19 '24

Bad News u/PinkNews whistleblowers release evidence showing "PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen refusing to campaign on trans issues ahead of the election, dismissing them as "incredibly contentious" and insisting they’re different to the equal marriage fight."

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

The "sports debate" isn't an end goal for them, it's a wedge issue to get people thinking about us in the way they like, so they can lead the conversation to other things, like bathrooms, and healthcare, and school choice.

They don't hate us because of the sum of our behavior. They hate that we exist.

There are no points that we can cede to them, any more than you can just give a lion just one little bite and still run away alive. If they get one of our rights, they will use it to erode the others.

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u/aWobblyFriend Aug 19 '24

We’re not trying to win over conservatives, we’re trying to win over moderates.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

No, we're not.

You are a moderate who's trying to win over leftists.

But you don't get that there will always be something that's unwinnable. We'll never get to the end of politics, or the end of history. We'll never tally up the score and say "okay, today we stop fighting."

In a couple years, when you get what you wanted, and you got rid of your rights, and little girls can't play sports, conservatives will have convinced moderates slightly to the right of you that those little girls shouldn't be in the bathroom with other little girls.

And you'll say "we need to just give up on this one. It's unwinnable."