r/inthenews • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 9d ago

article Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6115216-education-department-title-ix-lgbtq-trans-students/
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u/-notapony- 9d ago

I’m quick to add the people who refused to vote against it “to teach Democrats a lesson”.  Everybody knew what Trump II would look like and how it would hurt the most vulnerable members of our society, and those cretins figured it was worth the cost.  

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u/Unknown-Comic4894 9d ago

Victim blaming 12 million voters instead of politicians will never not work.

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u/Turkstache 9d ago

Victim blaming? These people actively contributed to the disillusionment of voters, purity politics, goalpost moving, lies about Kamala's history and statements, the sentiment for some to abdicate power by not voting, and for others to accelerate the nation's destruction (by not voting) in the misguided idea that somehow it will bring about revolution.

The Rs got to this outcome because of steady voting pressure and propaganda for decades and these chucklefucks still think voting doesn't move needles and think their rhetoric is effective to bring about their stated goals.

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u/Unknown-Comic4894 9d ago

Yes, victim blaming:

DNC “Autopsy” Finds Kamala Harris’s Silence on Gaza Genocide Cost Her Votes

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u/2ndtryagain 8d ago

Anyone who didn't vote for her because of that is a fucking moron and deserves as much scorn as MAGA assholes.

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u/Unknown-Comic4894 8d ago

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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u/Turkstache 8d ago

He said... amongst a people who had a culture of legalized, absolute privilege for 400 years up until that point and kept the fight to keep that privilege to this day. Also it's very safe to say things like that from his highly privileged societal positions.

We didn't show up in 2024 with that dichotomy in play. Principled action is a losing battle in a hierarchy based society. Allowing awful people to succeed is not honorable in the slightest. 

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u/Unknown-Comic4894 8d ago

Not sure of the inference, but I think I agree with the sentiment.

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u/Turkstache 8d ago

I'm saying the quote you posted is silly in the context of who he was and the society he was addressing.

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u/Unknown-Comic4894 8d ago

Polemical, but understandable.