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Can you put into words what this "democrat agenda" is? I see this repeated ad nauseam, but everyone has their own ideas of what it is. Most of what I've seen seems to boil down to "I want to behave like an asshole, and don't want to be called out" - but I'm happy to be proven wrong with well-thought-out arguments!



Seemingly only allowing affirmation of people claiming to be trans, rather than resorting to affirmation as a later thing. Unrestricted abortion rights (Up to birth), gun control, no voter ID, along with lots of nuance in stuff such as environmental protections.

Thanks for challenging me to write it out.


> Seemingly only allowing affirmation of people claiming to be trans, rather than resorting to affirmation as a later thing.

According to everything I've seen and read, affirmation is very important in preventing suicides. I'm assuming you're talking about "affirming too early", or in other words "convincing" somebody of being trans, correct? If that's the case, wouldn't we expect a relatively high regret rate, compared to the real regret rate which is already way lower than almost any other medical intervention?

> Unrestricted abortion rights (Up to birth)

Can you show me where you get this? Sure, part of the Democrat party has this as a goal, but definitely not the whole party.

> no voter ID

Is the agenda "no voter ID", or is it "no disadvantaging minorities"? If it were the earlier, it should be very easy for republicans to say "we hear your fears, here is what we'll do to alleviate the problems" - but somehow they never call the democrat bluff, and they keep insisting on voter ID without ensuring equal access, right?




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