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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2436 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military

I'm not trying to downplay the struggles of trans people.

I am saying that it's super easy to distract 'The Left' and social progressives with dogwhistle phrases and issues.

The Republicans want to get rid of healthcare for 20 million people and know that they can take media coverage/public attention away from these issues by being superficially mean to specific groups.

There are bigger fish to fry.