The new Republican proposal would permanently ban Medicaid and ACA coverage of gender-affirming care in exchange for a few years of weaker healthcare subsidies.
They NEED an out group. They need someone to hate. It started with the blacks, then it was the gays. Now it’s us. They need someone to blame for their mistakes.
Because we are the boogeyman. A small enough minority that they can demonize us with little repercussions and use that demonization to enact other horrible things.
Why?? Why the fuck do they hate us so much?
They NEED an out group. They need someone to hate. It started with the blacks, then it was the gays. Now it’s us. They need someone to blame for their mistakes.
Easy to make a wedge issue out of a small minority that people are already primed to think of as “icky.”
Because we are the boogeyman. A small enough minority that they can demonize us with little repercussions and use that demonization to enact other horrible things.