These lies about trans people, which mirror lies about antifascists, racial minorities, poor people, and non-Christians are carefully crafted by Republican political elites to appeal to a paranoid fundamentalist sensibility in which extremist Christians believe they are personally battling Satan and demons on a daily basis.
This is not an exaggeration. Millions upon millions of people believe this stuff, in the United States and other countries.
Much more here: https://theoryofchange.flux.community/p/theory-of-change-023-christopher-9c2#details
Matthew Sheffield /
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2023-08-08 16:18:35
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