While I understand where this sentiment comes from and even agree with the fact that it’s a good idea to consolidate a Democratic voting bloc there’s a lot of fucked up generalization in this comment.
I’d encourage you to take a look at the popular votes from the presidential election and consider that even if a state was ultimately red, there are many where nearly 40-50% of the people did NOT vote for this and did NOT want it. In fact they actively voted against it. Where do we draw the line for blue states? Is the 51.8% vote for Kamala in Virginia “good enough”? What about the 50.7% vote for Kamala in New Hampshire?
The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” rhetoric on the right is absolute bullshit and I consider calls for abandoning the people in red states the same thing with different language. It ignores systemic issues - the level of voter suppression happening in these states, the censorship of progressive ideas, and the lack of access to educational resources. Democrats often recognize systemic issues related to race and gender but have a much harder time considering that telling people “educate yourself”, “organize”, and “go vote” is not as easy or effective for these folks.
Honestly then… it probably didn’t warrant a response that will only bring more attention to their whining and more people rushing in to “support the cause”
I’m just saying that the presence of only that title for people who would like a regular version or don’t care about titles and just see it in passing might feel unwelcome through no fault of their own y’know?
I completely agree with this. For example, they don’t currently have a gender fluid title. Most gender fluid folks may not be clamoring for them to add the title but if they joined the game and saw that the gender fluid tag was harder to obtain for no discernible reason, was in air quotes, and had the description “mhm” I think they would feel pretty unwelcome. Also - a lot of people won’t know the context that there were people complaining about the lack of the title.
While I understand where this sentiment comes from and even agree with the fact that it’s a good idea to consolidate a Democratic voting bloc there’s a lot of fucked up generalization in this comment.
I’d encourage you to take a look at the popular votes from the presidential election and consider that even if a state was ultimately red, there are many where nearly 40-50% of the people did NOT vote for this and did NOT want it. In fact they actively voted against it. Where do we draw the line for blue states? Is the 51.8% vote for Kamala in Virginia “good enough”? What about the 50.7% vote for Kamala in New Hampshire?
The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” rhetoric on the right is absolute bullshit and I consider calls for abandoning the people in red states the same thing with different language. It ignores systemic issues - the level of voter suppression happening in these states, the censorship of progressive ideas, and the lack of access to educational resources. Democrats often recognize systemic issues related to race and gender but have a much harder time considering that telling people “educate yourself”, “organize”, and “go vote” is not as easy or effective for these folks.
EDIT: Changed some wording to be more precise