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it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports

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I disagree. The conventional wisdom was that Roe v Wade was the third rail of politics, because the backlash would be massive. Instead, 43% of women voted for Trump after Roe was overturned. The GOP is running a blitzkrieg offense, and Dems are wrongly trying to hold the line.

ProPublica@propublica.org

Polling suggests the GOP’s strategy of obscuring a repeal of abortion rights as an anti-trans measure could work: Nearly 60% of Missouri voters support abortion in the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, but 73% oppose gender transition surgery for minors.

The "foot in the door" technique is usually for sales pitches, not systemic dismantling. It’s a bold strategy to put the blueprints for the demolition on the front porch.

When I was in high school in the early 00s I went to a summer wrestling camp that made everyone write anti-Title IX letters to our reps/senators. It's always been about putting women back in their place

They were openly saying they were going to use trans people as a wedge issue, slowly dismantle our rights, and remove us from public life. I've told liberals this for years and not a single one cared.

"We want to preserve women's fertility" doesn't sound bad at all for women or civil society, no sirree Bob, or "there aren't enough teenage pregnancies", or their "interpretations" of law wrt abortion. "When someone tells you what they are the first time, believe them." keeps "winning".

many of them secretly agree with disenfranchisement & marginalization of trans kids. Even those who aren’t closeted bigots find trans rights complicated. They don’t see it as their fight. & they’re wrong. Reminds me of gay rights struggles. Ud hear “they deserve them, but there’s no political will.”

The hertitage foundation suggested that schools shift emphasis toward activities like yoga, dance, and hiking clubs rather than continuing to expand competitive elite athletics for women, citing concerns over intense training and reproductive health. It's about controlling women as always.

Can't help but think it's because it plays to their own bigotries around trans women, so seeing it as a tool for something they recognize as evil puts an impossible dent in their self image as a good person. It can't be related because if it was, they'd be bad people.

I think anyone who is paying attention knows this is MUCH broader than just trans athletes. They have been trying to repeal Title IX since the day it was passed. During Trump's 1st term Betsy DeVos spent the whole pandemic chipping away at Title IX instead of, you know, keeping kids safe.

She and the Depart of Ed published that in May 2020 during peak COVID lockdowns instead of maybe focusing on helping schools across the country deal with COVID. I know because I was paying attention back then and the DOE under DeVos never once addressed COVID during the entire pandemic.

The Biden Admin reversed the DeVos changes and the Trump's 2nd Term under McMahon has been focused on dismantling the dept and erasing DEI. So they haven't turned back to this...yet. Also DOGE fired everyone who knows how to do rulemaking so they are just tossing out executive orders.

I do not think it’s that. I think people cannot wrap their head around a repeal of Title IX just like they could not wrap their heads around electing a convicted rapist or overturning Roe. It seems inconceivable that a Trump court would say “schools should decide what sports they offer.”

Only bigots think this is what's happening. At this point, anyone left still holding this backwards-ass belief should be treated the same way as flat Earthers. There is absolutely no reason for anyone with principles to attempt appeasing that sort of person.

placing males into women’s and girl’s sports is misogynist - the epitome of toxic masculinity. It is the the patriarchal roof over women and girls sports to say, “oh by the way you have to compete against males.” Because you live in an echo chamber, you think your view is popular. It is not!

Republicans published a technical manual on "this is how we'll ruin the country in 2025" and they said it's probably just a prank, there's nothing that *could* invalidate their worldview

Revealing; Americans not mentioning Heritage Foundation for decades- then suddenly everyone is a expert. www analytics prove dem social media universe didn't utter words Heritage Foundation, Project2025, theocratic fascism, Operation Rescue till recently Why'd everyone wait till finish line?