It’s easy to roll one’s eyes as the self-serving dramatics of MAGA voters using false claims of victimhood as cover for their ugly views. But, as the threatening language in Greene’s tweet shows, this “woe is us” act is deeply dangerous. The hyperbolic conspiracy theories and dehumanizing language serve to convince Republican voters that religious liberty and democracy are simply values they can no longer afford to hold. The message is Christians are so “under siege” that the only way to fight back is by stripping everyone else of basic rights.

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    8 months ago

    They will never get sick of this trans panic shit, because bullying a vulnerable population drums up votes

    They would if trans people somehow acquired physical power and some other group lacked it. As you say, it’s about vulnerability. I’ve my doubts they actually care about transness qua transness.