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CHARLIE HAYES's avatar

Because the right wing needs a polarizing wedge and the right wing media ecosystem smells blood. It's easy to use an issue like "trans" - foreign in many ways to the vast majority of Americans - to conjure fear. There will be no push-back on the bad-faith demonization of .021% of our population, so the fear mongering and outright lies about this group easily proliferates with difficult-to-find facts fighting a losing battle. Shameful stuff but it's become a well-worn tactic in today's GOP.

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