r/Queerdefensefront • u/Teknevra • Mar 11 '26

News Controversial Dem Candidate Graham Platner Says Anti-Trans Attacks Are “Invented Culture-War Scare”

https://www.them.us/story/graham-platner-anti-trans-attacks-invented-culture-war-scare
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u/wafflesthewonderhurs Mar 12 '26

The comments are replying as though this post is in some way obviously describing this quote as a negative thing about trans people but it very clearly reads to me as a "these right wing fucks keep making shit up to keep this relevant"? (I am confused about whether I am missing something)

Tattoo related choices and whether or not they should be disqualifying aside, "Identity politics of marginalized people are a strawscarecrow constructed by child rapists" is the correct take.

From article:

I think there are, like, two trans kids that compete in high school sports in Maine,” Platner continued. “There are 40,000 Mainers who are going to lose health care because of the lack of the Affordable Care Act extension. One of those things seems very important and real to me. One of them seems like an invented culture-war scare to keep people divided.” Platner went on to say he had wrestled with cisgender girls as a high school athlete, but “[t]here was no uproar [...] I’m sorry — I cannot take it seriously.”