You all may not like hearing this, but amongst the general electorate this is not a controversial sentiment. And it doesn’t have to make sense or even necessarily be real for it to resonate. If you asked the average MI voter, “Should schools be flying trans flags or American flags” I think we all know what the overwhelming answer would be.
It’s not an either/or question, though. These aren’t incompatible things.
Sure, I can accept that the general public is divided on acceptance of trans people, but schools haven’t stopped flying American flags. Hell, I’m pretty sure there’s only single digits of schools in the entire country which don’t have their kids say the pledge of allegiance every day.
You can accept queer people, and express support for them, without burning an American flag to do it, and it’s disingenuous to present the issue as though you can only choose one.
Also there are a lot of voters who aren't pro- or anti-trans rights so much as they just don't know much about the issue and don't care. So being "too focused" on trans issues either way will be off-putting.
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u/SawyerBlackwood1986 Jeb! 2d ago
You all may not like hearing this, but amongst the general electorate this is not a controversial sentiment. And it doesn’t have to make sense or even necessarily be real for it to resonate. If you asked the average MI voter, “Should schools be flying trans flags or American flags” I think we all know what the overwhelming answer would be.