I keep hearing people say this meaning “We need to let Republicans kill trans people”. It seems to be a thought terminating cliche to pull out against anyone further left than the speaker.
As a trans person, that absolutely isn’t how I or other leftists in the spaces I’m in use this phrase. It means to avoid letting disagreement over method or end goal distract from a common cause. Just because a candidate doesn’t run for my specific brand of leftism doesn’t mean I won’t support them over a neoliberal opponent.
I keep hearing people say this meaning “We need to let Republicans kill trans people”. It seems to be a thought terminating cliche to pull out against anyone further left than the speaker.
As a trans person, that absolutely isn’t how I or other leftists in the spaces I’m in use this phrase. It means to avoid letting disagreement over method or end goal distract from a common cause. Just because a candidate doesn’t run for my specific brand of leftism doesn’t mean I won’t support them over a neoliberal opponent.