(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Montana GOP snowflakes show their bigotry as they ban an elected transgendered lawmaker [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-26 Zooey Zephyr is a brave, brave soul! The Montana state GOP which is perfectly fine with a governor who violently attacked a journalist slamming him to the ground and charged with assault does not seem to have an appetite for Zooey Zephyr’s clarion call for “blood on your hands” if they voted to ban gender-affirming medical care for trans children. Apparently, her freedom of speech was a bit too free to handle for their gentle ears as opposed to an actual bodily assault committed by their leader. Poor snowflakes. She is after all transgendered and her presence is an affront to all these upstanding pillars of society. The upshot is disbarment from speaking from the floor and engaging in debates for the rest of the legislative session for breaking rules on decorum for her choice of words. She can however vote remotely. You remember that huge hissy fit on the right about cancel culture. Yes, it turns out to be a massive exercise in self projection. The left just doesn’t come up with the right words. What Zooey Zephyr said was absolutely true and its heartbreaking to hear how many in this most vulnerable of groups are susceptible to losing their lives to outright hate, suicide, and adverse health outcomes. About half of transgendered youth attempt suicide as per a study in the UK. Florida’s bobblehead doll governor fighting a mouse in a battle against woke forces has weaponized hate against the transgendered as an election platform and the process of marginalization has been taken up in GOP led legislatures with a vengeance across the country as a winning strategy. The actuality is Zooey Zephyr is a duly elected lawmaker from white liberal Missoula representing her constituents who support who she is and her policies. By banning her, 11,000 constituents lose their voices. Make no mistake, this is a guilt by association attack. The GOP are going after the constituents, punishing them for someone they deem unacceptable. Just like the Tennessee three who were protesting the inaction on gun violence in their state house. With the whole world watching, in blatant, technicolor racism, two of the three lawmakers who happened to be African American were stripped of their seats because they ostensibly lacked decorum. But they did not punish the white person who joined them in calling for gun reform. It’s also called divide and conquer. We see the same forces of polarization at play in the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse even though his victims were white and in Greg Abbott’s call for a pardon for Daniel Perry who shot a white participant in a BLM protest on the justification of stand your ground laws. The war against bigotry and racism is ongoing. The challenges are enormous. But someone like Zooey Zephyr gives us hope to bend the arc towards justice. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/26/2166153/-Montana-GOP-snowflakes-show-their-bigotry-as-they-ban-an-elected-transgendered-lawmaker Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/