So the Movement Advancement Project, where Tony cribs/promotes his shitty beige maps, has been hiring for this position which aligns closely with his twitter bio.
Movement Builder/Legislative Researcher, which he mostly qualifies for if activism experience is measured in dog years. Hardcore think tanks want attorneys and paralegals but this one is pretty confident the culture war will be won through 3rd grade reading level USA Today infographics. (As an aside, any computer literate person can be up and making much better license free maps with QGIS after a day or two of messing around). Preaching to the choir here but how terrifying is it that there’s all these overnight experts in exogenous hormones and bone density that can’t google their own state’s name to decide if they should move from Texas to…. Oklahoma? Can anyone tell me what this ghoul does for money currently?
Anyway. Politi-Detrans. Politi-Detrans! Say it with me. This is what’s got me shitposting outside of Deathfats tonight. I get with a blue checkmark at stake there is valuable social capital to be gained from coining this crap but man alive what a swing and a miss. Without some serious context how is the average person, you know the one you’re trying to win over? How are they to decipher this nonsense. Is Politi-Detrans part of your automobile’s drivetrain? A villianess from a Tom Wolfe novel? A tongue-twister for vocal performers to warm up with? Politi-Detrans is so far in the weeds and has shorter legs than “homicide bomber.”
“Trans eliminationist” is another unwieldly one his cohort is trying to make happen, I assume because even they know “genocide” is too unpalatable to go mainstream. If I’m understanding the search results correctly it’s currently at 61 unique instances with about 10,000 reblogs. Let’s take the measure of cultural penetration for some more established phrases.
“Don’t say gay bill” - 431,000 results
“Sissy hypno” - 129,000 results
Hearts and minds, people.
