Kamala Harris ("Why Trump may be about to stage the biggest comeback in U.S. history," by Andrew Sullivan in The Times of London).I shared it with a friend, adding I found it refreshing considering all The Hill, HuffPost type, fluffier articles I had been reading—the freebies from Apple News.My friend read the article and did not have the same reaction.
I said I'd read it again, which I did, and then I excerpted the parts that resonated with me just days before the election.The Democrats also missed a critical new reality in American politics: It's about class, not identity.The Biden-Harris messaging was directed to women, "queers", African-Americans and "Latinx" people. Trump's messaging was about how well working-class people did before COVID, and how they could prosper again."Harris is for they/them.
Trump is for you" was a potent message. And if the polling pans out, Trump could assemble the most multi-racial coalition since Nixon, winning record numbers of black, Latino, Muslim, and gay votes.I have a trans son whom I love, support, and enjoy being around.
However, the way in which his identity has evolved within the last five years speaks precisely to what Andrew Sullivan touched on.To elaborate, my son is 18; at the age of 12 or just as he was entering middle school, the wheels began to fall off.He struggled mightily with keeping friends he had known since kindergarten and with keeping away negative thoughts. He was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, anxiety and experienced terrible panic episodes.My wife and I were able to find decent psychiatric care and therapy, especially since we decided I should quit work as a teacher to stay home for our struggling child.We cannot put an exact date on any transformation but, a first indication was his dyeing his hair and then going by a different name at school.Indeed, we did not know about the name until his teachers no longer referred to his dead name when talking to us about him or in school emails.
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