• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    You’re conflating Democrats generally with “firsts”. This is something you can find all the way back to women entering the metal work space in World War 2. It’s about proving that you’re not actually special, you’re just a normal person whose capable of doing the job without special accommodations.

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      4 hours ago

      no. rashida tlaib is the first Palestinian American woman in congress. it would be fucked up if she never raised any concerns on Israel’s genocidal government just because she doesn’t want to rustle any feathers.

      no, it is about democrats, not firsts. weird how democrats always have to seem normal when republicans go fucking weirder by the minute.