Reposted by @foreignne.bsky.social
From the Magna Carta to the Constitution to the Emancipation Proclamation to 19th Amendment, voting rights (what you might call "Big P" Politics) were always downstream of protests, riots, petitions, mass movements, strikes and good, old fashioned community organizing (that is, "small p" politics).
![Her fellow Tennessee Republican, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), has been clear about just which “ideologies” need to be stopped. Last year, she was recorded, in remarks to a private meeting of social conservatives, saying the quiet part out loud: Republicans’ top priority should be “protecting minor children from the transgender [sic] in this culture and that influence.” Roughly half of American adults tell pollsters that trans people should be legally required to use public bathrooms that match their sex at birth, rather than the gender they identify with. Many of those parents doubtless think their teens need to be “protected” from sites and apps dedicated to helping LGBTQ teens who feel isolated and alone—apps like TrevorSpace and GiveUsTheFloor.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:btc3rrfafbv4xqsv3v3533p6/bafkreiamxl2ddmso6vtxke66ghxalck2pez4vemy7d4rg4g2thoxrunsm4)
