I membri di Sinn Féin Fear Party sta per invertire il corso sui diritti trans

Go for it, and I’ll never touch the party again, I’d prefer to vote for the shit show that is FG/FF then vote for a party that wants to attack the smallest most vulnerable of society to placate a few gobshites that probably don’t even vote

Not opening that particular minefield but I can understand from a strategic point of view, especially in the north, why they want to push this issue to the background.

It is ultimately a wedge issue right across the political spectrum, in any large party it is impossible to gain consensus and invariably members will disagree with each other passionately about it, making a relatively small issue more impactful than it should be.

In the north they will have learned lessons from the damage it done to the SNP, a party which has the same aims as SF and nearly destroyed itself by trying to introduce unpopular legislation which was eventually rebuked by the UK Supreme Court.

The party was on the brink of securing another referendum before this and although there were other issues their elevation of the trans argument cost them a lot of support.

They are probably 1% or less of the population, it’s embarrassing how politicians are so obsessed with trans people. Time to move on Jesus Christ.

If they jump into this shit they’re going to blow up a significant portion of their voting base, and all for what? To make things more difficult for a tiny minority of our population that already has a fairly tough go of it? Jesus Christ lads just focus on the actual fucking problems like housing, instead of getting sucked into imported bigotry and losing votes.

Giving in to the right just makes u look weak and pathetic imo. The idea that trans folk represent some kind of a threat to society is a disgusting lie spread as a way to deflect.

Spineless cunts if they do.

It already happened. Sinn Fein watered down and removed commitments to trans people in their 2024 manifesto compared to their 2020.

They’ve supported removing trans healthcare in Northern Ireland and then act surprised when they got banned from prides there.

While Cullinane has apologised for his comments, Mac Lochlainn who made similar hasn’t.

I’d feel a Sinn Fein lead government could pose a greater threat to trans rights than the current one. Not that the current will be good, they just won’t change anything.

Who would’ve thought Sinn Fein are the true West Brit party?

I really think it’s wildly overestimated how relevant the trans issue is to the average punter. And, I know this is anecdotal, but my own experience from friends and acquaintances who do say they very much support trans rights are the same people that can’t be bothered to get off their hole and vote every few years.

I guess some in Sinn Fein have copped that, despite all the activism and campaigning, it could be more of a vote loser rather than a vote winner with people who would actually vote for them. But no doubt the party will continue trying to ride both horses like with immigration and we’ll have FG and FF forever more amen.

Sinn Fein are in a tricky position overall given where their votes are coming from. It’s a traditionally working class party with nationalist and socialist ideals (I don’t mean they’re Nazis though?.

Its modern voting base is split between young college educated socialists and older working class nationalists and all of its policies are about trying to appease these two groups. The inconsistencies in policy- on immigration, this- are all to do with their broad base.

I suspect they won’t resolve it and will keep fudging, making no one happy until one part of the party’s voters decamp to either another socialist or nationalist party.

Exact figures are hard to pin down but most estimates have trans people are about 0.5% of the population. They should not have significant headline coverage in the media in this country. It’s all distraction. Live and let live.