The entire country needs a civics lesson lol.

Yessssss!!!!! 👏🏼

Same- I was like wow awesome! Can’t wait!

Your missing the important piece which is that more people voted democratic by mail so of course statistically more dems would have their mail in ballots be wrong but ALSO the Supreme Court upholding the stupid law making casting mail in ballots more complicated bc of the date/signature/envelope law is blatant voter suppression bc they know dems are more likely to vote by mail. Either way it didn’t work.

Who cares about the percentage. The article doesn’t mention percentage but you keep mentioning it. That doesn’t change the actual fact that more Democrats had their mail in ballots discarded. It also doesn’t change the fact that the envelope and date law that the state Supreme Court upheld is straight up voter suppression.

It says 1,000,000 mail in ballots were for Shapiro and 187,000 mail in were for Mastriano. In terms of which party’s ballots were more likely to be discarded it says this: “Democrats had 10,920 votes thrown out, about half for lacking secrecy envelopes. Republicans saw 3,503 ballots forfeited. Independents and third parties amounted to 1,731 votes that did not count in the fall election.”

This is why I made sure to vote in person during the mid terms. I didn’t want to take the chance.

Wtf are you taking about? Actual real people who are Americans are voting: women, Black and Brown Americans, recent immigrants that work hard and make our economy run and Native peoples who’s ancestors have always lived here, Trans and LGBTQ people who have always existed here (all of whom have literally been economically and socially oppressed since the founding of our country) wanting and getting representation, being democratically elected is not you “getting punished” just bc you’re a white heterosexual male.

You’re entire mentality is flawed. Actual Americans, who are citizens and just as American as you and deserve representation just like you, getting representation in government positions doesn’t take anything away from you at all and you are not the victim here. Stop flipping the narrative to center yourself. The whole point is for EVERYONE who lives here to have equal representation.

This is a democracy and if the people elect diverse candidates that actually reflect the diversity of our country then that’s what the people want. Just bc you don’t like it doesn’t mean you have to turn yourself into some sort of victim or like you’re getting punished. Just let marginalized people have more of a voice, that’s it. That’s what this person was trying to say (I agree she could have worded it better) and that’s what many of us are trying to say.

Furthermore, most elected positions are still overwhelmingly white males (look at our congress and state legislatures), there’s no insurrection against you and you’re not getting punished for being a white male-it’s just that more people are getting elected to represent actual Americans who are not white males (there are many people here who aren’t white males- in fact the majority of our population are not). Again- this is how an actual democracy works.

No one is doing that! People vote for people to represent them. This person was democratically elected and she was merely trying to say that she would rather see a woman, a Trans woman, a Black or Brown person as the head of the school board- bc historically white Men have held these positions. I agree she could have worded herself better but white men aren’t being discriminated against just because women, Black and Brown People, Trans and Gay people are asking for and getting more representation. White men are not “victims” because of this.

Historically, white men have been the only decision makers in our government therefore everyone who wasn’t a white male (which is the majority of the actual population) wasn’t being represented and furthermore were also actually being discriminated against. Anyone who’s not a white man who’s being democratically elected to a decision making position is there because that’s what the people want- they want to be represented this way. Period. Just bc you may not like it or bc it’s not about you doesn’t all of a sudden erase hundreds of years of history and make white men the victim here. Learn to step back a bit and let other people who may be different than you, and who also live in this country and contribute greatly to it, have their voices heard JFC.

No- a Trans Woman is a Trans Woman. Period. You don’t get to tell other people what to do with their own bodies and who they are.

Um first of all it’s “Trans People”- and they deserve to be treated as human beings just like everyone else. Second of all you’re saying that just because they’re a minority they don’t deserve any representation? Last I checked this is a representative democracy and this person was democratically elected to this position. You do realize that what you’re saying is Fascist? The Conservative Party has literally been over run with bigots and fascists and your living proof of that. Please examine your position and do better.

Just bc teachers are mostly female doesn’t mean that school boards historically have been mostly female. Again- historically, leadership and decision making positions have been held by white men. Period. Stop bullying women/trans women and others who are just trying to have equal decision making power.

Yes because historically “cis” white men have been the only ones to hold leadership positions. Just bc she’s using terminology that you don’t like doesn’t mean what she’s saying doesn’t hold any weight. Stop turning people who are just trying to have their voices as equally heard as the men who have traditionally held power in this country, into boogeymen. It’s not that serious. Didn’t realize this sub was so reactionary right wing.