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Toby Buckle

@polphilpod.bsky.social

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Host of the Political Philosophy Podcast & occasional writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 22d

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 8h

reactionary centrists insist trans acceptance went too far & generated a backlash

but the UK legal transition for 20 years, it wasn't an issue until the press made it one

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 7h

will turn the leftovers into biryani tomorrow

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 8h

not only have i never seen a reactionary centrist address these points, i've never seen one *understand* them

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 8h

it also profoundly contradicts their theory that you win elections by abandoning trans people

starmer just tried that & . . .

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 8h

reactionary centrists insist trans acceptance went too far & generated a backlash

but the UK legal transition for 20 years, it wasn't an issue until the press made it one

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 8h

let me know how that goes?

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 9h

kunna gosht with homemade naans & sides

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

i'm actually not against giving a random blogger a major news network - when you're loosing a war you need to switch up command

but you 'jump' aggressive commanders who've shown results, not appeasers who sympathise with the enemy

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16h

"The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote." www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

& this isn't even to say dem leaders are bad people, i don't think (by & large) they are

but they're peacetime generals, operating by the rules of another era

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/firing-the-g...

Firing the Generals with Samantha Hancox-Li

Why & how the Democratic Party needs to change.

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

wiess is obviously the exact opposite - the base, correctly, distrusts her - *that's* why its a terrible idea, not that she's not conventionally qualified

we should actually be *a lot more* open to jumping junior people who are aggressive, get results & the base trusts

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

we need to put people in positions of 'command' who the base trusts & will follow

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

which is the other thing - trust; the republican base trust that trump will say all sorts of stuff to win elections, but that he has their values

our base doesn't have that trust in its leaders & it makes us much less effective - even if they're wrong to feel that way

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

i'm sure they'd be some catching up (& they'd learn the details/ have people around them) but i'd have confidence they'd not give a single vote to a republican nominee or bill, that they'd wake up every day thinking about how to draw attention to the administrations' crimes, etc

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

like, i've been interviewing 'cassandras' - people who feared the worst early

& if you told me i could switch out half the senate dems for a couple of dozen of the most resolutely anti-trump voters, i probably would . . .

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 26d

i'm writing a feature for a major US outlet & i'd like to interview people who:

- are dem voters

- feared the worst of trump from early on

- felt frustrated/dismissed/ like those fears weren't listened to

reply/DM me

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17h

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, we've both noted how quickly & enthusiastically much of the elite are folding

Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 1d

while this doesn't reflect well on any of us, the concerned centrist shtick is more of a top-down thing, no?

like weiss is a corporate decision, each new 'quirky free thinkers' outlet gets millions in seed funding, but idk if there's any great popular demand for what they're pushing

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 2d

manosphere: modern women will submit to a boss, but not a husband

me: agree actually, employers do have too much power

manosphere: that's not what i meant