Candidate For KY Governor Says She Will Exclude "Transgenders" From KY Schools

[Carolyn Marie]

https://www.wkyufm.org/news/2023-05-09/kelly-craft-escalates-anti-trans-rhetoric-calls-for-excluding-transgenders-from-kentucky-schools

 

Her media team can't clean this up; Craft said what she said, no ifs, ands or buts.

 

Carolyn Marie

[Vidanjali]

Weston Loyd, communications director for Craft’s campaign, said Craft was referring to “ideologies.”

 

For anyone who doesn't understand how atrocious a statement she made, consider something similar in a different context: "we will exclude Blacks from schools...oh, we just meant we will not tolerate the woke and divisive ideology of systematic racism in our schools; our schools are 'nonracial' ". I made that quotation up for illustration (although there are politicians who effectively say as much). Same thing, different scapegoat.

 

No, her media team can not clean this up, but there are ppl who are convinced that transphobia has no meaning as they believe there's no such thing as transgender. Her statement will put some ppl off, but empower others to normalize the word "transgender" to mean something viral & dangerous rather than what it actually means - humans whose authentic concept of themselves doesn't necessarily conform to social/cultural expectations related to body parts. No doubt the CPAC speaker who called for the eradication of "transgenderism" who later backpedaled claiming "transgenderism" and transgender ppl are two different things was one of the enablers of ppl like this gubernatorial candidate. 

[VickySGV]

Another one wanting to avoid the hard realities that real issues facing the state are going to include raising taxes to provide adequate infrastructure, health and education issues.  Sadly enough people will buy this to be a problem for the intelligent and humane candidates running for the job.