#it’s super dangerous for lgbt people but also literally anyone who wants privacy on the internet!!!!!!

[dashiellqvverty]

i have very complicated feelings about how much opposition to KOSA is centered around it being a danger to LGBT kids because - that’s the point of the bill. the republican co-sponsor of the bill marsha blackburn has literally openly said she wants the bill to protect kids from “the transgender.” So when you go around saying the bill is dangerous because it could censor LGBT content and put young LGBT kids in danger - they know that already and it’s why they want to pass the bill. And for people who haven’t thought about it that way, wel now a lot of them have found a new thing to like about the bill. You’re more likely to make a point with that argument if you’re talking to a democrat, but just because this is a right wing culture war it’s not like there aren’t transphobic democrats. Ultimately I feel like the only way to fight KOSA in a productive way is to focus on it primarily as a free speech and privacy issue - which it absolutely is, for everyone - because the more it is treated solely as an LGBT issue the harder republicans are going to go in favor of it which just puts everybody in more danger.