jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoNew poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minorswww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down126
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkNew poll finds strong majority opposes gender-affirming care bans for trans minorswww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down2·2 months agoDouble negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoOh I missed that entirely. Sloppy writing, it should be arranged “opposes bans on gender affirming care”.
minus-squaretwelve20two @slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoGotta get them clicks tho. Maybe we’re at the beginning of a transition from, “shocking and attention-grabbing headlines,” to, “attention-grabbing but also poorly written in a way that it’ll agitate an even wider wash of readers”
minus-squareVoilaChihuahua@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoSame! “Supports care” would have been an easier concept, though a little different from “opposes ban” I guess…
minus-squareinspxtr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI find it quite common (and confusing) for certain news types like policy, eg “party A reverses the disapproval to oppose the once-unacceptable ban”
Double negative confused me for a second and I was sad. Opposes the ban! Want gender affirming care available. Excellent.
Oh I missed that entirely. Sloppy writing, it should be arranged “opposes bans on gender affirming care”.
Gotta get them clicks tho. Maybe we’re at the beginning of a transition from, “shocking and attention-grabbing headlines,” to, “attention-grabbing but also poorly written in a way that it’ll agitate an even wider wash of readers”
Same! “Supports care” would have been an easier concept, though a little different from “opposes ban” I guess…
Lol same had to read it 2x 😂
I find it quite common (and confusing) for certain news types like policy, eg “party A reverses the disapproval to oppose the once-unacceptable ban”