# Podcasts, media, and messaging (or How the Democrats can win again)

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**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-media-and-messaging-or-how-the-democrats-can-win-again/1015769 "2025-03-18T12:27:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-media-and-messaging-or-how-the-democrats-can-win-again/1015769/81 "2025-03-19T18:35:38Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> Man, aren’t you so glad she decided to die on _that_ hill rather than retracting her support for that idea?

Supporting gender affirming care for prisoners is a sort of inevitable result of holding these two values:

1. Gender affirming care is medically necessary.
2. The state has a responsibility to provide for the medical care of people they’ve incarcerated.

I’m not clear which of those two principles you disagree with.

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