Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky this week and hatefully trolled trans people — he immediately became the most-blocked account on the site.
Bluesky has been a refuge for trans and other marginalized groups escaping the right-wing echo chamber X has become since Elon Musk bought the former Twitter site four years ago. Not content to bask in that platform’s self-reenforcing snark, Vance brought it to Bluesky.
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“Hello Bluesky, I’ve been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I’m thrilled to be here to engage with all of you,” Vance wrote in his first post on the platform.
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He went on to quote Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurrence in the court’s decision this week to okay Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
The ban makes exceptions for cisgender children receiving the same care as trans youth. The court didn’t buy the plaintiffs’ argument that such bans violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law, regardless of one’s sex at birth.
“What do you think?” Vance asked, practically begging to be smacked down.
His wish came true.
Vance became the site’s most blocked user in its four-year history, with over 110,400 blocks in just a matter of days, according to Clearsky, which monitors social media activity.
Vance has been blocked by upwards of 50,000 people in the last 24 hours alone. That’s over 12 times more blocks than the site’s second-most blocked account in the past day. And that account is Vance’s official government feed.
The vice president earned just 10,000 followers over his first two days on the platform.
Users were unsparing in their contempt for Trump’s number two before hitting the block button.
“In order to have a debate, people need to take you seriously,” one user told him. “Now go back to your ‘yes man’ platform and whine about how dems are hypocritical because they don’t give you a chance. You don’t deserve a chance. You deserve karma. So let’s bully the bully.”
“How did the ‘PEREDE’ go?” one user trolled Vance while referencing the measly turnout for Trump’s military parade timed for his own birthday.
Said another, “You and Trump and the rest of the clown car Cabinet in action and words have proven to be immoral, incompetent criminal, lying, despicable humans.”
Vance’s post is just another example of how he and the rest of the MAGA “manosphere” are so intent, and effective, at stirring up hate.
Vance announced his Bluesky raid on X, where supporters were thumbs up on his effort to do “a little trolling.”
On Bluesky, one chill user asked, “Dude, wtf are you even doing here?”
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