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Gender-Identity Culture Wars Roll On
Walsh adds, “One of the hallmarks of Leftist methodology is to assert blatant falsehoods as real and then act on them—with the fierce urgency of now!—as if they were true… And they're getting bolder.” https://t.co/9yeuELOqoh
— CultureWatch (@IndeGayForum) May 2, 2023
The NYT's article tried to make the transgenderism fights into a case of conservative aggression, but it ignored what sparked NC's bathroom bill: Charlotte's leftwing bathroom bill, telling private businesses how to operate their restrooms. https://t.co/guJH393FSJ
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) April 24, 2023
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Progressives Practice ‘Don’t Say Gay’
This is a nice gesture, but the #LavenderScare did not target "LGBTQI+ Americans." It targeted gay and lesbian Americans.
— James Kirchick (@jkirchick) April 26, 2023
… I guess Joe Biden and his administration also "Don't Say Gay.”https://t.co/VHrvKIEIdp
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The Meaning of Mulvaney
After the makers of Bud Light beer partnered with trans TikTok “influencer” Dylan Mulvaney to promote their product to a presumably young, hip market niche, the cultural right reacted. Boycotts rarely work long term, and Anheuser-Busch says it has used various “influencers” to market its beer. Nevertheless, the brouhaha brings to light what Mulvaney is apparently influencing through Tiktok, and it looks a lot like promoting the transing of gender nonconforming gay boys. Andrew Sullivan takes a look.
And for those interested in the “brouhaha”:
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Debate and Engagement on Transgender Issues
Brad Polumbo ably explains the libertarian/classical liberal view that people have the right to live their lives according to their own values as long as they afford others the same right — a perspective opposed by cultural conservatives who want the state to restrict advocacy of transgenderism and by woke LGBTQ+ activists who want to close down debate on controversies such as medical transitioning of minors and bio males competing in women’s sports, as embraced by those who tried to cancel this event and block people from attending.
The protestors tried to stop it but @michaeljknowles and @brad_polumbo did not back down.
— Intercollegiate Studies Institute (@ISI) April 19, 2023
Should transgenderism be regulated by law?
Find out by watching the replay 👇 @realDailyWirehttps://t.co/8YMQTDpt1h
🚨 #Violence erupted last night @PittTweet during the debate between @brad_polumbo and @michaeljknowles.
— Gabrielle M. Etzel (@UnvarnishedGME) April 19, 2023
I was on the ground getting the most accurate coverage for @campusreform.
Read the full story👇https://t.co/N7IG8rdfJu
This is why I like working with Brad at BASEDPolitics.
— Tom Knighton (@TheTomKnighton) April 20, 2023
He disagrees with @michaeljknowles but opted to engage him and maybe accomplish something.
Trying to shut down speakers rather than engage them is childish and suggests you know you don't have better arguments. https://t.co/nTG0UxxgKE
Well, she didn't, so… https://t.co/PXVDpV5xGP
— Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️🏳️🌈 (@brad_polumbo) April 20, 2023
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Following the Science
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Modern Victimology
In media coverage of the Nashville shooting, and now in a Madonna trans-advocacy event, we are seeing something resembling sympathy for the killer. | @NoahCRothman https://t.co/2lXEh9oYwC
— National Review (@NRO) April 4, 2023
The extreme lack of curiosity about the political ideology of the Nashville shooter, and what role that ideology may have played in motivating the massacre, is very conspicuous, but not at all surprising.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 30, 2023
Highlighting the shooter's ideology is often the primary media framework: https://t.co/ydZGU2CfYg
Washington Post: It's terrible that someone would exploit a tragedy for political gain.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) March 30, 2023
Also the Washington Post: Let's exploit this tragedy for political gain. pic.twitter.com/hXJsruUrrf
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And this:
Remember, they're vulnerable and marginalized and are just fighting for the right to exist…no power or privilege here… https://t.co/FNK03vupBC
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) April 7, 2023
Imagine if the roles were reversed and a group of white, conservatives ambushed someone within the LGBTQ community, physically assaulted them, and held them for ransom for 3 hrs…
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 8, 2023
There would be arrests and repercussions for the perpetrators and administration who allowed this.
This is utterly inexcusable. I'm tired of how the debate over political violence always devolves into who's worse. Condemn it all. None of it is justified. https://t.co/OfWESRTvft
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 7, 2023
And now this!
"A suspected trans-identified mass shooter has been arrested in Colorado after authorities discovered plans to carry out multiple attacks, including on three schools and an undisclosed number of churches." https://t.co/IweC8kurP9
— CultureWatch (@IndeGayForum) April 7, 2023
Where is the other Tranifesto?https://t.co/XzbLRZgbeu
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) April 7, 2023
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Nashville
More TQ+ Community members complaining about the misgendering and even saying it was logical for them to start turning violent…
— Brian 🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (@Psy_Brian) March 27, 2023
They WANT violence. They’ve been doing it daily for some time & always blame the victims.
Just proving this is a total lack of mental healthcare. pic.twitter.com/OUN859FA4y
I refuse to blame an entire community or ideological movement for the heinous actions of an individual. It’s demagogic, divisive, and unfair. And it’s precisely what far too many on the Left do, instantly, whenever an atrocity occurs, irrespective of the facts. Toxic.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 28, 2023
Added: I respect Guy Benson’s advice to be cautious about widespread blame, but I also don’t think we should ignore that the shooting happened amid calls by activists for action to stop “genocide” against trans people, including the recently enacted Tennessee law banning puberty blockers and transition surgery for minors.
More: Twitter is now blocking tweets showing trans activists’ calls for violence, including gun violence. While understandable, this move obscures how extreme some of these activists are.
We watched trans activists promise a “Day of Vengeance” to stop “violence” and “genocide” against the trans community.
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) March 28, 2023
This shooter targeted a church and Christian school on Trans Awareness Week, immediately after legislation passed that activists call ‘genocidal.’
This kind of rhetoric is so common it’s not longer shocking (but should be):
If they would have succeeded in pulling @ThePosieParker to the ground do you really think they would have stopped? #LetWomenSpeakAuckland pic.twitter.com/c5YRuo6X0l
— Ani O’Brien (@aniobrien) March 26, 2023
I don’t like having to share posts like these but we can’t pretend that these messages aren’t being spread by extremists.
Added: Shaking my head over this captured tweet from Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ press secretary, posted just hours after the shooting (original removed by Twitter, understandably). Added: Press Secretary Josselyn Berry resigned on Wednesday, two days after the shooting. Why wasn’t she fired, or at least suspended, immediately after her vile post went up?
And via Log Cabin Republicans:
Still more.
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Challenging Sex and Gender Obfuscation
Newspeak watch: "gender expansive youth". It means gay boys and girls being prepped for trans identity. https://t.co/4fycQOQNoq
— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) March 27, 2023
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Thoughts on ‘Woke’
Added: After sharing the linked stories below, I’ve come across discussions arguing there’s no such thing as “woke” and it’s all right-wing fear-mongering. That’s disingenuous in the extreme, so here’s my off-the-cuff definition:
“Woke” is a constellation of academic social justice theories put into practice, including the equity agenda of assigning outcomes based on identity group membership (DEI, or diversity, equity, inclusion); prioritizing climate change strategies in the management of business and retirement investments (ESG, or environment, social and governance issues); critical race theory (CRT) that characterizes U.S. and Western history as primarily driven by white racism; critical gender theory (CGT) that includes advocating medical transitioning for gender-nonconforming minors; and similar progressive nostrums embraced and promulgated by elite professionals and media.
Please don’t do this. Critical Social Justice (wokeness) must be able to be critiqued as an approach to addressing injustices/prejudices/imbalances in society in the same way that socialism and liberalism can. This is essential for several reasons. (cont) https://t.co/68f31OoxKD
— Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) March 17, 2023
1) No political worldview or ethical framework for improving social equality is ever going to get everything right and most of them are going to get very many things wrong. Self-correction is impossible if all dissent is read as hatred of minorities.
— Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) March 17, 2023
The evidence is now overwhelming that recent panics around climate, race, and sex — the mass desire to conform to a strict moral (Woke) code — stem from a) the acute need of liberal secular people for purpose, b) rising loneliness, and c) mass anxiety created by social media. pic.twitter.com/RnPEkVYHhH
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) March 27, 2023