@heidilifeldman

I'm so old I can remember when #Republicans biggest #MoralPanic was #UnelectedActivistJudges

Fun times...

I'm probably preaching to the choir by posting this on the fediverse, but given the now abundantly clear primacy of transphobia as a permission gate and recruiting tool for the larger fascist project, and the fact that much of the liberal establishment is no longer pushing back on anti-trans propaganda (indeed, some highly influential folks are actually pushing the narrative that even tepid pushback against anti-trans propaganda is why Trump won the election), assuming everyone who isn't a fascist *already*knows this is a moral panic designed to push a trans-eliminationist agenda, seems like the least good option going forward. If the video I'm sharing with you here seems like old news to you, maybe consider sharing it with people in your life who aren't as politically engaged as you are because believe me, all the evidence is saying they do *not* already know this shit.

In this lengthy episode of Some More News, Cody and the crew talk about why trans people are real human beings just like everyone else, debunk the garbage "science" transphobes are using to push an anti-trans pogrom, point out that the social contagion theory of why trans people exist is obviously a moral panic, discuss how rare voluntary detransitioning really is, and how anti-trans activists are being given a massively outsized voice in this discussion given that it's literally the same handful of people, talk about how fascists are actively engendering anti-trans hate as a skeleton key for pushing a wider fascist political agenda, and even tackle why the anti-trans pogrom appears to be working as a strategy for the fascists to accomplish that goal.

It's a lot of information to take in, but Cody keeps the discussion fast-paced and entertaining; and obviously a mainstream media complex that has decided to abandon trans people to their fate at the hands of fascists who mean to erase us (both figuratively and literally, by murdering trans people) isn't going to tell you this stuff anymore.

Some More News: Trans People Are Real and Detransitioning Isn't That Common

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkBa7ooUN4

@shoq
#MoralPanic, and including many otherwise liberal, historic, feminists (labeled terfs) who were peeled off by lack of intersectionality or understanding the difference of experiences and hard line stances all around.
Instead of labels and derision of each side, dialog should have happened, acknowledgement, understanding.... The Right was more than happy to divide their enemies.
It's not too late. It's never too late, and never soon enough.

Morning Joe's #MoralPanic du jour is based on New York fucking Post screeching headlines about a "study" that does not come from a university but instead from a private "lab" of moral entrepreneurs. Not linking.

@kevinrothrock

Believe it's really necessary to remember that the entire #TikTok / #China thing started out as Just Another #Republican #MoralPanic because, ya know, China

Of course, like the dutiful lapdogs they are, once the Republicans went all ape-shit about TikTok the Democrats just *had* to Do Something

And here we are...