Apparently the wingnut attention span is so short they've had to forget all about Critical Race Theory, and now they're resurrecting the most twisted forms of anti-gay bigotry. I thought this was relegated to an ignorant fringe but now it's become the jihad of the Republican party. Of course it's the main premise of Q-Anon but now Ron DeSantis thinks it's going to win him the presidency.
"Grooming" is of course a real concept, meaning pedophiles working to entice children into sexual relationships, but it is unrelated to sexual orientation. As a matter of fact, 82% of children under 18 who are sexually abused or assaulted by an adult are female. In other words, it's the heterosexual men who we need to be worried about. But the new right wing jihad asserts that all LGBT adults are "groomers," as is anyone who wants to talk with children honestly about human sexuality. This, folks, is really sick shit.
You should read the Media Matters piece but I'll give you an excerpt.
Prior to the [don't say gay] bill’s passage in the state legislature, DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw wrote a tweet characterizing the legislation as “the Anti-Grooming Bill,” and said opponents of it “are probably a groomer or at least you don’t denounce the grooming of 4-8 year old children.”
Right-wing media were quick to adopt Pushaw’s sick messaging. Right-wing websites and Fox News falsely labeled opponents as sexual predators who are “grooming” students. But the hateful comments really picked up after The Walt Disney Company announced on March 28 that “our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.” And it’s not just Fox News that has adopted this messaging; conservative radio hosts and podcasters began blasting opponents of the bill as “groomers” the day after Disney’s announcement, with the attacks picking up steam on April 6:
And you can read the many examples that they give. This libel was used to smear newly confirmed Justice Jackson, as well as Florida's biggest tourist attraction and the country's biggest producer of family entertainment. It libels every person who has a nonconforming gender or sexuality, and everyone who thinks they should live with dignity, respect and equality. It's primitive, ignorant bigotry that should not be tolerated in the modern world.
If these malignant clowns think it will win them elections, I think they're in for a surprise.
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Is it truly possible that modern conservatives actually believe any of the shit that comes out of their mouths? As hard as it is to believe, isn’t this all just a cynical, evil attempt to gain political power?
Or perhaps these disgusting people simply don't own their own shit -- ever -- and are merely projecting the twisted perversions of their own minds onto their perceived enemies?
If so ... when, oh when, will people learn to scrutinize the motherfuckers shouting crap from the tops of their shit hills, instead of the people they smear?
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