On this episode: Rachel Maddow mocks the "Rage Against the War Machine" rally in Fox News circa 2003 fashion - East Palestine Mayor trashes Biden's trip to Ukraine as Trump visits the town - JK Rowling becomes the focal point of a NYT dustup as the "Witch Trials" podcast debuts on The Free Press.
Russel's takes are basically (whether he realizes or not) a laundry list of trans-phobic talking points. Unfortunately he is also the loudest voice, and it's interesting to hear the other two at least try and push back with somewhat better angles, but ultimately they fail and the character of the podcast segment is pretty dismal, and enabling for the very real theocratic fascists who are very active today, with real life legislation targeting not just youth but all transgender people, who are absolutely out to control and suppress transgender people, and who are also using 'eradication' language at CPAC. The segment fails to consider any of this.
Thank you for the conversation about JK Rowling, the GLAAD letter and the harms that are being done to children's bodies in the name of "inclusivity". We cannot heal our minds by harming our bodies. Self-acceptance is not conversation therapy. Men are not women.
Russel's takes are basically (whether he realizes or not) a laundry list of trans-phobic talking points. Unfortunately he is also the loudest voice, and it's interesting to hear the other two at least try and push back with somewhat better angles, but ultimately they fail and the character of the podcast segment is pretty dismal, and enabling for the very real theocratic fascists who are very active today, with real life legislation targeting not just youth but all transgender people, who are absolutely out to control and suppress transgender people, and who are also using 'eradication' language at CPAC. The segment fails to consider any of this.
Thank you for the conversation about JK Rowling, the GLAAD letter and the harms that are being done to children's bodies in the name of "inclusivity". We cannot heal our minds by harming our bodies. Self-acceptance is not conversation therapy. Men are not women.