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My first question about these types of articles is, "Who is the intended audience?" The transgender community is a very small portion of the populace. Vice seem
by anongraddebt 8y ago
My first question about these types of articles is, "Who is the intended audience?" The transgender community is a very small portion of the populace. Vice seems to be a center-left organization (if not, then even more to the left). Presumably, they aren't writing for the transgender community because:
(1) The community is very small.
and
(2) That community would likely not want to read this.
Is the intended audience center-left folks? I don't really see why that audience would want to read this. Is the audience center-right? Full-throated right-wing? I don't see why any substantial number of conservatives would care to read this?
I have a pet theory about the rate of absurdity in a world being dependent on the rate of both population growth and communications connectivity, but I won't bore anyone here with it.
- ucaetano 8y agoA little more context: the article is from 2005, when Vice was still a hipster/edgy/provocative publication focused on shocking and with no political leaning, largely led by Gavin McInnes (of later alt-right Proud Boys fame). While Vice largely change its approach after McInnes left, it hasn't removed or addressed the articles from those darker times.