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It's the right wing writers, or more specifically, the medically controversial writers that got me onto the site in the first place, mostly because certain auth

It's the right wing writers, or more specifically, the medically controversial writers that got me onto the site in the first place, mostly because certain authors are deplatformed everywhere else, or they can't write about certain topics. I'm glad that they're leveraging this- but I also hope that this doesn't become the entire site. Seems like it's a very diverse range of writers so far, and I hope it stays that way.

Kye 4y ago
>> "medically controversial writers" If you mean the people who think they know more about trans people than actual trans people and the entire credible medical establishment, here you go: (this first episode of the new season is free) https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.1jj39s607lehulo4k0iscsarp?showId=umc.cmc.4fcexvzqezr25p9weks6sxpob https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.... Of course, there's plenty of existing media and documentation, but he covers a lot of recent developments in anti-trans misinformation and even had on religious, conservative parents who were initially skeptical of their kids' trans identities in the panel portion. Jon Stewart is also way more liberal than the usual person who covers this, so he carries weight with the sort of people who fall prey to this sort of propaganda. The interview portion reminds me of his bits on Crossfire and Mad Money. He doesn't get mad, he gets aggressively disappointed. He likes to like people regardless of politics, and doesn't like when someone makes that hard, and it shows here.
- yonaguska 4y ago
  I was actually commenting on the vaccine stuff, which I believe is right now much more heavily censored than the trans stuff. Either way, I'm not a fan of censoring "misinformation" in general, bad ideas should be countered with good ideas. I'll check out that episode, thanks for sharing.

Kye 4y ago

>> "medically controversial writers" If you mean the people who think they know more about trans people than actual trans people and the entire credible medical establishment, here you go: (this first episode of the new season is free) https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.1jj39s607lehulo4k0iscsarp?showId=umc.cmc.4fcexvzqezr25p9weks6sxpob https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.... Of course, there's plenty of existing media and documentation, but he covers a lot of recent developments in anti-trans misinformation and even had on religious, conservative parents who were initially skeptical of their kids' trans identities in the panel portion. Jon Stewart is also way more liberal than the usual person who covers this, so he carries weight with the sort of people who fall prey to this sort of propaganda. The interview portion reminds me of his bits on Crossfire and Mad Money. He doesn't get mad, he gets aggressively disappointed. He likes to like people regardless of politics, and doesn't like when someone makes that hard, and it shows here.

yonaguska 4y ago
I was actually commenting on the vaccine stuff, which I believe is right now much more heavily censored than the trans stuff. Either way, I'm not a fan of censoring "misinformation" in general, bad ideas should be countered with good ideas. I'll check out that episode, thanks for sharing.