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Celebs launch First Amendment-squashing campaign to get critics of LGBTQ movement banished from social media

June 29, 2023 | | Print Article

Over 250+ celebrities and “allies” have signed a “fascist” letter calling for critics of the LGBT movement to be banned from social media.

Written by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Human Rights Campaign, the letter pleads with Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter to “take actions against the rise of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ hate and discrimination.”

But what constitutes so-called “anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ hate and discrimination?” That’s where things get very tricky.

For example, the letter lists “content that spreads malicious lies and disinformation about medically necessary healthcare for transgender youth.”

The problem is that many Americans believe puberty blockers and transgender surgery don’t constitute “medically necessary healthcare.” So should their voices just be arbitrarily silenced? The “allies” who signed the letter appear to believe so.

The letter also complains about “accounts and postings that perpetuate anti-LGBTQ extremist hate and disinformation, in violation of platform policies, and which target trans and LGBTQ people, including baseless and malicious disinformation of LGBTQ people being threats to children (e.g. the anti-LGBTQ ‘groomer’ conspiracy theory).”

Yet again, many Americans believe that attempts by members of the LGBT community to indoctrinate children into the LGBT lifestyle constitute a form of grooming.

And indeed, the publication of GLAAD’s letter this week comes only days after LGBT activists at a New York City “Pride” event chanted “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming from your children.” If that’s not grooming, what is?

Below is a list of some of the celebrities who signed the letter:

Moving along, the GLAAD letter also calls for the removal of so-called “anti-transgender hate speech, including targeted misgendering, deadnaming, and hate-driven tropes.”

Misgendering means to refer to someone by their biological sex versus whatever sex they are claiming to be. Deadnaming, meanwhile, means to refer to someone by their original birth name instead of the fictitious one they created as adults.

The problem here is that the vast majority of American people believe in biological sex, and so to ban misgendering/deadnaming would essentially mean banning science. But the folks at GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign don’t appear to care.

“We’re living in a state of emergency, and it’s time that these social media platforms and tech giants take long-overdue action and actually enforce policies that ensure LGBTQ+ people do not face disproportionate harassment and hate simply for being who we are or loving who we love,” Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said in a statement.

“Time and time again, we have seen that hate allowed to fester online can and will result in real-world consequences. It’s about time for social media platforms to take that seriously,” she added.

To them, it’s all about silencing so-called “hate,” even when the so-called “hate” is nothing more than an opinion — or even a fact — that the LGBT community dislikes.

And so given this, it’s not surprising that the reaction to the letter has been feverishly negative.

Case in point:

Critics were also quick to note that oftentimes, actual hate is perpetuated by members of the LGBT community against anyone who dares dissent from their views.

“[Y]ou’ll ignore when lesbians like me are hounded out of our jobs, homes & away from the people we love due to trans activist death/rape threats? Those are all gravy, huh? Hypocrites. Sad to watch your downfall,” one critic succinctly wrote.

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