Left-wing media outlets appear to be in a rush to “debunk” the evidence-backed narrative from conservatives that teachers who are hellbent on speaking with little children about sexuality are, in effect, groomers.
On Wednesday alone, two outlets — NPR and PolitiFact — both published opinionated “fact-checks” claiming that the groomer label is a false and homophobic “attack” rooted in politics, not the truth.
“Actual grooming occurs when adults take advantage of a child’s vulnerability to manipulate and coerce the child into sexual abuse. Now that meaning has been warped and corrupted to broadly smear the motives of LGBTQ people and those who oppose anti-LGBTQ legislation,” NPR’s “fact-check” reads.
PolitiFact’s “fact-check” reads similarly.
“‘Grooming’ is a term strongly associated with child sexual abuse; it refers to a process or set of behaviors adults use to make it easier to introduce and complete sexual interactions with a child. Talking about gender identity and sexual orientation in the classroom would not be grooming, because it is done without intent to sexually abuse a child,” it states.
As sources, NPR cites left-wing LGBT activists, and PolitiFact cites unnamed “experts.”
So. Much. Fact-Checkinging™!https://t.co/YQYxopjL0V
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 12, 2022
Politifact is a Left-wing propaganda outlet. This article is just absurd at every level.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 12, 2022
Yet according to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), grooming refers to “when someone builds a relationship, trust and emotional connection with a child or young person so they can manipulate, exploit and abuse them.”
Conservative critics, and even quite a few liberal critics, argue that teachers sexualizing children and recruiting them into sexual identity clubs without their parents’ permission fits this definition to a T.
And indeed, in response to NPR and PolitiFact’s ostensible “fact-checks,” critics on social media have flooded them with example after example after example debunking their opinionated narrative — many of the examples from LibsOfTikTok.
This is not merely discussing LGBT topics. https://t.co/j6juI76oN6
— Satori ⚡️ ∞/21 million (@Satori_Infinite) May 12, 2022
This is awkward: https://t.co/O5ieqClqZH
— capitalismandfriedman (@capitalismandf1) May 12, 2022
Groomer https://t.co/K1FwqjUa6S
— Fitz (@fitza66) May 12, 2022
Here ya go… https://t.co/utIcTU3SmE
— POCPatriots (@PocPatriots) May 12, 2022
Yeah I got dozens of tiktoks from teachers that proves otherwise.
— Yarlfrostfist (@Yarlfrostfist) May 12, 2022
the receipts are readily available; in document and video form
— Hirohito 🎯 (@CallMeMrA) May 11, 2022
But no matter how much evidence critics present, the establishment press remains committed — as does the Democrat Party, coincidentally — to downplaying the easily observable phenomenon of teachers having inappropriate discussions with children about sexuality.
Similarly, the establishment press continues to smear Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law — which bars teachers from having such discussions with children in third grade or lower — as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Even PolitiFact’s own ostensible “fact-check” contains this smear, which, critics say, begs the question of why their alleged expertise should even be trusted:
In the wake of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, the term “grooming” has been used to imply people who discuss LGBTQ topics are deliberately preying on children. That’s not what grooming is. https://t.co/HDo5oECRjq pic.twitter.com/UhRWc3Y71O
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) May 11, 2022
You have fact in your name and you still call it “don’t say gay” law
— Alex (@DonPabloEsc) May 11, 2022
How can a company called ‘PolitiFact’ not even use factual information in an article title?
— Jeff C (@Jeff_Corvinus) May 12, 2022
Instant loss of credibility and show of bias by not adding that “Don’t say gay” is only what opponents call it. 🙄
They had enough characters too; I checked.
The bill says not to teach on the subject at ALL, LGBT or straight, with K-3 who are too young to grasp the concepts
— Katsuko (@Katsuko_Maru) May 12, 2022
Nowhere in the bill does it mention don’t say gay. Tell the truth, or be quiet. Your lying helps absolutely nothing. There is no reason to teach young children about LGBTQ, or any type of sex for that matter. Teach them to read, write, do math, science, etc.
— Pamela Bond (@Pam_Bond_) May 12, 2022
Critics also argue that sexual matters shouldn’t be part of classroom discussions for young children, period, and have slammed NPR and PolitiFact for trying to make them believe otherwise under the guise of alleged expertise.
As one critic wrote to NPR, “Thank you, state -funded media outlet, for telling me decisively what to think.”
Look:
Thank you, state -funded media outlet, for telling me decisively what to think.
— Greg (@GTL_310) May 11, 2022
Kids (prepubescent) don’t have sex. There is no need to introduce them to any sexual concepts. The only reason to do so is to peak their curiosity.
— Juan Ramos (@feezee125) May 11, 2022
Children should be learning reading and math. They should be playing kickball and 4 square. They should not be thinking about their “sexual identity” or yours. Adolescence is hard no reason to start it in K-3. When it’s time, teach A&P and leave “sexual identity” out of school
— Can’t delete this (@DeleteCant) May 12, 2022
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