Sunday, March 19, 2023

Bethany Mandel - transphobia

In early March 2023, Bethany Mandel published an anti-transgender book called Stolen Youth. Let's also be aware:

cartoon of two sketch figures, one with question marks, the other with light bulbs

Neither can Moms for Liberty explain what they mean by 'ideology' or 'grooming'

(Moms for Liberty Had a Chance to Explain Themselves. It Didn’t Go Well. (Julianne McShane, Mother Jones, March 4, 2024)

Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes interviewed the groups two co-founders, Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich:

“Parents send their kids to school to be educated, not indoctrinated into ideology,” co-founder Tiffany Justice told Pelley at one point.

“What ideology are they being indoctrinated into?” Pelley asked.

“Let’s just say, children in America cannot read,” co-founder Tina Descovich responded, referencing the group’s effort to sharpen its focus on literacy issues...

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During their interview with 60 Minutes, the co-founders also dodged Pelley’s questions about what, exactly, they mean when they allege teachers are librarians are “grooming” kids.

“Parents want to partner with their children’s schools, but we do not co-parent with the government,” Justice said.

“Grooming does not seem like a word that you want to take on,” Pelley said, once again pushing back on the non-answer.

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