As Twitchy reported earlier, the harpies of “The View” couldn’t even bring themselves to condemn the now-pulled ad campaign by Balenciaga that brought together young children and bondage gear.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, the “conservative” one, said:
I found this ad campaign particularly distasteful, um, in this moment. So there’s this, there’s growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment right now, and how it’s being framed is as portraying, you know, trans people as groomers. This is a term you’ll hear on the far Right. They’re groomers. This is where you get the anti-drag-queen stuff that we’re seeing. So Balenciaga played right into their hands by having kids in a sexualized manner, carrying something that represents, you know, sex acts.
So the ad campaign was distasteful “in this moment” because it played into the hands of conservatives. Maybe if they’d run the ads another time it would have been OK, but not now, when Drag Queen Story Hour is under attack.
The New York Times has also weighed in, lumping in the ad campaign with Fox News and QAnon.
How the Balenciaga controversy has become one of the most explicit collisions of internet culture, politics, fashion and conspiracy theories to date. With @VVFriedman and @jtes https://t.co/WoczAWlzLj
— Elizabeth Paton (@LizziePaton) November 29, 2022
Right on schedule pic.twitter.com/A0a9w3xmNI
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 29, 2022
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It’s funny but also not at all funny
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) November 29, 2022
“Fueled by allegations.” They can’t even say it.
Took three of them to carry this bucket.
— Russell H. Withers (@RussellHWithers) November 29, 2022
It takes a village (of women) to write one article.
— roctakon (@roctakon) November 29, 2022
That crew of writers isn’t very diverse….
— Simplex Patriae Advocatus. (@LawyerSimple) November 29, 2022
Three more names for the list of groomers
— Comrade watchdog_za (@watchdog_za) November 29, 2022
Three shrikes, I’m out
— Billy Chav (@billy_chav) November 29, 2022
Those 3 faces says it ALL. Miserable women.
— DannyBoy (@Gambling_Dan_21) November 29, 2022
“Condoned child exploitation” is not correct. “Advertised child exploitation” is more accurate.
— Subtext Provider (@HeartlessBojac) November 29, 2022
When and how did the propaganda become so blatant and brazen? Desperation?
— GeorgeStanleyRobinson (@MARS_IS_FREE) November 29, 2022
Yes nothing like making someone who sees that a company is exploiting children the bad guy. Fox and every other adult out should be screaming.
— Lisa Moad (@GrammieMoad) November 29, 2022
Absolutely insane that @nytimes would run interference for clear pedophilia. 😳
Oh wait… 🤔 https://t.co/yFx58FtB2z
— BeryllaBoffin (@BeryliaBoffin) November 29, 2022
They can’t fathom the idea that people outside their pseudo-prog tribe may be right on some things, so they double down on monstrosities.
— Rhixard Draxihr (@richardfran6) November 29, 2022
Now if you show any concern about child-exploitation, you are instantly affiliated with QAnon and Fox News!! No bias there! 🙄
— Daisy Deadhead (@DaisyDeadhead) November 29, 2022
Remarkable. The liberal establishment is captured by deranged leftists who are essentially willing to embrace pedophilia-excuse-making in order to signal ideological purity.
— Abolish Whiteness (@AbolishWhitenes) November 29, 2022
@nytimes seems to condone pedophiles.
Not really surprised.
— Rudy Harris 🇺🇸 (@pucaswerner) November 29, 2022
So it’s discredited because Fox News reported on it?
Bonus from The Babylon Bee:
Celebrities Cut Ties With Balenciaga After MyPillow Spotted In Photo Shoot https://t.co/nVwJ0pkuck
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 29, 2022
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Update:
Why is the New York Times writing about these things in a "conservatives pounce" sort of way. These would be weird and unusual to most Americans? pic.twitter.com/Xlhs2Oal6C
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) November 29, 2022
I have an idea, appoint some of the kabob stand guys as ghost editors at some of these newspapers, ask them if what you're writing is normal. It will do wonders.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) November 29, 2022
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Related:
The View’s beef with Balenciaga sexualizing kids is that it plays into ‘far Right’s’ groomer narrative https://t.co/Ypn9NmC0Ac
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 29, 2022
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