Media Matters shames Allie Beth Stuckey for suggesting alternatives to the anti-LGBTQ slur 'groomers'

Here’s how it went down: Parents in Florida didn’t want teachers leading lessons about sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten. Someone threw the term “groomer” out there and it stuck. It really bothered people. In an attempt to counter it, leftists claimed that “groomer” was a slur against LGBTQ people, while in fact, parents just didn’t want teachers getting into sexuality in grades kindergarten through three. To be honest, we never considered “groomer” anti-LGBTQ; it was a term for any adult trying to wedge themselves between parents and their children.

Of course, Media Matters thinks “groomer” is an LGBTQ slur, and they’re calling out Allie Beth Stuckey for her podcast in which she comes up with alternatives to “groomer,” which is getting people suspended on social media.

Justin Horowitz writes:

On her Relatable podcast, TheBlaze’s Allie Beth Stuckey is advising her viewers to use alternative terms on social media to label LGBTQ people as “groomers.”

The term “groomer” is used to attack LGBTQ people and is part of the right-wing playbook meant to label LGBTQ people as pedophiles. Twitter recently confirmed that the term violates its rules against hateful conduct.

During her August 1 episode, Stuckey suggested that users “get around the ban” by using alternative terms and acronyms so it’s “harder for it to be censored.” Much like the term that they’re meant to duplicate, Stuckey’s workaround labels are hateful and bigoted.

That’s it. That’s the whole story, aside from the embedded video.

Lol Media Matters & ⁦@justinhorowitz_⁩ at it again. We came up with some alternative names for adults who talk to children about sex & gender switching (rainbow recruiter etc). Justin, for some reason, thinks this includes all LGBTQ people. Interesting! pic.twitter.com/RsyCi7WLsv

— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) August 3, 2022

What SHOULD we call teachers that talk to 5 year olds about sexuality & sex switching, since the proper term is being censored? Some audience suggestions:
– Pronoun Predators
– Rainbow Recruiters
-People Eager to Remove Virtue (PERV)
-Adults After Adolescent Affirmation (A4)

— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) August 3, 2022