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
You SPECIFICALLY said that you were NOT referring to all LGBTQ people! Sheesh! Pay better attention, Justin 🤨
— Mostly Calm Margo (@MargoCatholic) August 3, 2022
Of course 😂 But Justin isn’t at all concerned with what’s actually being said. He’s a third rate propagandist https://t.co/FzzIepg79t
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) August 3, 2022
They’re so obsessed with you – I think they want to date you.
— Jen (@Jen_Vaughan) August 3, 2022
They always tell on themselves, every single time 😬
— Not Messy Jess (@electedbread) August 3, 2022
Bet he doesn't think that, he just wants folks not paying to close attention to think that.
— Goldens Rule (@jamesbranch3) August 3, 2022
They protest too much!
— Azforever (@aznatv2) August 3, 2022
They really do. Libs of TikTok daily features videos of teachers explaining how they discuss their sexuality with their students — no wonder the “groomer” label stung so much.
Them: we don’t like the G word so we’ll say it’s an LGBT slur and ban you if you use it
Us: Ok so we’ll use a different word
Them: how dare you use alternative words for the one we banned 😭
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 3, 2022
Exploiters
— S Bartemy (@BartemyS) August 3, 2022
I like either “conditioners” or “You know…”
— Chris Norman (@ChrisNo13366939) August 3, 2022
Twiddlers, Since they're kiddie diddlers and are always on twitter
— Myles Boch (@MylesBoch) August 3, 2022
Satan's missionaries
— Majikk X. (@016ca5f1) August 3, 2022
There is a majority of gay people who don’t want anything to do with sexualizing children.
— Lynn4liberty (@Lynn4liberty1) August 3, 2022
There’s even a “Gays Against Groomers” group online — not everyone in the LGBTQ community wants gender identity taught in kindergarten.
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Update:
Time to polish the Twitter bio:
💁🏼♀️ pic.twitter.com/0CK48Xx3Ml
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) August 3, 2022
Related:
Thread explains how the ‘groomer’ panic is intimately tied to explicitly neo-Nazi ideology https://t.co/YrlAAFl9Qb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 30, 2022
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