This is a story about a parent relentlessly and rightfully supporting their trans kid against right wing government harassment. When editors give space to Pamela Paul, Jesse Singal and other TERF-amplifiers, they are demonstrating deeply harmful anti-trans bias.
Over the last few years, half the country, including Florida, had banned trans girls from playing on girls teams. For all that fury, though, no one had been punished yet under one of the bans. Jessica Norton feared she might become the first.
Half the country has banned trans girls from competing in girls sports. Jessica Norton didnāt suspect sheād be punished under one of the bans.
Ah, the old strain of anti-intellectualism in American politics, here brought forth by a liberalā seemingly to justify his past. A bad piece for many reasons but the worst is conflating bigotry against immutable personal characteristics w/ tolerance. 1/4 www.nytimes.com/2024...
She has been doing an effective job of vice signaling from the left.
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Being anti-Trump doesnāt keep someone who is pro-Project 2025 fm being a hack and an extremist. Project 2025 is a fascist plan to sink America. Russell likes it. Sheās a hack. God, āserious conservativesā are so lost today. They and their movement are totally broken.
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And finally, itās striking that someone who was a staffer for a politician who harmed Democrats and liberals with a very pro-Netanyahu stance now wants to excuse āheterodoxā thinking. Funny, that. /end
So why was this published? Sulzberger knows it will get attention. Liberals have a soft spot for self-criticism. Letās resist that.