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"The language of contempt has become deeply ingrained among anti-trans bigots
on both sides of the Atlantic, their vitriolic rhetoric amplified by Elon
Musk’s social media platform X and given legitimacy by big news outlets such as
The New York Times.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s years-long stream of hate-inspired, personal invective
was capped off by her last act in Congress, a bill criminalizing gender
affirming care. Yet after making the decision to leave the House of
Representatives and abandoning her support for Donald Trump, Greene has been
portrayed, at least in part, as a redemptive figure in a number of credulous
stories in the journalistic mainstream.
A woman who called gender affirming care “mutilation,” who viciously targeted a
fellow congresswoman’s daughter on X, and who labeled her colleague Sarah
McBride a “predator” among many dozens of incendiary comments was suddenly
acceptable the moment her critiques of Trump began.
Perhaps the most egregious example of Greene’s normalization was a profile in
The Times. In more than 8,000 words, reporter Robert Draper found virtually
nothing to say about her contempt for trans people, other than noting Greene
considered Donald Trump insufficiently supportive of her bill.
That’s an oddly revealing claim. The American president has been the leader in
normalizing the language of contempt. In a purported “Christmas message” on his
social media platform, Trump invoked the “Radical Left Scum” who support “Men
in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone.”
His unhinged vitrol has veered wildly across the US map, aimed at immigrants, a
large cast of Democrats including former presidents Biden and Obama, racial
minorities, women, people with disabilities and pro-democracy advocates, among
others. When his gestapo force, ICE, gunned down a queer American in
Minneapolis last night, ghoulish adherents like Laura Loomer mocked the
victim’s use of pronouns on her social media profile. It’s far easier now to
compile a list of Americans who escape his contempt than are his targets.
Trans people are Trump’shis enduring prey. His Day 1 executive order introduced
“mutilation” into the official lexicon as it sought to impose far-reaching
discrimination on trans Americans, including members of the military who served
their country honorably. Trump’s contempt has been highly personal as well. In
a meeting last year with the Canadian leader Mark Carney, who has a nonbinary
child, he made a point of gratuitously saying, “We’re not going to take your
child away and change the sex of your child.”
Truth is irrelevant in the mocking rhetoric of the right and its enablers in
mainstream and social media."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
