Hypocritical Right-Wingers Might Want to Stop Calling LGBTQ People “Groomers”
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-06-21

Right-wing propagandists have worked overtime convincing Americans that even the most innocuous LGBTQ-related things are tantamount to "grooming" or "indoctrination" of kids. The problem, however, is some of the loudest conservatives pushing this bigoted smear have made concerning and creepy comments themselves.

Read Justin Horowitz's Media Matters Piece Here:
https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/right-wing-medias-shameful-history-defending-pedophilia-and-sexualizing

Additional Sources Cited:
The NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/illinois-catholic-church-sex-abuse.html
Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-texas-pastors-charged-abusing-children-1765910
ABC News - https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/baptist-missionary-sentenced-to-25-years-for-sex-abuse-after-young-child-contracted-gonorrhea-fort-dodge-iowa-webster-county-harvest-baptist-church-sex-offender-abuse-incest-endangerment-flight-risk#lgbtq 
Salt Lake Tribune - https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/04/11/arizona-supreme-court-upholds/
WTRF - https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia-state-police-investigation/west-virginia-state-police-investigation-10-more-minors-42-more-women-in-total-to-sue-west-virginia-state-police-over-hidden-cameras/

Chapters:
0:00 Groomer Narrative
4:34 Religious Abusers
7:00 West Virginia State Police Department Investigation
8:14 Right-Winger's Creepy Comments
16:19 Closing Thoughts
17:48 Outro

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