This entire editorial is premised on the idea that facing professional consequences for being transphobic is a tyrannical violation of free expression. This is a Tucker Carlson segment with a posh British accent.
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1409036457650569221
The mental gymnastics in this piece are just incredible. While defending free expression the Observer essentially says it’s wrong when trans people and our allies express our ourselves by speaking out against people who are spouting an ideology that’s getting trans kids killed
This piece is extra egregious because there are SO MANY actual threats to free expression rights, including speech rights of transphobes the Observer is defending, happening all over the world right now. Attacks on Sec 230 in the US censorship & social media shutdowns globally
And just like the Tucker Carlsons of the world who have attempted to co-opt the frame of free speech in order to advance an agenda of bigotry, the Observer has been cheering on many of these actual attacks on free expression, calling for censorship to address “disinformation” etc
Show me an instance where the government has punished an individual for expressing “gender critical” (transphobic) views, please @observer. Or data showing systemic social media censorship or job discrimination or … anything? Cuz all of that exists for trans folks just being
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