Crash Course: Republicans deny they want to erase trans people — Montana silencing Zooey Zephyr proves otherwise

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Republicans deny they want to erase trans people — Montana silencing Zooey Zephyr proves otherwise The most recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was an anti-trans hatefest, but even by their low standards, the [effort by D-list speaker Michael Knowles to get](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM2w0OXoxMGhubC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) attention was revolting. "There can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism," he declared, successfully beating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the headline-attracting contest. "For the good of society, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely." It was a well-crafted troll, garnering not just outrage, but creating an opportunity for right wingers to pretend Knowles wasn't saying what he was obviously saying. Sure enough, when [progressives pointed out that Knowles's rhetoric](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYjNzODQ0dzJyZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is genocidal — that you can't eradicate "transgenderism" without eradicating trans people — there was a tedious and predictable explosion of disingenuous umbrage-taking on the right. They are just taking about the "ideology," they insisted, eliding the fact that the "ideological" belief in question is that trans people have a right to exist. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmpnMWY4czlxNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Fox News poison continues On Monday, Tucker Carlson was suddenly and quite unceremoniously fired by Fox "News". To say that Carlson was not "fired well" is an understatement: he was dumped without having the customary opportunity to even say a proper goodbye to his many millions of loyal fans and devotees. There continue to be rumors and much speculation about why Fox "News" removed Tucker Carlson. These include that the Dominion lawsuit and settlement for defamation in connection to the Big Lie about the 2020 Election and the Jan. 6 coup attempt (including [a pending lawsuit from the voting technology company Smartmatic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbDZzYWZvMzFnYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)) made Tucker Carlson an expensive liability. 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You can be queer but you can't be happy on "Ted Lasso" In earlier seasons, "Ted Lasso" was rightfully criticized for its [lack of queer characters](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbGJuOGlzNHhudS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGJXA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). This season it seems to be throwing multiple examples at us. See? They're gay or [bi](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZDNjdWp3ejV2OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)! But none of its queer characters appear well-rounded. They won't get lasting love or happiness or escape trauma. The show is tolerating them, but their storylines are miserable. 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They could walk around the train, perhaps a mile out of the way; she could keep her 8-year-old son home, as she sometimes does; or they could try to climb over the train, risking severe injury or death, to reach Hess Elementary School four blocks away. [Read the rest from Topher Sanders, Dan Schwartz and Joce Sterman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbndrMnB1cWVwbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV2aHQzZW5jcGImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD5Ep0tk66oLWlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/Thomas Winz) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmLixEP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmQ-RKdLZOuqC1pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. 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