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Sapphic LawyerFuck off with calling all these anti trans and anti gay laws "controversial." They're hate laws. They're fascism. They're evil.
Journalists are going to "both sides" fascism until they are literally executed by the fascists.
This post has gone viral and I'm muting it for my mental health before I get chuds in my mentions
Andrew Leahey@SapphicLawyer Well jeez, welcome to the instance! 😂
Taqwa System 
@SapphicLawyer They would call Nazi anti-jewish laws controversial I think
☕💻🌨️@trans_caracal @SapphicLawyer those controversial camps
Digichelle@SapphicLawyer I’m really tired of how many publications have taken a stance that’s more or less, “America can have a little genocide, as a treat.” And then they have the gall to claim that it’s “neutral”, and therefore ethical.
Seriously, fuck all these people, and put them on an express bus to the ninth circle of hell.
They're manufacturing consent for our genocide and clutching their pearls when we complain about it
Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥@SapphicLawyer not only journalists but cis people who want to be allies to trans people are falling for the same nonsense about "protecting the children"
ᾍṅɖŷͲıėɗʏἕ@saraislet @SapphicLawyer They're doing it wrong. You protect the children by making sure they get the care they need. You consult doctors to determine what that is, not politicians or preachers.
@andytiedye @SapphicLawyer you should probably tell them that, because they don't seem to know
Nicole ParsonsThe euphemism "controversial" is to evade lawsuits by the moneyed.
Thiel shut down Gawker using that tactic.
Another phrase that journalists are avoiding is public corruption.
Anti-LGBTQ laws are public corruption.
Fascism is funded by GOP billionaire donors' attacks on trans rights to achieve their agenda.
Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Uihlein. Schwarzman. Ellison. Thiel. Yass. Mercer. Musk. Lauder. Kelcy Warren. Tim Dunn. Farris Wilks. Barre Seid. Marcus. Singer. Wynn. DeVos
I'd buy this more if they didn't then go on to quote bad faith defenses of these laws as though, again, there are two acceptable sides in a nice little debate
Stargeezer Smith@Npars01 @SapphicLawyer
I remember as a young engineer analyzing a system, I was told to replace the word anomaly with phenomenon. I felt it was a political and wrong thing to do, but those were my orders.
I recall feeling upset about that, and after stewing a few days I pulled my previous reports from my bookshelf and crossed my name out in them.
Of course that act affected nothing, but helped me refocus on finishing the current report.
🌲🧿 "Max"t💽d🏵️n 🔎🍄@SapphicLawyer "we're here interviewing the person literally pointing a gun at us as we do this...let's see their point of view for once" ~the media (they are the fucking worst).
Ozma In The Dark@SapphicLawyer yes, holy shit this drives me mad. When people are trying to legislate other people out of existence that's not the time to pretend we're all civilly disagreeing
Woozle Hypertwin@SapphicLawyer Every time a journalist refers to a fash move as "controversial", someone needs to reference "controversial discussions of killing journalists" (see: McCurtain County, Oklahoma).
MiMi Agnew@woozle @SapphicLawyer That Part! Those officials wanted to execute the 4th amendment… but keep the 2nd amendment. This is why I’ll pray for a journalists.They are killed through out the world.
KatLS
Pusher Of Pixels (old account)
Rupert Ramsgate@SapphicLawyer "but...we wrote nice things about you guys!"
<squad ties journalist to lamp post>
<squad ties journalist to lamp post>
Vanessa🏳️⚧️💜@SapphicLawyer And no I won't engage in civil debate on these laws. My rights are not up for debate, either I get them, or we will have another stonewall.
Cykonot@SapphicLawyer if they didn't they'd be fired
Independent corporate media is an oxymoron.
Vaguely here 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈@SapphicLawyer NYT 2025 article: Dear Leader De Santis continues to build his brand in announcing the immediate enactment of the death penalty for all journalists. By placing unambitious guidelines around acceptable discussion he is in fact bringing clarity to the contentious debate around free speech...
Accompaning lifestyle section article 'Really, how bad is it to die by firing squad?'
newsorpigalThe problem with hate laws is that someone has to decide what is hateful. At some point, that authority will be Trump or someone appointed by Trump. They will then decide that you're guilty.
Be careful with what kind of laws you ask for.
i_give_u_wormsFlorida is ignoring Nazis swatting real cops while DeSantis and Fine try to dream up a trans panic for Republicans to avoid their failures with:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/20/florida-sheriff-hate-crimes/
Lee 🌏
Ijio Nano@SapphicLawyer And then they'll clutch their pearls and go "my goodness, was there anything we could have done to stop them?!"
Ehproque has movedmx amber alex (@[email protected])
First they came for Black and native people, but I didn't care, because that's how it's always been and anyway we've come so far, haven't we. Then they came for the immigrants, but I didn't care, because those people cause a lot of problems and they're unclean and strange. Then they came for the sex workers, but I didn't care, because it's their own fault to work that job and I mustn't be associated with that kind of people. Then they came for the homeless, but I didn't care, because I like my cities clean and they could just get a job, really what's so hard about that. Then they came for the pregnant, but I didn't care, because men like me can always get their girlfriends an abortion if needed. Then they came for the trans people, but I didn't care, because frankly they're sort of weird and just a fad and we're just indulging them and their wacko doctors. Then they came for the permanently disabled, but I didn't care, because I was in good health and they should just stay at home or eat healthier. Then they came for the journalists, and I wrote an op-ed titled “first they came for the journalists”. — liberal journalists **Edit:** for the love of whatever, please stop sending follow requests. At this point I've got around 100 piled up and I will not get through them all, ever. **Edit (14/03/2023):** Did away with the all-lowercase and capitalised properly.
Essjay (she / her) 🏳️🌈
We're Your Firing Squad | Blackadder Goes Forth | BBC Comedy Greats
Lawrence Of Alaska@SapphicLawyer this is how they take us out without firing a shot, we’ll fight among ourselves
@SapphicLawyer they will be asked which side they want to be shot on.
@SapphicLawyer they are absolutely evil
hammancheez@SapphicLawyer Journalist, bag on head, in back of police van 'this is a most controversial arrest'
Sandstone@SapphicLawyer You are 100% correct but I wanted to say that I also appreciate your Seha Girls profile picture!
Elenna@SapphicLawyer b-but you have to be neutral as a journalist and that means treating fascism as a perfectly acceptable position! Look, Mr. Reasonable McCentrist here thinks the fascists make some very valid points and we should find a reasonable middle ground with them because as we know that is always the correct answer. /sarcasm
Unixorn - 90% Snark by weightBothsidesism has to stop. Most social debates do not have two equally ethically valid sides. There’s a right side, and a wrong side, and the job of journalists is to evaluate them and present them both AND SAY WHY ONE SIDE IS LESS ETHICALLY SOUND.
Not to pretend that both sides are equally valid.
One side wants to let children have medical care, the other wants to enforce their death cult's moral failings on LGBTQ+ people who want to live their lives in peace.
@SapphicLawyer
Well, genocide is only “controversial” if your being paid by those committing it.
Well, genocide is only “controversial” if your being paid by those committing it.
Andrew Jon Thomson@SapphicLawyer and as they stand in the gallows they will attempt to interview the hangman about the economic anxieties that led him down this path and whether he thinks there’s a chance for healing in America.
PatMen never do Evil so completely
as when they do it from
Religious Conviction
~ Blaise Pascal - 1699
Pure Evil
Paul 💙 28 💔 💚it really pisses me off... This Both sides of the Argument... On issues that matter
Nazis, Fascists, Racists, etc etc.... Don't have a fucking side...
And the shouldn't get a fucking say
SearingTruth"I envy any life of contentment, and love, and truth."
SearingTruth
Kevin Karhan 
@SapphicLawyer history books confirm this to be facts.