It is not the job of a group being hounded out of public life by media and the state to “extend grace” to the people doing it. This is the essence of the disingenuous “both sides” framing that helped make fascism a mainstream political option, and the Times and others bear a fair share of the blame. - ThreadSky

tedmccormick.bsky.social • 41 days ago

It is not the job of a group being hounded out of public life by media and the state to “extend grace” to the people doing it. This is the essence of the disingenuous “both sides” framing that helped make fascism a mainstream political option, and the Times and others bear a fair share of the blame.

Reposted from Michael Hobbes

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/m...

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tedmccormick.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is just Vance’s “you should say thank you” dressed up as Serious Journalism

isajk.bsky.social•41 days ago

An excellent case study in how bigotry isn't just conscious hatred or such, but also the idea that the dominant group's feelings matter more than the marginalised group's lives.

a-shaukat.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you!

mpbmke.com•41 days ago

My only takeaway from this is that they don't see trans people as a population whose viewpoints are at all worth considering, and that the "other" side they're complaining about are just cis people who think trans people are actually human beings.

artgirlsummer.bsky.social•41 days ago

Sports scientists extended grace and studied the issue. Turns out trans women do not have athletic advantages as a group. We are disadvantaged.

golvio.bsky.social•41 days ago

“You’re huwting ouw feewings by getting mad at us fow discwiminating against you, you big mean buwwies! 🥺 Stoppp itttttttt~ 🥺🥺🥺😭”

jessdee.bsky.social•41 days ago

Benefit of what doubt, also? Every bit of data we have shows that there is 0 tension between inclusion and fairness. The opposite actually.

We have one side that is a marginalized minority being driven from society, and one side that has 0 evidence to back up any claim about anything.

azteclady.bsky.social•41 days ago

The U.S. press has been complicit in the slide to fascism for a while.

yiff.com•41 days ago

extend grace?? I think not. instead it shall be the EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE PISS CANNONS that shall be deployed should they come for me

none shall survive

dilettante.bsky.social•41 days ago

What the fuck is "the tension between fairness and inclusion"

tedmccormick.bsky.social•41 days ago

the tension that sustains the centrist bubble

tinyconstruct.bsky.social•40 days ago

Jason Zengerle eats a bowl of dog shit for breakfast every single morning. I am not willing to yield this point until he extends me sufficient grace

thewildtwin.bsky.social•41 days ago

maryanndimand.bsky.social•41 days ago

I’m wondering what they think “good faith” means. Something like sincerity, it sounds like. Whereby B’s sincere desire to mutilate, confine, or kill A should be met by A bargaining for their life and freedom.

canadiansnowflake.bsky.social•41 days ago

There is no benefit of the doubt for fascists. Any newspaper saying otherwise needs to be scrutinized and called out

bookofmudora.bsky.social•41 days ago

Extend grace to people who want your existence eradicated?? Wtf. No, for the love of everything, no one should be guilted into shit like that by a terrible writer.

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