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Rerun: The moral panic behind “groomers” is an attack on marginalized people

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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I Hate Trans People, I Don't Believe They Should Exist

Twitter has emerged as this new battleground for the so-called culture wars. Traditionally, marginalized people use Twitter to carve out power and have waste for ourselves. I think the idea of marginalized people building power on Twitter is incredibly threatening to people who have traditionally had all the power. Elon Musk said that he was inspired to buy Twitter after the right wing parody site, the Babylon Bee was suspended for refusing to delete a transphobic tweet.

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