"It's bisle kind ofa a glorified urban legend. It just keeps getting recycled," she says. "We're in people protesting outside disney every day holding up signs that say, disneyis grooming kids." She also points to the fact that haf half o ert gets a go free.
Accounts like “Libs of TikTok” are fueling right-wing media to label people who speak openly about sexuality and gender as “groomers.” Vox’s Aja Romano and the Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz explain this age-old practice.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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