" vi libs of tick tok on twitters, one of the greatest accounts of all time. Ha, he liked that it was calling out liberals," she says. The account had been posting election fraud conspiracies and conspiracies related to biden. "By the end of last year, it was essentially accusing gay and trance people of being petifiles and grumors."
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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