http://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/02/06/new-york-times-employees-have-a-sad-over-transphobic-piece-the-paper-published-n2392638
This reminds us of the employees of the New York Times having a meltdown when the paper published a piece by Sen. Tom Cotton encouraging President Donald Trump to send in troops to get control of the riots of the summer of 2020. Reporters jumped on the paper's Slack channel and all started posting the same message: "Running this puts black New York Times staff in danger."
On February 2, the New York Times committed an act of journalism by posting a piece by Pamela Paul on detransitioners and how some of them wished they'd been given more options when they were just children. The piece was titled, "As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do." And that's exactly what it was about.
Here's how GLAAD interpreted it:
GLAAD (@glaad) ~ Today’s @nytopinion features a wildly biased column by Pamela Paul. You may remember cisgender heterosexual Pamela, who makes a living writing anti-trans content, from her widely criticized & ridiculed piece defending JK Rowling's incessant anti-trans diatribes.
Well, of course the rabid freaks at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation are going to "interpret" this article about the real-life experiences of kids who thought they were "trans" (or were told that they were) but no longer do as an attack - because it doesn't agree with their group-think narrative. The "inclusive" woketards who purport to love "diversity" will only allow one train of thought, don'tcha know.
Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple posted one of the messages that had allegedly been deleted from the Times' Slack channel.
Point of reference: "Slack channel" is an intercompany chatroom platform where employees can "communicate and collaborate on specific topics, projects, or areas of interest" (i.e., rant, rave & gossip).
ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) ~ Below is an example of one of the comments that the New York Times removed from a Slack chat following the publication of Pamela Paul's opinion piece titled, "As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do." http://nytimes.com/2024/02/02/opinion/transgender-children-gender-dysphoria.html
Awww, poor lil' Eric is in despair because the woketards running The New York Times are not woketard enough for him.
So Paul's opinion piece was published under the excuse it was "just asking questions." These are the same people who complain about "both sides" journalism. There's only one right side.
Yeah, funny how these supposed "champions of peace, love, inclusion, and diversity" always demand absolute, monolithic, lockstep adherence to THEIR point of view or else heads should roll.
#CMFL (@seeemmeffell) ~ “Queer people who ... keep this place running.” Running into the ground maybe.
Patrick_Squarepants (@PatrickSquarep6) ~ A reminder: there was no staffer revolt at the NYT when it promoted pieces supporting pedophilia.
Cardigan Groovy (@FlukeSeminal) ~ "Diversity and inclusion" is basically the censorship and exclusion of people they disagree with. It is that simple.
WhatsNewsHere (@WhatsNewsHere) ~ When did people start thinking it was okay to bring your personal life into work? Work isn’t a place you go for emotional support. Leave your personal business at the door. You’re being paid to do a job. Your employer isn’t responsible for giving you hugs.
Well, they're snowflakes who cannot cope and function in the real world, soooooooooo ...
Karen Orlando (@KarenFOrlando) ~ Women are routinely called bigots and fascists, and have been for years now, when speaking about this issue and women's sports.
That's just one post. We're sure the staffers had a long discussion on Slack about the opinion piece and what they should do about it. We suggest they all quit rather than stay in a workforce made up of "very prominent colleagues who are openly transphobic." If the New York Times is too liberal for you, get out.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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