▲ 365 ▼ PBS removes drag & trans content after GOP complains about it turning kids queer (www.lgbtqnation.com) submitted 1 year ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Better to lay down one battle to keep fighting a war. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Anyone who thinks the inclusion of trans people in public life is a battle worth laying down can kiss my trans ass. I’m not a bank, my donations are drawn from a limited well, and I’m perfectly fine with moving that money to a trans focused cause instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago It wasn’t PBS broadly, it was a specific affiliate station in New York. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) PBS is being threatened as a whole, and not just because they're inclusive, but because they are an entity for the public benefit, and the current assholes at large hate that sort of thing. I sincerely doubt they want to do this, but if there's any hope of them continuing their mission, how do you propose they handle it? I'm really not trying to be a dick here, and it's horseshit that we're at this point as a society, but I can see where they're at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Anyone who thinks the inclusion of trans people in public life is a battle worth laying down can kiss my trans ass. I’m not a bank, my donations are drawn from a limited well, and I’m perfectly fine with moving that money to a trans focused cause instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago It wasn’t PBS broadly, it was a specific affiliate station in New York. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) PBS is being threatened as a whole, and not just because they're inclusive, but because they are an entity for the public benefit, and the current assholes at large hate that sort of thing. I sincerely doubt they want to do this, but if there's any hope of them continuing their mission, how do you propose they handle it? I'm really not trying to be a dick here, and it's horseshit that we're at this point as a society, but I can see where they're at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago It wasn’t PBS broadly, it was a specific affiliate station in New York. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) PBS is being threatened as a whole, and not just because they're inclusive, but because they are an entity for the public benefit, and the current assholes at large hate that sort of thing. I sincerely doubt they want to do this, but if there's any hope of them continuing their mission, how do you propose they handle it? I'm really not trying to be a dick here, and it's horseshit that we're at this point as a society, but I can see where they're at. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent