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Another thing that's sick is that if they get out of the ground they become Tinder scammers.

As a trans-androgynous person, what the hell is this? Are we not allowed to be happy about who we are???

Jàsi here -> Hahaha, like we couldnt make the same exact argument about being feminine or masculine. This pisses me off for real because what do you mean, like the idea of someone assuming Im a man or a woman gives me dysphoria but that doesn't fucking mean that someone sharing "the cashier called me a man without knowing Im trans and it made me happy" has to avoid sharing their euphoria because for me that would make me sick.

Sorry my joy makes you uncomfortable! But that's truly not my issue! Im all for making others comfortable but that doesn't mean I dont deserve to be comfortable as well, and if you're complaining about something online, just fucking block people instead of being exorsexist and telling transandrogynous people like me, my headmates and my siblings to be quiet because you dont like seeing us celebrate our happiness and who we are.

“ BUT THIS IS ABOUT MEN! ” i am going to hold you by the hand when I say this… men can be intersex. your hate for men in general is an issue you need to unpack.

PBS and NPR were never beholden to the US government.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created so that the US government could fund public media without public media being influenced by the government. It was a private non-profit funded by the government, not a part of the government itself. This is by design. This was a good thing. It meant that even small local TV and radio stations, could afford to create media for the public good, without government influence.

This meant TV and radio stations for poor communities. For non-english speaking communities. For rural communities. For minorities. It meant that free and accessible media could be created for everyone, even if the government didn't like it.

That's why conservatives defunded it.

Because if they couldn't control it, and if it helped the people they hated, then they would have to destroy it. Do you really think that a fascist government would defund their own propaganda machine?

Not only is the idea that PBS before being defunded was propaganda wrong, but ignores the fact that defunding it is going to have long-term negative effects on vulnerable communities.