Arkansas lawmaker who asked transgender woman if she had a penis calls backlash 'all a show' https://t.co/RExLcarMKY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 23, 2023
If the ultimate goal of Fox News’s coverage of gender issues overall is to deperson trans folks then why do they use “she” to refer to the woman in the headline? Doesn’t that directly play into the hands of the radical woke mob’s impositions on media and culture, by respecting her identity in a report that – by its very nature – would carry an implication of sympathy toward her? Even if the article is technically about this angry hick getting all defensive over the question, just bringing up his invasive attempt at public humiliation of a trans woman risks humanizing those whom Fox News fans have been indoctrinated to accord with acidic disgust if not outright and unremitting hostility.
Of course that downside wasn’t realized in the comments below, as none of the top ten or so or their replies took notice of the “liberal” use of the pronoun or showed any sympathy for someone who could be reasonably said to be a near victim of government intrusion upon their personal life.