Genocidal rhetoric at CPAC gets loud cheers
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No ambiguity here:
But it also became clear at CPAC that the Republican campaign against trans kids isn’t just a mere ploy to energize its base — it could also be the beginning of an insurgent fascist campaign to erase trans people from public life altogether.
Michael Knowles, the host of ”The Michael Knowles Show” on The Daily Wire, gave a speech at CPAC that, at moments, sounded genocidal. “The problem with transgenderism is not that it’s inappropriate for children under the age of 9,” he said. “The problem with transgenderism is that it isn’t true.”
There are an estimated 1.6 million trans people in the United States. Knowles told the CPAC crowd that these people should not have a right to exist.
“If [transgenderism] is false, then for the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” he said.
Eradicated. The crowd roared again.
The focus on banning any care for trans children — no matter how careful the process — is bad in itself, but it’s just the beginning. The mainstream Republican position will soon be that the existence of trans people at any age is wrong, if it isn’t already.