• A Long, Disgusting History Of Right-wingers Defending Child Predators

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    There�s A Long, Disgusting History Of Right-wingers Defending Child Predators

    As conservative lawmakers and members of the media baselessly label LGBTQ people and their allies as �groomers,� they have invited scrutiny of some of their own behavior toward children � and their embrace of people found to
    have sexually abused kids.

    Unfortunately for right-wingers, the internet is widely accessible. On
    Monday, progressive media watchdog Media Matters released a thorough timeline highlighting conservative media personalities defending child molesters and promoting the sexualization of children � and, in many cases, audio and video footage is included as evidence.

    The report features several figures you�re likely to know if you�ve been following coverage of right-wing extremism in recent years. For example,
    Media Matters shared audio of fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson on a shock- jock radio show defending statutory rape and making perverted comments about girls sexually experimenting at boarding school.

    Avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes made the list for claiming he�s �not against grooming� children as long as they�re being groomed for marriage. And podcaster Matt Walsh made the list after downplaying sexual abuse in the Catholic Church as �not a pedophile scandal.�

    The Media Matters report also includes Ian Miles Cheong, a popular Twitter
    user on the right who has been known to attack LGBTQ people with �groomer� claims. In since-deleted tweets, Cheong repeatedly said the age of consent is too high.

    And Media Matters also noted that Turning Point USA, a right-wing
    organization run by Charlie Kirk, has collaborated with multiple convicted
    sex offenders for some of its events. I recently covered one of those collaborations for The ReidOut Blog.

    If your least-favorite conservative commentator isn�t on my abridged list
    here, don�t fret: Head over to Media Matters for the complete roundup.

    You may even want to print out a copy to keep in your wallet, so that the
    next time a conservative begins to rail against groomers, you can tell them
    to save their breath and look inward. Because you brought receipts.

    https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/media-matters-groomers-child- predators-conservative-media-rcna89121

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