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Ohio Dem Party Has Banned Criticism Of Gov. Candidate Amy Acton Calling Trans Girls “Boys”
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Meanwhile, what actually happened was that one branch of a group was asked by the main branch to a remove a post they made without going through the proper process.
But sure, let's frame it as banning ~~all~~ criticism.
What happened is that they banned a specific piece of criticism. Where did you get "all criticism" from? The actual issue is still worth complaining about.
They didn't "ban" anything...
They are not allowing that criticism to be reposted:
Where does it say they aren't allowing that criticism to be reposted?
The quote I shared. I'll try with more emphasis:
The meeting with Acton herself is offered and determined to be the best course of action. No mention of resubmitting the post, even though that is what they explicitly asked about.
So you're just inferring that they denied the repost, but it's not actually cited anywhere. Got it.
What the fuck are you trying to defend?
Good journalism, I guess? Why are you fighting so hard to defend a deliberately misleading headline...?
Because it's accurate, not misleading. They banned that criticism, they are taking an anti-trans stance.
Trans rights are human rights. Are you a bot? I can't imagine why else you don't care about your own rights.
It is not accurate, and we already walked through why that's the case.
They literally restricted a piece of valid criticism from being published.
You want to pretend that's not the same as "banning"? I can't stop you from being wrong.
But I can call you a shithead for supporting it. Shithead.
They literally asked for a post that was posted to their account without approval to be removed and go through the proper approval process.
You want to pretend that's the same as "banning" criticism? I can't stop you from being wrong.
But I can call you a shithead for supporting deceptive journalism. Shithead.