The media twist
As usual, the media... particularly Fox News... LOVES the opportunity to twist shit around when we're talking about queer women of color of low socio-economic backgrounds.
This is in reference to a previous post I had made on here. This You Tube video is from the O'Reilly Factor (yes, I know, the credibility just sky-rocketed) talking about the 'prevalence' of lesbian gangs and how they're running rampant in schools too.
Note a few things:
... O'Reilly brings in a black person to make his points, thus avoiding his responsibility to address the racism involved in this case. This so-called 'expert' is just identified as the Fox News Crime Analyst. He's from the network and not actually from any sort of law enforcement agency (which doesn't up the credibility by that much, but at least they'd be using an outside source instead of their own employee) or an organization that deals with gang violence.
... The video shows a host of incidents with what appear to be various females beating people up. There is no context given to any of those incidents and none of them are ever identified as being recordings of lesbian gangs' criminal activities. The viewer is supposed to automatically draw that conclusion, but since they never said anything it's not their fault the viewer made that assumption.
... There are vague assertions made that are not backed up with anything about the presence and prevalence of gay and lesbian gangs across the country. There is never a hint of a suggestion made that perhaps some of these groups are actually people sticking together to protect themselves from homophobes in their schools and communities.
... The 'expert' cites over 150 groups in the DC area, and says something like "crews, gangs, networks, houses, whatever you want to call them." That's kind of broad. I used to have a crew in high school, there were 6 of us and we called ourselves Group 5 (cause each member had 5 people who had that member's back). And 'houses' within the queer community are often attributed to entertainment groups, particularly within the drag community. I'd be interested to see that listing of 150 groups, just to see what makes the cut.
... The reference to the 'Pink Pistols' is also out of context and sensationalist. The Pink Pistols were a group of gay people that believed in the 2nd amendment and the right to carry and know how to use a gun for self-defense against hate crimes. But had they mentioned the 2nd amendment, O'Reilly's fans might have actually started sympathizing with this 'criminal movement' as he calls it.
... If these gangs are so prevalent as to have over 150 of them in the DC area alone, how has the Southern Poverty Law Center not picked up on any single one of them across the country and posted them on their Hate Map?
... And of course at no point is O'Reilly going to even think about presenting the perspective that these women were acting in self-defense. I mean, he doesn't even have to believe it, he still has a responsibility as a 'journalist' to say what the women themselves (their lawyers, their supporters, etc.) are saying/claiming. When you're reporting on any legal case, you say what both sides are saying, at the very least.
I'll let you come up with the rest of the points.
This is in reference to a previous post I had made on here. This You Tube video is from the O'Reilly Factor (yes, I know, the credibility just sky-rocketed) talking about the 'prevalence' of lesbian gangs and how they're running rampant in schools too.
Note a few things:
... O'Reilly brings in a black person to make his points, thus avoiding his responsibility to address the racism involved in this case. This so-called 'expert' is just identified as the Fox News Crime Analyst. He's from the network and not actually from any sort of law enforcement agency (which doesn't up the credibility by that much, but at least they'd be using an outside source instead of their own employee) or an organization that deals with gang violence.
... The video shows a host of incidents with what appear to be various females beating people up. There is no context given to any of those incidents and none of them are ever identified as being recordings of lesbian gangs' criminal activities. The viewer is supposed to automatically draw that conclusion, but since they never said anything it's not their fault the viewer made that assumption.
... There are vague assertions made that are not backed up with anything about the presence and prevalence of gay and lesbian gangs across the country. There is never a hint of a suggestion made that perhaps some of these groups are actually people sticking together to protect themselves from homophobes in their schools and communities.
... The 'expert' cites over 150 groups in the DC area, and says something like "crews, gangs, networks, houses, whatever you want to call them." That's kind of broad. I used to have a crew in high school, there were 6 of us and we called ourselves Group 5 (cause each member had 5 people who had that member's back). And 'houses' within the queer community are often attributed to entertainment groups, particularly within the drag community. I'd be interested to see that listing of 150 groups, just to see what makes the cut.
... The reference to the 'Pink Pistols' is also out of context and sensationalist. The Pink Pistols were a group of gay people that believed in the 2nd amendment and the right to carry and know how to use a gun for self-defense against hate crimes. But had they mentioned the 2nd amendment, O'Reilly's fans might have actually started sympathizing with this 'criminal movement' as he calls it.
... If these gangs are so prevalent as to have over 150 of them in the DC area alone, how has the Southern Poverty Law Center not picked up on any single one of them across the country and posted them on their Hate Map?
... And of course at no point is O'Reilly going to even think about presenting the perspective that these women were acting in self-defense. I mean, he doesn't even have to believe it, he still has a responsibility as a 'journalist' to say what the women themselves (their lawyers, their supporters, etc.) are saying/claiming. When you're reporting on any legal case, you say what both sides are saying, at the very least.
I'll let you come up with the rest of the points.