Pluto and Goofy pose for a photo on Main Street in Disneyland, November 13, 2021, in Anaheim. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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The right conflating gayness with predatory behavior is nothing new, but it now comes with added QAnon. “This isn’t programming, this is propaganda for grooming,” Laura Ingraham said on her Fox News show on Wednesday. The term “grooming” has recently become a widely-used phrase among conservative supporters of the Florida’s bill. Those who use it never say what the people doing the grooming are grooming the children for, but it’s clear that it’s something creepy and dangerous, such as a child sex trafficking operation run by liberals, perhaps.
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