cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40818945
25 Dec 2025 18:45 GMT
Backlash is growing after the New York Post described prominent children’s content creator Ms Rachel as a “controversial YouTube star” following her appointment to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural committee, a label critics say reflects a broader effort to stigmatise pro-Palestine speech.
Parents and activists online pushed back sharply, arguing that opposing the killing of children is a basic humanitarian stance, not a controversial opinion. At the same time, Mamdani has drawn support from progressives for assembling an inauguration slate that openly reflects the coalition that powered his election victory.
Of course human rights are political. We as a society decide certain things are too important to be taken away, and that’s good. That’s politics. If trans rights weren’t political, then trans people like our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ (he/him) would be fucked. We wouldn’t be able to agree as a collective on the right way to treat trans people. Politics are absolutely essential to trans safety, and anyone trying to take politics out of gender is playing a dangerous game with other people’s lives