If you’re keeping track of the words and phrases you can and can’t use, be sure to add “pillow fight” under “can’t.” At least if you’re referring to an apparently delicate class of gay and transgender people.
A newsletter put out by Politico on Thursday characterized back-and-forth criticisms between Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg (who is gay) and Elizabeth Warren (who is not gay) as a “pillow fight.”
Apparently, that was problematic for the gay and transgender media watchdog GLAAD.
Politico’s newsletter Friday morning included the following:
It also included an explanation from GLAAD spokesman Drew Anderson.
Now that you’ve stopped laughing, continue reading.
As detailed in my forthcoming book Privileged Victims: How America’s Culture Fascists Hijacked the Country and Elevated Its Worst People, dismantling the English language is just one weapon in the social justice movement’s arsenal. The purpose is to shame non-adherents of the movement into submission.
The Playbook newsletter by Politico is run by two white men and one white woman, all of whom are straight. That’s a lot of privilege that needs checking, according to social justice dogma.
