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Twitter censors the most basic speech, reports David Thompson.

The thing in question this time is a cartoon, an illustration of an idea. It was shared, briefly, yesterday by biologist and Quillette contributor Colin Wright, and was promptly censored by Twitter's moderators. Mr Wright has apparently been suspended from said platform until a confession of hateful wrongdoing -- as yet unspecified hateful wrongdoing -- has been extracted.

So, there you go: You're not allowed to say that the trans lobby has chosen unreasonable positions over reasonable accommodations. This, Twitter's transexual extremists censorship panel has decided, constitutes "hate speech."

The showrunner and actress in HBO's new Game of Thrones sequel -- based on books George Martin wrote instead of actually finishing the decade-delayed Game of Thrones series -- want you to know that a key scene was all about agitating for Roe v. Wade.

The scene involved a difficult childbirth. A "maester," a learned man, told the father that he had to make an "impossible decision," to save one or let them both die, via a primitive and dangerous version of the Caesarian section.

Note that the choice here was not to save the mother or the child, but to save the child or save neither.

The House of the Dragon showrunner Miguel Sapochnik and actress Sian Brooke both recently detailed that in the show's opening episode that the child birth scene that takes place is all about Roe v. Wade.

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He went on to detail that the wording the Grand Maester uses specifically "a father gets to choose" was intentional.

"The idea being that Queen Aemma doesn't get to choose her fate even though she's right there. King Viserys and the Grand Maester never think to consult her, and so she is powerless over a decision about her own body," he explained.

He would also tell the outlet that the hope and intention of the show is to moralize his own political beliefs. He explained, "The hope and intention of the show -- beyond the primary one of entertainment -- is to shine a light on how the experience of men and women in this world has parallels to our own past and present."

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The showrunner then made it clear it was all about Roe v. Wade saying, "It feels more timely and impactful than ever."

Actress Sian Brooke would also make it clear the scene was all about pushing a political and immoral message, "It's quite hard to think now, as a woman, to put yourself in [Aemma's] position. It's so vulnerable to think, 'That's what you are: a vessel for childbirth.'"

She added, "You've got this battle showing man's eternal quest for power and status. And then within that, you've got this woman who's at the mercy of a man's decision."

Brooke further detailed, "You think you've made this huge leap forward, with women being able to make decisions about their own bodies. It's quite shocking, that, sadly, there is some similarity between that and centuries ago."

I smell an Emmy...!

By the way, all abortion restriction bills allow for abortion in the case of threat to the life of the mother.

I also find it interesting that these artistes don't trust their art to tell its own story. They have to explain to us exactly what it all means moments after the show airs. No one's allowed to develop their own interpretation; the Emmy-hunting artistes are right there to tell you what the Approved Reading of the Text is.

I love it when allegory comes packed with its own explanatory footnotes.

Is everyone watching the super-leftwing-feminist Disney Marvel show She-Hulk?!

Well if you're not, here's a reason you'd better tune in: The star wore a "Support Trans Futures" shirt during the show's promotional shorts.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Tatiana Maslany has revealed that she wore a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words 'Support trans futures' during her film shoots for the series' promotional material as a means to protest against Florida's Parental Rights in Education Law.

Though she refrained from drawing attention to her clothing choice in either of her above appearances, the actress explained the intention behind her decision during a recent interview with Elle, telling the outlet's associate editor Lauren Puckett-Pope, that "those [shirts] were a direct response to what was happening, in terms of the bill passed in Florida."

"I felt, as an employee of Disney, that I had to speak," she concluded. "Stand with the people who I stand with. I wanted to let people know, who needed to know, that I was with them."

What would we do without highly informed, extremely moral actresses and other assorted ShowFolk to guide us in our thoughts and opinions?

Please write a 500 word essay to be completed by next Thursday by COB.

In fairness, several of these girls don't necessarily need to know anything about anything.

Because I'm a real Hispanic who will soon be running as a Democrat, Latinx candidate for office, I can tell you that wordreference.com, which I know in my native language as El Reference de las Palabras, says that "year" is año, the n with a tilde, pronounced anyo, and anus is ano, no tilde, pronounced just as Charlie Crist pronounced it.

David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense @davereaboi

You might think it's a mistake, but Charlie Crist meant exactly what he said about anuses.

posted by Ace at 04:11 PM

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