I gave up on the Young Turks years ago. The transphobia of Ana Kasparian and Cenk Ugyur is less a surprise than the fact that they’re happy to double down so openly on it.

As the article notes, Ana long ago criticized Dave Rubin for having no political principles. Looks like she’s heading that way herself. Dump these assholes if you haven’t already

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https://medium.com/prismnpen/why-we-must-abandon-the-young-turks-transphobia-and-progressive-influencers-3960be0ef69a

You can?

#AnaKasparian #TheYoungTurks

https://youtu.be/befvSDycafk sometimes i just put this in the background and it gives me joy and a calmness 😌 Ana has such clarity and vigor, giving every correct answer and rhetorical path.

#TYT #AnaKasparian #prageru #debate #DebateBros #inspiring #inspiringwomen

@sherold a year ago the same short (which apparently is from a story The Young Turks did in 2018) apparently also went viral in response to Polish government also further limiting the autonomy of people with a uturus, and #AnaKasparian of #TheYoungTurks reacted to the virality of her own rant at the time: https://youtu.be/xjYyRy-2ONY

Fortunately this video came with #ClosedCaptions, so I was able to extract the #transcript of her rant:

«These comments might be strong, but it's how I genuinely feel I don't care that you're a Christian.
I don't care what the Bible says.
Like, I feel like it's a clown show, like sitting here trying to decipher what your little mythical book has to say about these very real political issues, right?
I don't care if you're Christian.
In fact, I will fight for you to have your religious liberty and practice your Christianity, I believe in that.
I don't believe in Christianity, which means that you do not get to dictate the way I live my life based on your religion.
I don't care what the Bible says.
You have every right in the world.
All those women who identify with your religion have every right in the world to not get an abortion, to not take birth control, but they do not have the right to dictate my life, and what I decided to do with my body.
I don't care about your goddamn religion.
I'm so tired of having non stop conversations about what the Bible says.
You live your life in the way that you interpret the bible.
Again, I don't care, but you don't get to take the bible and tell me, well, the bible says this in this chapter and this verse.
I don't care, I don't care, I don't believe in it and I have the right, based on our constitution to not believe in it.»
— Ana Kasparian on The Young Turks, 2018

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(repost because of incorrect link)

@sherold a year ago the same short (which apparently is from a story The Young Turks did in 2018) apparently also went viral in response to Polish government also further limiting the autonomy of people with a uturus, and #AnaKasparian of #TheYoungTurks reacted to the virality of her own rant at the time: https://youtu.be/VAvFfrYA2LM

Fortunately this video came with #ClosedCaptions, so I was able to extract the #transcript of her rant:

«These comments might be strong, but it's how I genuinely feel I don't care that you're a Christian.
I don't care what the Bible says.
Like, I feel like it's a clown show, like sitting here trying to decipher what your little mythical book has to say about these very real political issues, right?
I don't care if you're Christian.
In fact, I will fight for you to have your religious liberty and practice your Christianity, I believe in that.
I don't believe in Christianity, which means that you do not get to dictate the way I live my life based on your religion.
I don't care what the Bible says.
You have every right in the world.
All those women who identify with your religion have every right in the world to not get an abortion, to not take birth control, but they do not have the right to dictate my life, and what I decided to do with my body.
I don't care about your goddamn religion.
I'm so tired of having non stop conversations about what the Bible says.
You live your life in the way that you interpret the bible.
Again, I don't care, but you don't get to take the bible and tell me, well, the bible says this in this chapter and this verse.
I don't care, I don't care, I don't believe in it and I have the right, based on our constitution to not believe in it.»

#DescribedMedia #MediaDescriptions #RoeVsWade