Stelter Defends Doxxing Libs of TikTok, Cites ‘Life and Death Issue’

We also learned from Warner Bros. Discovery had pulled the plug on CNN+. Trustworthy Sources Everyday host Brian Stelter demonstrated why this deserved to be done as he refused to address the “roiling debate” and “ethics” of the Washington PostTaylor Lorenz, a hypocritical malefactor, released the address and name of the Libs of TikTok owner. Instead, he hired a radical liberal teacher to criticize the account and concern parents.

“Let’s just be honest. Hate and homophobia is lurking right beneath the surface in American politics right now,”Stelter was a bloviator at the end of his final show. “Years of increasing acceptance of gays and transgenders is provoking a backlash on right-wing talk shows and in statehouses.”

Despite noting “that’s the backdrop for this Washington Post piece about Libs of TikTok,” Stelter openly brushed off the doxxing as a non-issue compared to what the account was doing by simply reposting videos from radical leftist teachers:

That’s the backdrop for this Washington Post piece about Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account that shares and sometimes ridicules public posts from progressive educators and others deemed “libs.”

Taylor Lorenz’s story revealed the identity of the conservative woman running Libs of TikTok and now there’s a roiling debate about her story and the ethics of it. But there’s no debating the influence of the Libs of TikTok account. It’s even helped inform Florida’s recent parental rights law deemed the Don’t Say Gay bill by opponents.

“What’s it like to be caught in the middle of all this? What’s it like for an educator who says the Don’t Say Gay law is a life or death issue for young trans people,”He said.

His guest was Ravi Ramirez, a Florida teacher and liberal activist with ReEnvision Harmony & Social Equity, who had her video shared by Libs of TikTok. Describing what happened after it was shared, she whined that she had received “Lots and lots of trolling.”

Stelter asked Stelter to tell Stelter what she said, without ever watching her video.

STELTER [with a scoff]: Did you make a post that was deemed unusual or important by the Libs of TikTok Account?

RAMIREZ – It’s a short video showing my reactions to the bill being passed or going into effect on its first day. The reaction of teachers as they walked by. The fear they feel for their children. They are concerned for their own safety and that of their family.

In her video below, Ramirez lies about Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, claims she can’t say “gay” in her classroom, raged at other teachers, and claims kids are dying.

Florida teacher is upset that teachers won’t be able to talk about their sexuality and claims simply saying the word gay can get you fired. pic.twitter.com/2Hf9CY9SDc

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 18, 2022

After Stelter asked her what the “the real agenda” of Libs of TikTok is, Ramirez claims it to “incite and then gaslight” and raged at parents for thinking they have a right to have a say in what goes on in schools:

But for teachers specifically, what they’re doing is they just want us to lose our jobs. They want people who don’t think like them outside of public schools. They don’t want differing opinions. Their goal is to have control over what and how their children learn. Even it’s a lie. They want their children to learn the truth.

Stelter said that they are, despite the fact that the videos of Libs Of TikTok have not been edited and the teachers speaking in their own words. “cherry-picked from random teachers in random school districts that have no relationship to my children” and said they felt “out of context.”

Although, he did say the stuff he was hearing the teachers talk about “doesn’t seem right for five-year-olds to learn, this doesn’t seem right for six-year-olds to learn regardless of sexuality.”

In response, Ramirez whined that radical teachers like her “have had to change the way they speak to their kids.” And she again lashed out at parents, suggesting “they don’t want to make education accessible to all people.” “Kids are dying because of this,” she proclaimed.

Stelter, who’s a parent of two, didn’t care to ask about what they were staying that needed to be changed and did bat an eye when Ramirez declared parents should have a say in education.

Below is the transcript. Click “expand to read:

CNN+’s Trustworthy Sources Everyday
April 21, 2022
Eastern, 11:01:39

BRIAN STELTER: We’re going to have the latest on Elon Musk shortly, but we’re leading today’s show with the rarely seen human toll of America’s latest fight over LGBTQ rights.

Let’s just be honest. American politics are rife right now with hate and homophobia. The backlash against gays, transgenders, and their acceptance over years has been triggered by right-wing talk show hosts and statehouses. That’s the backdrop for this Washington Post piece about Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account that shares and sometimes ridicules public posts from progressive educators and others deemed “libs.”

Taylor Lorenz’s story revealed the identity of the conservative woman running Libs of TikTok and now there’s a roiling debate about her story and the ethics of it. But there’s no debating the influence of the Libs of TikTok account. It’s even helped inform Florida’s recent parental rights law deemed the Don’t Say Gay bill by opponents.

So, here’s what I want to know: What’s it like to be caught in the middle of all this? What’s it like for an educator who says the Don’t Say Gay law is a life or death issue for young trans people.

(…)

Eastern, 11:03:03

STELTER – Tell me how the last several days have been since one of the TikTok videos you posted to the Libs of TikTok page?

MAVI RAMIREZ – Lots of trolling. A lot of anxiety. But overall surprising – a surprising couple days.

STELTER [with a scoff]Libs of TikTok: Which post did you make that was considered outrageous or noteworthy?

RAMIREZ: This was my first reaction to this bill being in effect. The reaction of teachers as they walked by. The fear they feel for their children. They are concerned for their own safety and that of their family.

(…)

STELTER: This is not the first time that you have been posted. Now that you’ve go through it yourself, what’s your impression of what the Libs of TikTok account is doing, what this conservative group – well this woman and the people who retweet it – What do you think the real agenda is?

RAMIREZ: Well, I really think that it’s to cause harm. That’s the entire M.O. Their whole M.O. is to incite then gaslight. Right? Incite all this reaction and then gaslight us into saying ‘oh, that’s not what the bill says.’ So, it’s really just a way to get people riled up and get people angry just to incite a culture war.

But for teachers specifically, what they’re doing is they just want us to lose our jobs. They want people who don’t think like them outside of public schools. They don’t want differing opinions. They desire to be in control of what their children learn and how it is taught. Even it’s a lie. They want their children to learn the truth.

So, that’s what they’re out to do. Really.

STELTER: Many people find this sensitive. This is a topic that has many different opinions. Sometimes when I’m scrolling through these videos, I’m thinking to myself these are cherry-picked from random teachers in random school districts that have no relationship to my children.

However, there are also moments I might see clips out of context and think ‘this doesn’t seem right for five-year-olds to learn, this doesn’t seem right for six-year-olds to learn regardless of sexuality. Maybe we shouldn’t be talking about sex at all or gender at all.

What is your reaction to the parents’ behavior? Many – I think many parents have similar reactions. How do you respond to their reactions?

(…)

Eastern at 11:07 a.m.

RAMIREZ: Teachers have already lost their jobs. Many teachers had to remove safe areas and posters from the classroom. They have often had to modify the way that they communicate with their students.

(…)

And I think it’s a personal attack on public education in general. They would like to privatize the education. They don’t want to make education accessible to all people.

(…)

However, you must be honest and remember the impact. Kids are dying because of this and that’s my biggest concern.