Once again, journalists subvert the testimony of female victims using “wrong” pronouns in order to coddle their attacker.
Warner Brothers have been struggling for years to decide what should be done about Ezra Miller. Cast in the role of “The Flash,” Miller has been at the center of a number of anti-social episodes across the globe over the past couple of years, involving confrontations in Germany, Iceland, and Hawaii, as well as two other cases of possibly grooming younger kids in South Dakota and Massachusetts.
Variety, in performing a lengthy investigation into some of these legal scrapes, has located a few of Miller’s alleged victims. Problem is when Variety takes an extremely disturbing approach in detailing episodes. Miller declares that she is non-binary. Variety, however, takes great care to not misgender Miller in its stories. This outlet seems to be worried about offending a violent abuser.
Variety works diligently to address Miller correctly, but the absurdity begins before the film is over.
Miller…became a regular at bars in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, where locals came to know and even befriend them. Many recognized Miller from their earliest breakout movies, 2012’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and 2011’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” where they played a troubled teen.
Obtuse reporting can be caused by using the they/them pronoun to describe encounters with people in a group. It becomes difficult to determine if the pronoun you’re using is the one you want. This will make it harder for you to provide clear reporting. It would be more concise to simply use ‘’Miller’’ to designate the actor. However, it is possible to have a conflict with the use of the gendered term ActorAs Variety paints itself in a rainbow corner,
Variety assumes that correct usage of pronouns is essential to covering this story. The corrections made to Miller’s testimony when she was interviewing a woman from Iceland who experienced violent encounters, are quite obscene and glaring. Even as the entertainment outlet affirms the likelihood the woman had no idea about Miller’s pronoun preference, Variety changes her quotes to avoid offending Miller and any potential activist positioning.
“I think it’s just fun and games — but then it wasn’t,” she said. “All of a sudden, [they’re]over me, crushing me and screaming at me if I fight. My friend who’s filming sees [they’re] obviously not joking and it’s actually serious, so he stops filming, and pushes [them]Get in touch with me [they’re]Still trying to beat me. My two male friends are holding me hostage. [Miller]Back as [they’re] screaming, ‘This is what you wanted! This is what you wanted!’” (At the time of the interview, it was unclear whether the woman was aware Miller uses they/them pronouns.)
Variety’s decision is echoed a recent piece I coveredConcerning the BBC, and the report the British broadcaster published about sexual assault. The BBC corrected the quotes of a lesbian who described an encounter she had with a transgender woman, which led to her describing her assault. him, and “improperly” used the term “His penis.”
This is the level at which the media are descending to, where they fear angering groups if they use violent pronouns. Journalistically, it is inept to modify the victim’s testimony. All women should be believedThose days are over. All women that misgender the attacker are to be corrected
In recent years, the media industry has become more corrupt. Journalists now find themselves in a situation where they have to follow the rules that society has imposed on them, but are also forced to break their prior rules.
For women who say they were assaulted, it is no longer a matter of blind faith. If the attacker uses incorrect names, their statements are not taken as gospel. Even if it is revealed that the attacker was a toxic, transitioning biological man. This leads us to question if there is a bottom.
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