Libs Of TikTok- Monetizing Outrage And Hypocrisy
Chaya Raichik is fighting a battle she doesn't understand and is none of her business
I’ve decided against writing any sort of 2022 retrospective. It seems as if everyone has been doing it, and I don’t want to the pointless blather. So, let’s just forget the whole thing happened, shall we? I want to look forward whenever and in whatever way possible. Let’s see how that goes, shall we? Happy New Year!
Jack
No matter how much I try to understand the viewpoint, it escapes me. What is it about being LGBTQ that drives so many on the Far-Right to want to destroy those who only want to be themselves?
Why would someone like Chaya Raichik from “Libs of TikTok” disparages the LGBTQ community in truly degrading terms?
They’re just evil people, and they’re out to groom kids. They’re recruiting.
My first reaction is that such hate speech is bullshit and propaganda intended to increase hostility and violence toward a community that’s nothing but peaceful.
Second, let’s talk about “grooming.” Research shows the most of those engaged in “grooming” behaviors are White, Christian, male, and- most importantly- heterosexual. Not that it could never happen within the LGBTQ community, of course, but the majority of cases occur among heterosexuals.
Fear-mongers like Raichik can’t admit the truth because it would take away from the dominant narrative that gays and lesbians are “groomers” and “predators.”- It would also detract from her efforts to monetize outrage. This provides cover for the reality that the real “groomers” and “predators” are straight White males…and a few females.
But to accuse the LGBTQ community of being a “cult” and “extremely poisonous” is not just sick and misguided. It’s perilous. There are still parts of the country where being LGBTQ might result in a person being beaten…or worse. Accusing gays and lesbians of something there’s no evidence to support is dangerous and, in some cases, deadly.
What drives someone like Raichik to hate a group of people who mean her no harm and want nothing to do with her? All the LGBTQ community wants is the right to live as they choose, without fear of persecution or violence.
Of course, spreading ignorance, prejudice, and misinformation is a GREAT way to get your point across, don’tchathink?? Especially when you’re looking to profit off fear and homophobia.
If parents are open to the idea and are with their children at these shows, then isn’t that a decision for parents to make?- It should not be the concern of a wild-eyed Conservative activist who believes they know what’s best for every child everywhere?
I’m not going to pretend to delve into the details of Drag Queen Story Hours, just as I’m certain Chaya Raichik doesn’t. But the decision of whether or not a child goes to one of these story hours should be made by parents. It’s not a decision upon which idiots with guns posing as tough guys outside a library should have any input. It’s none of their damned business, just as it’s none of Raichik’s business.
Frankly, it would appear Chaya Raichik has some serious issues. If this is the hill she’s willing to die on, she needs something- a hobby, professional help, a distraction, something. She’s operating under the delusion that saving children is her role. That role and decisions involving children should default to parents, not Chaya Raichik.
I decided it was time to be boots on the ground and volunteer every ounce of myself to fight back. Having run Libs of TikTok for nearly two years, I realized how deep, dark, and systemic the targeting of our children has become.
The Left calls me hateful, harmful, and dangerous when all I do is hold up a mirror to them and show them what they themselves are saying. Do you know what’s actually hateful and dangerous? Confusing kids about their identity, stealing childhood innocence, chopping off the breasts of healthy teenagers, mutilating and sterilizing kids, exposing kids to sexual content, and feeding kids porn in schools. What the Left is doing is actually hateful and harmful and I will never stop calling it out and exposing it.
Thank you for all of your support, and for anybody who would like to continue supporting me in this battle, the best way to do so is by becoming a paid subscriber to my Substack below.
Unfortunately, Raichik has a Messiah complex a mile wide and an inch deep. If anyone is “targeting” our children, it’s heterosexual White males. If anyone is “grooming” children, it’s heterosexual White males. If anyone is preying on children…well, you get the point, and yes, there’s a pattern Chaya Raichik is blatantly choosing to ignore.
Part of what Raichik is up in arms about is children, most likely teenagers, who are transgender and in the process of transitioning. And that’s none of her damned business. If a child has made that decision with the support of their parents, then no one has the right to insert themselves into that family dynamic. Not even someone as self-righteous as Chaya Raichik. She doesn’t have to like it, but it’s not her battle to fight nor her business to stick her nose into.
As for “exposing kids to sexual content” and “feeding kids porn in schools,” sex and sexuality are more readily available to kids today than it ever was to their parents. We can either face up to that reality or continue living in a past that never existed and allow kids to get their sex education via the Internet.
It appears that Chaya Raichik is about to face some significant legal problems. She’s been identified as having trespassed on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection, so the hypocrite may have some legal questions to answer before too much longer.
Karma’s a real bitch, eh?
I’d imagine it’ll be a challenge to be so self-righteous while wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and doing time in a federal lockup, don’tchathink?
Think about that one for a moment. Did Chris Hansen EVER bust a drag queen? But he did expose plenty of sexual predators, most of whom were husbands, fathers, faith leaders, community leaders, politicians, etc. No drag queens, though.
I don’t know- and don’t much care- what Raichik’s angle is, but she’s fighting a battle she has no business involving herself in. It’s none of her damned business, and she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Her argument is emotion, anger, and hyperbole, which means that she’s found a way to monetize outrage. She’s making money off the anger of people who don’t even understand what they’re upset about.
And that, y’all, tells you everything you need to know about the American Far-Right. Facts and truth mean far less than rage, hyperbole, and the ability to monetize unfocused anger. It’s virtually impossible to monetize truth, facts, and rational discussion.
Welcome to the Right-wing Echo Chamber. The rubes will buy what you’re selling as long as you’re selling it with enough anger and outrage. It’s Nazism 101- the Big Lie Theory, and it’s how Donald Trump became President and keeps himself in the news today.
As Libs of TikTok grew…the Left was brazen with their threats of violence against people they disagree with, including me.
I’d love for Raichik to be specific about threats she’s received, but she won’t- because she can’t. There haven’t been threats, save for the ones she’s crafted from whole cloth.
No, “the Left” never threatened violence against Raichik or anyone else. That’s a device used by many on the Far-Right to convince the rubes that they’re under attack and need money to continue fighting the “good fight.”
The reality is that there’s no threat to Raichik. Conservative activists love to pretend they’re under the gun and are being persecuted by evil zealots from the torches-and-pitches brigade on the Left.
The truth is that most of us on the Left could care less about Chaya Raichik. And we’re certainly not about to threaten her with bodily harm. That would only play into her inflated self-image. She’s a show pony, a grievance baby using her notoriety to laugh all the way to the bank.
Hey, it beats working as a real estate agent, which is what she was doing before. Why beat the bushes for a living when you can soak the rubes?
Yeah, the idjits will buy anything if you scream loud and long enough and use the “L” word with sufficient disdain and hatred to convince them of your righteousness.
It doesn’t get much more pathetic than Chaya Raichik.
One sentence in there that might be worded differently: "All the LGBTQ community wants is the right to live as they choose". The problem is with the word "choose", because it is unclear about its scope. On first reading, it seems to suggest "choosing" to *be* LGBTQ, which is a mistake and, in the hands of animals like Raichik, the basis of their lies. People don't choose their physical expression, their sexual orientation, or their gender identity (all of these three are independent and non-binary.) Raichik drives her lies predicated on the notion that LGBTQ is something like a club you can "choose" to join.
The more careful reading would be something like, *being* LGBTQ they want to choose how to live as the persons they are.
I mention all this by way of nit-picking. It is an other wise good piece, and especially so in pointing out the monetary incentives behind people like Raichik's public hate-mongering.