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Brian Stelter: Let's be clear about the root of the conflict between Ron DeSantis and Disney: 'GOP backlash to LGBTQ equality'

OK, we’ve already done a couple of posts on former CNN+ host Brian Stelter today, but he’s on a streak. As Twitchy reported earlier, Stelter used his massive platform on CNN+ to examine the “real-world impact of new anti-LGBT anger” and to warn us that Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law is “a life and death issue.” “Kids are dying because of this,” claimed his guest, a teacher who had been featured on the Libs of Tik Tok Twitter account. Stelter, of course, didn’t push back on that claim or ask for evidence — just one example — because it wouldn’t have fit the narrative.

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The segment must has touched Stelter deeply, as he turned his writing talents to the still-up CNN website to let us know the root cause of the conflict between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis: “GOP backlash to LGBTQ equality.”

Please, elaborate:

Homophobia and hate are right underneath the surface of the high-minded talking points about “parental rights in education.”

Of course parents have rights — but right-wing media stars and conservative lawmakers are galvanizing viewers and voters by demonizing transgender teachers and condemning inclusive Disney shows.

The most incendiary commentators throw around terms like “child abuse” and accuse opponents of “grooming” kids for sexual predation, sometimes by taking a teacher’s comments grossly out of context, or acting like one outspoken educator represents an entire profession.

It is a conservative backlash to growing acceptance of gay and transgender people, with entire networks and websites programming to a fear that conservative beliefs are being trampled on.

It’s cute that Stelter puts “parental rights in education” — the actual name of the law — in scare quotes. We’ve already covered how “parent’s rights” is the new right-wing bogeyman and is just code for transphobia and white supremacy.

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The right to talk about how they spent the weekend with their partner, according to the teachers themselves.

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