Episode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender Center

Halt, vagrant! Hailest thou from the tribe of the latinx? Or ypipo? LGBTQIA2+ or cishet? Art thou based, or cringe? Don thine helmet and draw thy sword, for this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic, laying bare its inaccuracy for all to see. Then, the denizens of Twitter come after Jesse Singal for his coverage of the St. Louis Transgender Center. After Jamie Reed laid bare its most dishonorable treatment of trans children, it attempteth to repair its honor by investigating itself and finding itself innocent! But by doing so, our intrepid duo expose even more of its dishonest acts… And finally, TikToker @jackielabonita is mocked at a baseball game, leading the dezinens of the ‘net to come to the defense of the poor maiden’s honor — including none other than legendary bard Cardius of B. But why hath honor culture suddenly returned to America of all places? What if it were white women who hath mocked a black woman? Do Jewish gamers have honor culture? Listen in as our brave knights don their philologist hats and investigate! Also there are bears f*****g for some reason??? The links Katie clicked https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651039681407078400 https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1651279526310166549 New York Post: “Conor Skelding loses battle with cancer” https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/new-york-post-reporter-conor-skelding-loses-battle-with-cancer/ The episode of ours that led to the viewer responses The Ed Yong Debunking The Atlantic’s story on 1/5 healthcare workers quitting due to COVID http://web.archive.org/web/20211117011521/https://www.theatlantic.com/ The survey cited https://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/ A debunking of this claim https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/if-1-in-5-healthcare-workers-have-quit-where-have-they-gone.html Jesse Singal & Bari Weiss EXPOSED The callout https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1649784774603468800 The article they’re citing, accidentally proving Jesse right https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274573836.html NBC News article on the case https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/st-louis-gender-clinic-accusations-unsubstantiated-internal-investigat-rcna81233 Jesse’s articles on the Transgender Center Defining “reasonable care” https://www.lauensteinlaw.com/news/2017/06/19/defining-reasonable-care-and-negligence/ Why you shouldn’t trust the right-wingers’ investigations, either https://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Bailey_(Missouri) Missouri restricting transition care for adults https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/missouri-transgender-health-care.html The new emergency regulations https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdf Katie’s leaked yearbook photo https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/12woca6/guess_who_in_high_school/ TikTok The “girl-on-girl action” at a baseball game that started it all https://www.tiktok.com/@jackielabonita/video/7224738861270715690 Twitter’s massive reaction https://twitter.com/cupid4joon/status/1649920143290519552 Even Cardi B gets involved https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1649972293093715969 Cultures of honor https://social.psych.iastate.edu/about-my-research/research-on-culture-of-honor/ The Insider article on the blowup https://www.insider.com/jackie-labonita-mocked-women-doxxing-backlash-tiktok-2023-4 Other commentators weigh in https://www.tiktok.com/@t514grl/video/7224989934271122731?q=stitch%20%40jackielabonita&t;=1682340093109 Freddie DeBoer on online shaming https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-wave-has-crested

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