Episode 104: How Wokeness, Toxic Masculinity, White Privilege, And TERFs Forced Vladimir Putin To Invade Ukraine
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The hosts break the news that Vladimir Putin has invaded Russia. Then they talk about race drama in the DSA and a terrible new policy Texas is attempting to enact that would rip trans kids from their parents. It’s a light and carefree episode. If you’d like to discuss it with other premium listeners, click here.
Show notes/Links:
“This current event is actually about the thing I’m obsessed by”:
Real or naw?:
It’s exhausting: https://imgur.com/ehbZCov
Declaration of Intent from Greater Baltimore Afrosocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqas0fvCIwuRSG9KpBfMZLABkS6_WXottn32Xz8Cx0w/edit
Ruh roh:
The site: https://www.uppmaryland.org/
Statement:
Ken Paxton background:
https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Attorney_General_election,_2022
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/attorney-general-opinions
Paxton’s opinion and Abbott’s important/menacing cover letter: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/O-MastersJaime202202221358.pdf
The tweetstorm:
Too much genitals-talk for a single day on Twitter:
Some mainstream coverage:
https://19thnews.org/2022/02/ken-paxton-texas-trans-kids-families/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/science/texas-abbott-transgender-child-abuse.html
Sweden:
The Economist notes some shifting tides in Europe on this issue: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/13/doubts-are-growing-about-therapy-for-gender-dysphoric-children
Swedish documentary with English subtitles: https://www.svtplay.se/video/33358590/uppdrag-granskning/mission-investigate-trans-children-avsnitt-1
Jesse’s paywalled interview with the lead presenter:
Image: WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: People participate in a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in front of the White House to protest the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | KAD, how's it going? |
| 0:11.3 | Well Jesse, sort of dark days around here, all across the world. |
| 0:15.3 | I know that you as an empathetic person have been pretty stressed about what's going |
| 0:19.4 | on over in Ukraine. |
| 0:22.0 | I did you a favor and I enlisted you in the army. |
| 0:26.0 | You did? |
| 0:27.0 | Yeah, you're in the gamer division. |
| 0:28.0 | Of the Russian army. |
| 0:30.0 | You know, I enlisted you in the resistance. |
| 0:32.3 | You're going to Ukraine and you're going to stream on Twitch. |
| 0:35.7 | As a very large noticeable slow man who was very scared the one time he fired military grade |
| 0:43.0 | weaponry with John Stokes from the podcast, I think I'm who the Ukrainian army needs right |
| 0:47.5 | now. |
| 0:48.5 | We can end this today. |
| 0:50.3 | We can end this today, Jesse. |
| 0:51.8 | KAD, I can't believe you would joke about this. |
| 0:54.3 | Okay, so I actually wanted to talk to you about this. |
| 0:56.9 | Is it okay to joke during a time in Shama? |
| 1:00.4 | No. |
| 1:01.4 | During Pride? |
| 1:02.4 | During War month and during War month. |
| 1:05.2 | I wanted to ask you this because I've made a couple jokes about what's going on in |
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