“Who is behind Libs of TikTok? Get to know the one who, behind the scenes, feeds the ‘outrage machine’ of the American right”, titled The Washington Post Tuesday, April 19. In this long article, Taylor Lorenz highlights the influence of this Twitter account on conservative views of LGBTQI (Libs is an abbreviation of liberals, people on the left). The tech columnist of the American daily reveals above all who created this anonymous profile.
Libs of TikTok “regularly reposts videos taken from TikTok and content posted on social networks, especially by LGBTQI people, often accompanied by an inflammatory presentation in order to provoke outrage”, Explain The Washington Post.
This Twitter account has a wide impact, the newspaper continues.
“Its content is promoted by prominent media figures, politicians and right-wing influencers. His tweets are seen by millions of people, far beyond his 648,000 followers […] and directly correlates with the recent onslaught against the LGBTQI community, both in legislation and in rhetoric.”
Dismissal of gay teachers
On March 8, for example, the creator of the account posted a video of a woman teaching sex ed in Kentucky, calling her a “predator”. “The next night the video was featured on Laura Ingraham’s show on Fox News,” continues The Washington Post.
On several occasions, Libs of TikTok has pointed the finger at teachers, calling in particular on any teacher who talks about his homosexuality in front of his students to be “fired on the spot”. The founder of this c
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