Transphobe of the Year: Matt Walsh!
Star Wars is real! He will wear his gold medal proudly. Funny guy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/169609/transphobe-year-matt-walsh
From book bans to bomb threats, 2022 has been characterized by a disturbing rise in right-wing violence brought on by the viral moral panic of very online fearmongers. And the biggest target of this mayhem has been the transgender community. Figures like Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, and the Manhattan Institute’s Chris Rufo have joined conservative politicians in flooding right-wing airwaves with hate speech and misinformation on issues like gender-affirming care and children’s sports. But in a year when Transgender Day of Remembrance was marked by a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, one man stands out from the crowd: Matt Walsh.
Today, Walsh sports a beard and flannels and describes himself as a “theocratic fascist” on Twitter, where he has 1.2 million followers. He says the title can be interpreted in two ways: literally or as a joke.
“I am literally a theocratic fascist. I do indeed believe that my religious beliefs should be forced on people by the government. And not just the government, but a government headed by me as a dictator,” Walsh said in a 2019 video for the Daily Wire before referencing his recent Twitter tirade against white condiments. “Mayo, cream cheese, ricotta, tartar sauce, ranch dressing. In my theocratic fascist dictatorship, all of those condiments will be confiscated. Prohibited. And anyone who is caught with contraband like, say, ranch dressing, will face execution and a $50 fine.”