It is widely acknowledged among legal professionals that posing a question in a public setting without prior knowledge of the answer is ill-advised. MSNBC’s Joy Reid, however, seems to disregard this principle, highlighting her lack of legal expertise and competence.
While Reid may be recognized as a liberal activist and a vocal figure who has made unsubstantiated claims about her blog being hacked to include homophobic remarks about former Republican Governor Charlie Crist, her credibility as a lawyer is highly questionable. This is further exemplified by her erroneous statement on air, suggesting that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp “bioengineered” a white electorate to secure victory over Stacey Abrams in the 2018 gubernatorial race.
In a recent interview, Reid’s guest, Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, was asked why she advocated for the removal of books like “All Boys Aren’t Blue” from public school libraries. Justice’s response, which highlighted the explicit content of the book involving rape, incest, pedophilia, and sex toys, should have been anticipated by a skilled trial lawyer. It is evident that Reid and her team lacked proper preparation for this discussion, and this was not the only instance where they found themselves regretting their lack of case preparation.
Reid initiated the interview by presenting a recording of Justice expressing the notion that parental rights encompassed the act of “guiding” their children’s upbringing, which encompassed aspects such as “values, education, morals, religious beliefs, and character development.”
Subsequently, she inquired whether Justice still upheld this particular interpretation.
“Yes, it’s a God-given right to direct the upbringing of your children,” Justice responded.
A-ha! Reid pounced! “Do LGBTQ parents and parents of LGBT kids, do they have parental rights?”
“Every parent,” Justice responded. “Every parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their kids.”
Moving on to the subsequent point, it is worth noting that a report published by the Washington Post in May revealed an interesting finding. The report examined over 1,000 book challenges for the upcoming 2021-22 school year and discovered that the majority of these challenges were initiated by a mere 11 individuals. Furthermore, each of these individuals had filed 10 or more challenges, earning them the label of “serial filers.” Astonishingly, these serial filers accounted for a significant 60 percent of all the challenges filed across the nation.
Similarly, Florida witnessed comparable outcomes as reported by the Tampa Bay Times in August. The investigation conducted by the Times highlighted that out of approximately 1,100 complaints filed since July 2022, only two individuals were responsible for a staggering 600 of them. Specifically, a father residing in Clay County and a high school teacher in Escambia County were the primary contributors to this substantial number of complaints.
“Why should 13 people get to decide what books tens of thousands of children get to read?” Reid asked.
“Well, I’m thinking it’s probably because those 13 people saw what some of the content was in the books,” Justice said. “Explicit, graphic sexual content — and I’m happy to talk about some of that content if you would like to.”
Reid did not: “Well, this is the question again — the books that are being banned, I want to give you …”
“No books are being banned,” Justice shot back. “I want to be clear, no one is banning books. Write the book, publish the book, put it in a public library. We’re talking about a public school library.
“Children don’t have unfettered access to the internet at school,” she continued. “I did a records request and I wanted to see what kind of internet sites are banned in schools. If we’re going to talk about banning, and the subject matter in the books that moms are concerned about, they’re the same things that kids don’t have access to on the internet.
“So it just feels very hypocritical, right? Why is no one out there protesting for, you know, ‘Free the internet in schools!’?”
Watch the full exhchange below:
Moms for Liberty co-founder shuts down Joy Reid who tries to make the case for why a book about pedophilia should be allowed in public schools:
“Tell me what the content around the strap-on dildo or the rape of a minor child by a teacher” should be allowed in schools. pic.twitter.com/LRQ0wUBrVJ
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 20, 2024
