From 'Don't Say Gay' to 'Kill Your Local Pedophile': How the 'groomer' rhetoric turned lethal

Eliminationism in America, Part 14: In the 2020s, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric not only gained traction, it once again used a vicious and false connection between queer culture and child abuse.

A number of armed militiamen and neofascist Patriot Front extremists turned up at Coeur d’Alene’s ‘Pride in the Park’ event in June 2022, recruited by LibsofTikTok, to menace event-goers. (David Neiwert photo)

Part 14 of 15: [Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.]

The eliminationist campaign against the LGBTQ community picked up steam in 20…