Pritt was initially elected to the state House as a Democrat in 2022 but changed his political affiliation to Republican the year after. Republican Party chair Elgine McArdle said in a statement that Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
State Republicans have filed numerous bills seeking to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors, ban trans student-athletes from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, and nullify cities’ non-discrimination ordinances.
In 2023, Pritt voted for a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. State Sen. Mike Azinger ® said that the bill was needed because gender is “self-evident” and that the bill was needed to stop doctors who want to “chop up a child,” even though gender affirming surgery is almost never performed on minors and the bill banned non-surgical interventions.
Why is it always the ones you most suspect?
FYI - A lot of the discussion here about the headline is now irrelevant that the source saw the light and corrected it:
“GOP lawmaker arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a middle schooler in a classroom”
OP - If you can update your headline to match, that would be great!
And, yes “having sex” in this context, is rape apology.
I’d gladly do so if you add an expressed permission in the rules to guaruntee that some other mod in the future doesn’t bjtch about making that sort of change (especially if this happens again to another article down the road). Add text to rule 1. Like add a rule 1a that says something like:
The original poster may update their Lemmy post’s titles to match an updated article title ONLY IF the origional source has updated the article’s title subsequent to the original posting on Lemmy.
Make that change, and I’ll happily update it. I just want to shield myself and future posters from arbitrary and capricious moderators.
We require submissions match the source headline.
The title in the original source changed, it’s on you to make sure your title stays updated.
If you’re in reading comments, you can double check and fix the title at the same time.
The title in the original source changed, it’s on you to make sure your title stays updated.
If you’re in reading comments, you can double check and fix the title at the same time.
Is that explicit in the rules? My point is that, while YOU or the current mod team in this exact moment might allow for the change in this specific instance, it would be helpful to memorialize that if/when this happens again in the future.
It IS explicit in the rules, first rule in fact:
“Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.”
I followed the rules exactly. The title of my post was an exact match for the article at the time of posting. After reader complaints, the news source decided to change it after the post on Lemmy was made. My point is that it would be helpful to have an adendum (that 1a bit above) that shields people for when that happens. Like, what if they change the title, it gets updated on Lemmy, then it changes again?
At the time of posting, and after a bunch of complaints I’m sure, based on the discussion here ALONE, the original source editorially corrected the headline.
You should have the common sense to do the same, if you don’t, I can just remove the post.
I’m not arguing about removing or not removing the post. Hell, I am not arguing about wether to change the title. I already changed it. I am raising the concern about future instances. This has the potential for repeatability, and mods cycle in and out. That makes the instant title change concern or statement from you (one mod) an inherently subjective application
I just sent this to their contact us page.
This article https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gop-lawmaker-arrested-after-allegedly-having-with-middle-schooler-in-a-classroom/ Titled as “allegedly having sex with middle schooler” is trash rape culture wording. You cannot “have sex” with a child. That is rape. Period, Your readers expect better than to white wash crimes against children like this. Statutory rape is rape. Sex with a child is rape. There is no consent, and thus, no obligation for you to sugar coat article wording like this. Please do better.
I sent a message through their contact page as well. Thank you. I hope they respond appropriately.
I’m surprised they allowed this to be published as is considering the source.
They changed it to ‘allegedly sexually abusing.’
Good. Maybe the commenters in here arguing that it’s more accurate to describe this crime as consensual sex can shove it now.
Edit: ugh, they changed the title but kept “sex” in the body of the article.
“having sex with”
Nope, he raped a child.
At least they didn’t go with the newest “ugh” term - “underage woman”. If she’s underage, she’s not a woman
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They always do that!!! It’s got to be some legal thing like it’s alleged and not proven to be rape?
I don’t know.
Oh would you look at that? Once again it’s not a trans person, gay person or a drag queen.
"Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
Joins the Republican party and rapes kids.
They forget the part where you need to be filthy rich to get away with this.
Or a priest.
Those troubled teen places
PEDO PARTY
If Dems were good at messaging, which they aren’t, they’d blast this everywhere imaginable to make the name really stick.
If Republicans can make the public believe Haitian immigrants were cooking and eating people’s pets then Dems can make people believe something that’s pretty obvious at this point.
Pritt was initially elected to the state House as a Democrat in 2022 but changed his political affiliation to Republican the year after. Republican Party chair Elgine McArdle said in a statement that Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
So much to unpack here. Originally a Dem, but switched to Rep without realizing how far they are from the Republican party “our parents grew up with”? Or perhaps his pedophilia and instinct to project onto others made him realize the Republicans are a better fit for him?
There are many times I wish people would resist arrest, this is one of those times
That’s called rape and pedophilia. Coward ass journalists today.
“Pritt had realized that the “Democratic Party of today is not the Democratic Party that our parents grew up with.”
Not the glaze the Democrats, but I’m assuming this guy is Gen X or elder Millennial. All the Dems have done since the 80s/90s have done is move left on social services/regulation (slowly) and become more inclusive.
Today’s Dems are objectively better than the era his parents grew up with.
GOP = Gaslight, Obstruct, Project
All the Dems have done since the 80s/90s have done is move left on social services/regulation (slowly) and become more inclusive.
Since Regan (compounded by Citizens United), Dems have been diet Republicans: still siding with Republicans when its something the donors want, but more inclusive on cultural issues. Doubt me? Why did Obama model the heath-insurance reforms after Romney-care (a long sitting Republican) instead of Bernie’s idea of Medicare For All? Why did the party go with Hillary instead of Sanders? Why did Harris spend the entire campaign reassuring the donors rather than getting the base to turn out? Money carries more weight than the plebiscite.
Basically, the culture stuff serves as a distraction while they loot and pillage the coffers.
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Obamacare originally had a public option and didn’t have the votes. Also, what stopped Bernie from proposing Medicare For All for the last 10 years, he’s a literal Senator genius.
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The “party” did not choose Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. The black voters did, the same voters he failed to reach out to, this is a demo Hillary and Biden aggressively targeted.
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You sound like a MAGAT, everything isn’t rigged against you and you’re not always right you pretentious spoiled fuck.
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5’3” damn little rascals
Man, thats why you gotta watch these kids when they’re on games like Roblox. Pedos are always lurking.
Is being a pedo mandatory to join GOP?
Not from the US, so checked and 8th Grade is 13-14 years old. This is statutory rape here in the UK, and hopefully in the US also.
It is unless you are rich. If you are, you get elected president.
In this case it definitely wasn’t the quiet one.
Christ, what a piece of crap human being.
