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“ Walsh came out of the experience of making the movie as a frothing rabid bigot.”

Nah, Walsh went into the movie that way. He was just smart enough to keep his mouth mostly shut as he spoke to these people so the spotlight remained on their awful takes instead of his.

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Aside from his appearance on Carlson, he kept his biases scrupulously masked.

It seems like everyone who saw that film is disgusted with his interviewees. The professor was the worst ("truth is transphobic; I'm a scientist") but that woman who evaded answering questions just as badly lied even more. Puberty blockers are completely reversible (smile). Does a chicken have a gender identity (smile)? And she prescribes this muck.

But by keeping his biases concealed, Walsh made a major contribution to the discussion. But it's sobering to note that a frothing right-wing bigot is the voice of reason here.

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“[I]t's sobering to note that a frothing right-wing bigot is the voice of reason here.”

[Ahem] I beg your pardon?

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