Wed Jun 28, 2023 – 5:22 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — NBC earned social media mockery this week after defending the “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children” chant heard at a New York City drag march over the weekend. The article simultaneously argued the chant was only spoken by one person while also claiming it’s a common phrase heard at other “drag marches” for “years.”
In the short video (warning: partial nudity) during a New York “pride” celebration that went viral on social media, at least one person can be heard chanting, “we’re coming for your children” as other participants chant, “we’re not going shopping.”
In its Tuesday article, NBC contended that the “we’re coming for your children” chant had been “taken out of context” by “conservative pundits, activists and lawmakers” who said the provocative remarks validated worries that radical LGBT activists are “grooming” children.
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NBC said that it was unclear who the chanter in the video was (or even “whether the speaker was a member of the LGBTQ community”), but then went on to add that the chant has also been used
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