It’s time to defund taxpayer-funded NPR over porn for kids

[rangerrebew]

It’s time to defund taxpayer-funded NPR over porn for kids
January 9, 2023 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton |  Print Article
 
Columnist David Marcus wrote an opinion piece for Fox News that was published on Monday calling for the defunding of NPR after it ran a disgusting and disturbing essay by author Maia Kobabe defending the “Gender Queer” graphic novel for children which displays graphic drawings of sex acts.

“As House Republicans overcome their differences and take power in the chamber there is an issue that they should take up immediately: defunding National Public Radio. We all know that the taxpayer-funded, so-called news outlet leans farther left than a NASCAR racetrack, but this week they ran a slanderous and frankly disgusting essay by the author of the controversial graphic novel for kids, “Gender Queer,” that should absolutely end their funding,” he asserted in his opinion piece.

“The essay, written by Maia Kobabe, is a woe-is-me tale about her book being taken off the shelves of many school libraries, mixed with self-congratulation for her supposed courage,” Marcus added.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/09/its-time-to-defund-taxpayer-funded-npr-over-porn-for-kids-1323282/

[Hoodat]

There are two main political parties in this country, and both parties continue to vote funding for NPR year after year after year.

[mountaineer]

On that topic, see also the piece I posted: Why Mr. Rogers was better than Barney, but he'd be in big trouble today, which talks about all the LGBTQ+XYZMNOP crap on public broadcasting.

[Kamaji]

NPR does not get any significant amount of funding from taxpayers.

[Hoodat]

NPR does not get any significant amount of funding from taxpayers.

They shouldn't be getting any.

[Kamaji]

NPR funding sources:  https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances

[catfish1957]

The left leaning crap from NPR has been giving me heart burn for at least 40 years. 

What should also incredibly incense conservatives is this data:  (Most from wiki, 2019 most up to date)

Endowment Base- $258M

Income...  yep, this left wing turd bowl makes money-  $5.95M on $258M (strangely coincidental) of revenues.

While.....  Your tax Dollar were included  ($29.56M) of those revenues.

Don't forget, this is the same NPR that suggested in 2021 that the Declaration of Independence was "“a flawed” document with “deeply ingrained hypocrisies,”.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/npr-taxes-congress-cpb/2021/07/05/id/1027538/

Still, we have had full support by both parties to keep funding this brainwashing operation.

[catfish1957]

NPR funding sources:  https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances

I've read enough financial statements to understand eyewash, and the magical power of "other sources", and other neat shell games.

[DefiantMassRINO]

It's been time to defund NPR since it was founded.

Let the rich philanthropists' "foundations" pay to air BBC re-runs.

[Smokin Joe]

NPR does not get any significant amount of funding from taxpayers.

Then they won't miss it.

[catfish1957]

It's been time to defund NPR since it was founded.

And PBS while we are at it.

Antiques Road Show is about the only un-woke aspect of the network.

[Kamaji]

Then they won't miss it.

I don't disagree.  But it won't stop the programming that offends so many, either.

[Smokin Joe]

I don't disagree.  But it won't stop the programming that offends so many, either.

It might not stop it, but at least I won't be funding it at gunpoint, not even a little bit.

[Kamaji]

It might not stop it, but at least I won't be funding it at gunpoint, not even a little bit.

Maybe so, maybe so.

[mountaineer]

Why Is NPR Promoting Teaching Children How To Give Oral Sex?
Taxpayer-supported public radio continues to gaslight listeners about queer dirty books in school libraries
Rod Dreher
Jan 9, 2023 1:43 PM
American Conservative

[Hoodat]

I don't disagree.  But it won't stop the programming that offends so many, either.

We're not trying to stop their programming.  We're just damn sick of subsidizing it.

[berdie]

There may/may not have been a good reason to fund NPR/PBS at one time. But I don't see the need any longer. jmho

They should be like any other paid station that is funded by viewers and advertising. (cable, satellite, etc)

[jmyrlefuller]

There's a better solution:

Several NPR affiliates are state owned. So red states should move to disaffiliate their stations from NPR. Carry jazz in the morning instead, as many public stations used to do before there was Morning Edition.

[sneakypete]

There are two main political parties in this country, and both parties continue to vote funding for NPR year after year after year.

@Hoodat

Well,the idea behind a National Public Radio service is sound,even if the actual application is severely wanting.

Once again,the problem is not with the concept,it is with the people that our politicians put in charge of it's application.

If,"We,the people" don't contact our representatives and let them know how we think about this and demand administrative personnel changes,it is as much our fault as it is the fault of the airheads that piss us off.

[sneakypete]

NPR does not get any significant amount of funding from taxpayers.

@Kamaji

I honestly don't think I have ever heard even one minute of any of their broadcasts. I listen to a radio to hear music,period.

And frankly,I have a lot of trouble believing that Public Radio programs are high on the "must hear radio play list" of pre-teens and teens.

In other words,the perverts at Public Radio might be promoting this stuff on the air,but nobody but them is listening to it.

If any of you were big public radio fans when you were children,or know children now that like to listen to it,please enlighten me.

[sneakypete]

Then they won't miss it.

@Smokin Joe

Good point,but if that were to happen,it would no longer be "Public Radio".

I am all for the idea of a public radio service that really does provide a service to the public,but if it is being twisted and perverted into a political propaganda organ,it is our fault if we allow this to keep happening. There HAS to be some politicians out there looking for a "hot button issue" to get their names in print and on the talk shows,so complain to your congresscritters and get THEM involved in it.

BTW,the idea behind Public Radio is to have a national radio service that SERVES THE GENERAL PUBLIC,NOT fringe freak shows.

[Sighlass]

There used to be drawn X rated comics that were sold in the 70s/80s. Being a boy, I found a few here and there and we stashed them in the "no parents club house" (until they were discovered and I got my butt black & blued). I seem to remember feminist at the time fought against the objectivetism of girls, then swapped to supporting (be all you can be) and now are pushing the same crap they once despised with a twist towards pedo gayism.

I got news for them, a boy doesn't need any of that crap, he has an imagination, and it used to fuel his future in wanting/working towards a woman to marry.

[Smokin Joe]

There used to be drawn X rated comics that were sold in the 70s/80s. Being a boy, I found a few here and there and we stashed them in the "no parents club house" (until they were discovered and I got my butt black & blued). I seem to remember feminist at the time fought against the objectivetism of girls, then swapped to supporting (be all you can be) and now are pushing the same crap they once despised with a twist towards pedo gayism.

I got news for them, a boy doesn't need any of that crap, he has an imagination, and it used to fuel his future in wanting/working towards a woman to marry.

True enough, but the young men of today aren't looking to marry.
For one thing, the milk is free, why buy the cow?

For another, just look at the f-bomb dropping scruffy 'femininity' out there, full of complaints and gripes, and no small degree of programmed man-hate. (I find it odd that the 'feminist' movement has been hijacked to hate everything classically known as 'feminine'.)
Ick. It's a wasteland, the proverbial desert, with the Devil himself muttering in their ears how they can 'have it all' if they just join with him.

False Prophets, and False Promises.

I know not all the young ladies out there fit that description, and have managed to influence (along with my late wife--likely she gets the bulk of the credit) daughters, grand daughters, and great granddaughters in hopes that they will find young men to carry on the most basic traditions of our culture: marriage, fidelity, love, cooperation, and raising children with decent values.

It's getting ugly out there, and increasingly more difficult for youngsters to navigate the ordinary emotional, physical, and social challenges of growing up, and then all this wokeist nonsense is piled on top of that, generating chaos for those not firmly rooted in some basic principles and at least a basic relationship with God.

Of course, the whole angle of the woke movement is to create chaos out of ordinary difficulty, and frankly, to steal the souls of our youth amidst despair.
Unfortunately, it is working, especially if you note the suicide rates of today.

[Sighlass]

True enough, but the young men of today aren't looking to marry.
For one thing, the milk is free, why buy the cow?

For another, just look at the f-bomb dropping scruffy 'femininity' out there, full of complaints and gripes, and no small degree of programmed man-hate. (I find it odd that the 'feminist' movement has been hijacked to hate everything classically known as 'feminine'.)
Ick. It's a wasteland, the proverbial desert, with the Devil himself muttering in their ears how they can 'have it all' if they just join with him.

False Prophets, and False Promises.

I know not all the young ladies out there fit that description, and have managed to influence (along with my late wife--likely she gets the bulk of the credit) daughters, grand daughters, and great granddaughters in hopes that they will find young men to carry on the most basic traditions of our culture: marriage, fidelity, love, cooperation, and raising children with decent values.

It's getting ugly out there, and increasingly more difficult for youngsters to navigate the ordinary emotional, physical, and social challenges of growing up, and then all this wokeist nonsense is piled on top of that, generating chaos for those not firmly rooted in some basic principles and at least a basic relationship with God.

Of course, the whole angle of the woke movement is to create chaos out of ordinary difficulty, and frankly, to steal the souls of our youth amidst despair.
Unfortunately, it is working, especially if you note the suicide rates of today.

Been about a year now hasn't it Joe... I still think of you in my prayers... know she was special to you. Salute my friend. @Smokin Joe

[Smokin Joe]

Been about a year now hasn't it Joe... I still think of you in my prayers... know she was special to you. Salute my friend. @Smokin Joe

Thank you. it has been just over 13 months, and I will always miss her.
I thank Almighty God for the years we had together, and the abundant memories of her, not to mention family we share. I am surrounded by artwork she did, and that is comforting to me, but the greatest comfort is knowing we will meet again someday.

It's funny, but when asked for advice by the kids/grandkids/great-grandkids, it comes not only from my heart, but the things I know she would have said. But that comes from the closeness that enables you to finish each other's sentences (even though you hold back and let them continue), and years of being equally yoked.