Ep. 26: Local Businesses Support Anti-Choice ”Crisis Pregnancy Center” Alternatives Kzoo, and More

A recent post on social media has called attention to local business support for an organization called "Alternatives Kzoo" with decidedly anti-choice politics. While many locally were informed about these businesses lending financial support to them, we go further and explain who and what Alternatives Kzoo is- a "Crisis Pregnancy Center." We talk about CPCs, how they often mislead and misdirect people with services to push their anti-abortion agenda, and how that relates to the broader conservative media ecosystem.

We look at how Tudor Dixon recently attacked the Michigan Department of Education for suggesting in a training video that teachers use discretion when talking with parents about their child's gender/ sexual identity. Alarmingly, the Whitmer administration concurred with a broader criticism for the MDE to make sure they "involve parents." All this skirts around the core issue of protecting student privacy against potentially homophobic/ trans-phobic parents, and amounts to throwing LGBTQ+ students under the bus- and validating bigoted talking points.

In some tragic Michigan news, a follow of QAnon reportedly murdered their wife and attempted to murder their daughter. We talk about the tragic circumstances of this event and more broadly about who and why people are drawn to conspiracy theories like Q.

We briefly touch on Governors Abbot and DeSantis grossly shuffling asylum seekers across the country as a political stunt, and the racist cry-babies on the internet with very strong opinions of what skin color a fictional fish-woman should have.

 

2:00- 25:20 Local Businesses Supporting Anti-Choice Org 'Alternatives Kzoo'

25:20- 49:00 Dixon AND Whitmer Throw LGBTQ+ Students Under the Bus

49:00- 1:06:00 Michigan QAnon Follower Murders Wife

1:06:00- 1:16:15 Moving Around Asylum Seekers as Political Stunt

1:16:15- 1:34:18 Part of That World: Mermaids and Racist Man-Babies

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

"Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical"

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/why-crisis-pregnancy-centers-are-legal-unethical/2018-03

List of 'Alternatives Kzoo' Business Support

https://www.facebook.com/hoodratstrategist/posts/pfbid02ens7FPWaDTXsvnoqwhxDD5S2keWEWn65i9y1yPcpw3GHKFq2zKGzoSwsxHd5uv5pl

"Michigan Dept. of Education LGBTQ, gender training blasted by Dixon, Whitmer"

https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-dept-education-lgbtq-gender-training-blasted-dixon-whitmer?fbclid=IwAR3d8c6wszdyjw0rsea1NhvNYH-TlgF1KLFchPN9FaeyXjpQpW69wLOBkKI