So incredibly proud to have signed onto this letter to the NYT calling out the harms of their anti-trans coverage. https://nytletter.com/
Reading the letter, it comes across as a giant strawman argument, appearing to intentionally misunderstand the writings that it is citing.
I don't know what the paper is supposed to do about that. It sounds like it is being blamed for perspectives that it hasn't actually published, with people getting upset about words that they are themselves putting in the mouth of the publisher, action that the publisher itself can't exactly stop.
You also get statements like this: "The natural destination of poor editorial judgment is the court of law." That's quite a stark claim issued without any particular argument or even particular reason that it would be made in the first place, other than to open the door to citing some other question-begging current events.
So the letter comes across as an exercise in choir preaching instead of any that would actually draw outside support or even promote action on the case of the paper.
I think the letter could have been written better in a way that better promotes the cause it wants to promote.
