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On 4/27/25 10:36 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
> Two headlines from NPR illustrating exactly why they need to be defunded of
> all taxpayer dollars.
> 
> In 2019, the proposed government-enforced bug diet was all the rage among the
> Left. By 2025, the very thing which NPR promoted and advocated has somehow
> morphed into an unhinged "right-wing racist conspiracy theory".
> 
> NPR: Look at all these tasty bugs for you to eat!
> 
> NORMALS: I will not be eating ze bugs.
> 
> NPR: No one's suggesting you eat bugs, you racist whack-job!
> 
> 
> Companies Face an Uphill Battle Trying to Get Americans to Eat Bugs
> December 24, 2019. 5:05 AM ET
> 
> 
> https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791030172/companies-face-an-uphill-battle-trying-to-get-americans-to-eat-bugs
> 
> 
> The Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory About Eating Bugs is About as Racist as You
> Think
> March 6, 2024. 3:00 AM ET
> 
> https://www.npr.org/2024/03/06/1197955874/code-switch-bug-eating-03-06-2024


"'I will not eat the bugs' became a meme on 4chan and emerged in
conservative talk shows and political speech. But why has it
gained traction? In this week's Code Switch, Gene Demby and NPR
reporter Huo Jingnan dive into the sprawling conspiracy theory
behind it. Proponents of the theory lean on the anti-semitic
trope that 'global elites' have a plot to control the masses — in
this case under the guise of climate change solutions — by
forcing them to eat bugs."


Whew, we're lucky they exposed that.  Democracy preserved!
If we let the right wing conspiracy get away with talking about
bugs and elites who knows what else they could get away with?