Last Friday, my pal Mark Evanier posted a segment form a recent episode of The Problem with Jon Stewart, which streams on Apple TV+. It was part of an interview with the Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, and deals with the state's decision to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors, the first in the country to do so..
The clip only runs about six minutes. Stewart is incredibly polite, totally respectful and utterly scathing. As Mark describes the freeze-frame image on the video, "That is the face of a woman who deeply regrets having agreed to sit for this interview. And it gets worse for her in the whole conversation…" You can watch it on Mark's site here. The only disappointment with the interviews is that he didn't have at his fingertips the information about the “experts” that the state had called to oppose the conflicting testimony of such major medical groups as the American Medical Association, the American Association of Pediatrics, and the Endocrine Society. When Stewart asks about who Arkansas' experts were, and Attorney General Rutledge doesn't recall, but explains it's in their legislative history and briefs, which she says she'll send. I bring this up here, because this woman, Alajandra Cabarallo -- who works at Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic in the area of gender and techs -- filled in that gap on Twitter. She has a thread looking at each of the Arkansas “experts” -- and it’s devastating. If you do watch the video above, it's highly-worth reading this follow-up thread, by clicking here.
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