An Oklahoma high school student was beaten by peers and subsequently died earlier this month.
Now, many online are saying that their death is emblematic of transphobic rhetoric promulgated by the state’s Secretary of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, who oversees the state’s Department of Education.
Chaya Raichik, who runs the controversial @LibsOfTikTok X account, is also being blamed.
Raichik was appointed to the State Department of Education’s Library Media Advisory Committee in January by Walters.
On Feb. 7, Nex Benedict was beaten by three older, female peers at Owasso High School, where Benedict was a sophomore. A teacher broke up the altercation, but school authorities did not call an ambulance for Benedict. They did, however, go to the hospital that day and were later released.
Benedict died after a second trip to the hospital the next day. They were non-binary.
Many are positing that Benedict’s death was the result of a hate crime motivated, they say in part, by the anti-trans rhetoric Walters peddled as the head of the state’s top official in charge of education.
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Wow, you weren’t kidding. That’s one toxic comment/post history they’ve got.
What’s up with the reddthat instance? Have you noticed a large percentage of chudposting from there it is it just me?
Oh, for sure; it must be like catnip for regressive reactionaries.
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I posted here first, genius.
Believe it or not I can… remember things. Like user names.
I notice you responded to @Zombiepirate but not to me, even though I asked you a question.
Did you mean that she is unqualified for the job that she has been hired for and thus should be investigated? Also, if not, what are her qualifications?
Crazy thing. You don’t have to put any effort into “following people around”. Just click a person’s username and you can scroll right through their comment history to get an idea what you’re dealing with.
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That’s all she does? Then she’s highly unqualified to be on the Oklahoma Department of Education’s Library Media Advisory Committee and both she and Walters need to be investigated for financial impropriety immediately.
That’s what you meant, right?
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A Twitter account run by Chaya Raichik, as the article clearly states. Maybe you should have read it. Or the summary.
What are Chaya Raichik’s qualifications to be getting this government salary? Please tell me.
I had to look this up. Apparently it’s not a paid position:
https://ktul.com/news/local/ryan-walters-under-fire-for-appointing-tiktok-watchdog-to-oklahoma-education-committee-chaya-raichik-library-advisory-media-tiktok-library-media-advisory-commitee-liberal-agenda-rightwing-watchdog-bomb-threats-union-public-schools
Don’t disagree with you other wise. The only thing she sounds qualified for is dogwhistling and spreading misinformation.
Fair enough. The real problem is giving her the power she now has when, as you said, she’s totally unqualified.
You see, when you tell fire at a movie theater, you are responsible for the chaos that happens.
A teenager died because this disgusting human filth spread lies and hate.
I await patiently for you to show me the lies and hate spread
AGREED! Why is it HER fault for telling her followers to Bomb Schools and Hurt LGBTQ+ CHILDREN? It’s OBVIOUSLY Biden’s fault!
Can you show me anywhere where she told her follows to bomb schools and hurt lgbt children?