{"id":1976501,"date":"2023-07-18T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/author-of-sound-of-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-as-lgbt-activist-who-fretted-over-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:20:27","slug":"author-of-sound-of-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-as-lgbt-activist-who-fretted-over-stigmatizing-pedophiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/author-of-sound-of-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-as-lgbt-activist-who-fretted-over-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Author of &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; Hit Piece Revealed as LGBT Activist Concerned About Stigmatizing Pedophiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauthor-of-sound-of-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-as-lgbt-activist-who-fretted-over-stigmatizing-pedophiles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Author of a Hit\u2062 Piece \u200con &#8220;Sound \u200dof \u200cFreedom&#8221;\u2063 Exposed \u200das \u200ban LGBT\u200d Activist<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200bauthor of\u2062 a \u2063recent\u2064 hit \u2064piece\u2063 published by Bloomberg that \u2064questioned\u200d the\u2064 motives of \u2063the box \u200doffice\u200d hit \u200d\u201cSound \u200bof \u200dFreedom,\u201d which \u2063highlighted \u200bthe plight of children trafficked \u200bfor sex, previously\u2064 defended \u2064pedophilia.<\/p>\n<p>Noah\u200b Berlatsky \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DFZlI#selection-4827.31-4827.117\" target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> the film on Saturday for \u2062relying on what he called \u200d\u201ctired Hollywood tropes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those tropes \u2063are \u2063that\u200c \u201cbad\u200c guys are \u2063unremittingly \u2063evil, and\u2063 the good guys \u2064are \u200bsensitive \u2063and \u200cunfailingly\u200b virtuous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berlatsky,\u2062 who portrayed the film as \u201ccontroversial,\u201d tried to paint\u2063 the child\u200b sex\u200b trade as \u2064being more nuanced\u200b than it\u200d is \u2063shown in\u200c \u201cSound of \u2062Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daring-rescue-depicted-sound-freedom-thanks-border-wall\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">smash\u200d hit<\/a> tells \u200cthe \u200cstory \u200dof former Homeland\u2063 Security\u200c operative \u200bTim \u2062Ballard and his fight \u200bto\u200b save two children from\u200d the\u2063 chains of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe film\u2064 is \u2064controversial\u2063 because the man\u2062 the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/must-see-movie-sound-freedom-celeb-supporters-list-expands-jewel-ufcs-dana-white\/\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">movie<\/a> is about, former \u2064Homeland\u200d Security operative\u2063 Tim \u200dBallard, \u200band\u2063 the actor\u200b who plays him, \u2063Jim \u200dCaviezel, \u200dboth have\u200b links\u2063 to\u200d QAnon,\u201d Berlastsky wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200c added,\u2063 \u201cSo,\u200b is Sound of Freedom a\u200c QAnon dog whistle, or\u200d is it\u2063 just\u2062 another thriller? The answer\u2064 is that\u200d \u2014 whatever the filmmaker\u2019s intentions \u2014\u2064 it\u2064 functions \u2062as both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he \u200cattempted to \u200cdownplay \u2063the dangers\u200b of \u200cstrangers \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-doj-child-sex-trafficking-office-updates-website-page-now-half-size-critical-info-gone\/\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trafficking<\/a> \u200cchildren for sex, \u2062Berlastsky\u200b dug deep.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2062 wrote, \u201cThe \u2064Counter-Trafficking Data \u200dCollaborative,\u2062 which\u2064 collects information from around the world, found that 67%\u2062 of \u200bthe children \u200bwho are sexually trafficked are\u2063 15 to\u2064 17\u2064 years \u200bold rather than\u200d young \u200bchildren. \u2063In \u206241% of the cases,\u2064 a family member\u2064 was \u2062involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div \u200cclass=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should\u200c Bloomberg\u200b retract \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-audio-think-tanks-star-lawsuit-witness-admits-to-tommy-robinson-that-they-bribed-him-for-testimony-against-us-congressional-staffer\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Think Tank\u2019s Star Lawsuit Witness Admits to Tommy Robinson That They Bribed Him For Testimony Against US Congressional Staffer\">hit piece<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\"\u200d style=\"display:\u2063 none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div\u200d class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting \u200dthis\u2063 poll entitles \u200cyou \u200dto The \u200bWestern \u200bJournal \u200dnews updates\u2064 free of\u2063 charge.\u200d You may opt\u2063 out\u2064 at \u200canytime.\u2063 You \u2063also agree to\u200c our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of \u200cUse<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u2064id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" \u2064style=\"width: \u20630%\">\n\t\t\tYes:\u200d 0%\u200c (0 \u2064Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\"\u200c style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: \u200d0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The writer\u2062 additionally\u200b claimed that some \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-democrats-block-bill-crack-child-traffickers-get-heckled-victims-sob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victims<\/a> of trafficking \u200bcarry \u201cstories of\u200d addiction, disowned LGBTQ+ people\u2063 and \u2062trading sex on the street\u2064 to \u200dsurvive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berlastsky has\u200c previously \u2062written\u200c articles for \u2063a \u200dgroup called\u200c the \u200d<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/prostasia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">Prostasia\u2062 Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2062 says \u200cits \u200bmission combines\u2064 \u201czero\u2064 tolerance \u2064of \u2062child \u2064sexual abuse,\u201d with\u2062 a \u201ccommitment \u2063to human and\u2063 civil \u200drights\u2063 and\u2062 sex \u2063positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one article \u2062from 2021,\u200c Berlastsky <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/6956J#selection-2389.0-2393.273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complained<\/a> about \u200ba \u200cstigma around <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-ag-dumps-7000-pedophiles-back-onto-calif-streets-served-less-year-prison-report\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">pedophiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2062 worried \u200bthat \u200csome \u200bare \u201cvilifying\u201d people \u200bthat an \u200cauthor he\u200d once \u2064interviewed, Allyn Walker, \u2063referred \u200dto\u2064 as \u2063\u201cminor-attracted people\u201d.\u200b He \u2062argued such \u200cpeople should \u2063not \u2063be ostracized\u200c but \u200caccepted \u2064and\u200b offered \u2063treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Berlastsky \u200cwrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStigmatizing\u2063 pedophiles or MAPs makes \u2064it harder for pedophiles to \u2064seek help, which\u2063 puts \u200bchildren\u2064 at \u2063risk. And\u2064 it \u200bdistracts \u2063our\u200b attention \u2062from \u2063the \u2064most prevalent forms\u2063 of \u200bchild \u200babuse \u2062and child\u200d sexual abuse,\u200d which also \u2063puts\u2062 children\u2063 at\u2062 risk. As long\u2063 as \u2064we are focused on stigmatizing\u200b pedophiles, we \u2062will\u2063 fail \u2063to \u200dsufficiently\u2064 recognize and \u2064condemn\u200c the \u2063actions\u200c which harm\u2062 children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As independent\u200c reporter \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/portland-antifa-attacker-indicted-over-2019-assault-of-andy-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy \u200cNgo<\/a>\u200d reported\u2062 the\u200c author once \u200ctweeted,\u200b \u201cPedophiles are \u2064essentially\u200c a\u200d stigmatized \u2064group. Certain people get designated \u2064as deviants,\u200b people hate\u200b them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200cclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The person who wrote\u200b this Bloomberg opinion\u2062 piece is \u2062leftist \u200dactivist \u2064Noah Berlatsky\u200c <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nberlat?\">@nberlat<\/a>. He \u2064was\u2063 the spokesperson\u2063 for \u200dM.A.P.\u2063 (minor-attracted \u2063person)\u200c advocacy\u200b group, \u200bProstasia. \u2062In \u200d2017, \u200bhe\u2063 tweeted \u2063that pedophiles \u2064are a\u2063 stigmatized \u200cgroup\u200d who \u2062get \u2062designated as deviants\u2064 for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SGqZ5CEqbB\">https:\/\/t.co\/SGqZ5CEqbB<\/a> <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6yq7LGqfgJ\">pic.twitter.com\/6yq7LGqfgJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Andy Ng\u00f4\u200c  \u2063(@MrAndyNgo) \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1680773263503368192?\">July 17, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Berlastsky \u200cclaimed in \u2063his \u200bwriting for\u200b the Prostasia \u200dFoundation\u2062 that\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/author-of-sound-of-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-as-lgbt-activist-who-fretted-over-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/\" title=\"Author of 'Sound of Freedom' Hit Piece Revealed as LGBT Activist Concerned About Stigmatizing Pedophiles\">protecting\u200d child\u2064 sexual\u200d predators<\/a>\u200c will \u2062ultimately\u2064 lead \u200bto \u200bfewer \u200dinstances of \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-slam-twitter-on-heels-of-bombshell-lawsuit-from-teen-victim\/\" title=\"Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocates Slam Twitter On Heels Of Bombshell Lawsuit From Teen Victim\">child sexual abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-freedom-scores-impressive-back-back-box-office-wins-surpasses-50-million-milestone\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">Sound of Freedom<\/a>\u201d\u2063 had <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt7599146\/credits\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hauled in<\/a> more than $85 million worldwide in only \u200btwo \u200dweeks\u2062 and\u200b in limited theaters as\u2064 of \u200cTuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg \u200chas not issued\u2064 a retraction\u2063 of the \u200dBerlastsky hit\u2062 piece.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author-sound-freedom-hit-piece-exposed-lgbt-activist-fretted-stigmatizing-pedophiles\/\">Author of\u2062 &#8216;Sound \u200dof Freedom&#8217;\u200b Hit Piece\u200d Exposed As LGBT Activist Who\u2062 Fretted\u200d Over Stigmatizing \u200cPedophiles<\/a>\u200b appeared\u2064 first \u200bon \u200b<a rel=\"nofollow\"\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2063 Western\u200c Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bloomberg article questioned the motives of &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; a box office hit shedding light on child sex trafficking. 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