{"id":1976584,"date":"2023-07-18T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:28:52","slug":"former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pedophile Advocate Critiques &#8216;Sound Of Freedom&#8217; in Bloomberg Article"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fformer-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom%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=1976584&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>A Controversial \u200cTake on the \u2064Film\u2062 &#8220;Sound \u2063of Freedom&#8221;<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A \u2062former spokesman\u2064 for \u2062the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/board-member-of-trans-rights-group-resigns-after-giving-speech-to-pedophile-advocacy-group\/\" title=\"Board Member of \"Trans Rights\" Group Resigns After Giving Speech to Pedophile Advocacy Group\">pedophile advocacy group<\/a>\u2063 Prostasia wrote a hit piece \u2062in \u200dBloomberg against the new\u2064 anti-child\u2064 trafficking film \u2062\u201cSound of Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Noah Berlatsky\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211116021836\/https:\/\/prostasia.org\/blog\/team\/noah-berkatsky\/\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a> in\u200d 2021 as communications director \u2063for Prostasia, a \u200bgroup that calls \u200bitself \u201ca new kind\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-say-apples-child-porn-detection-tool-is-less-accurate-than-advertised\/\" title=\"Experts Say Apple\u2019s Child Porn Detection Tool Is Less Accurate Than Advertised\">child protection organization<\/a>,\u201d but <a href=\"https:\/\/prostasia.org\/blog\/reducing-self-stigmatization-in-maps-can-reduce-risks-of-offending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">works<\/a> to \u200dremove the stigma surrounding \u201cMAPs\u201d or \u2064\u201cminor-attracted people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Saturday,\u200c Bloomberg published an\u2062 opinion article \u2064authored\u200c by\u200b Berlatsky, \u2064titled \u200d\u201cQAnon and \u2018Sound of \u200cFreedom\u2019 Both Rely on \u200bTired\u2063 Hollywood Tropes.\u201d\u2064 The \u200darticle\u200b was <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/07\/15\/qanon-and-sound-of-freedom-both-rely-on-tired-hollywood-tropes\/c0b861ee-230a-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reprinted<\/a>\u200d by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, Berlatsky, who \u2062is also a \u200bformer\u2064 NBC contributor, bashed \u200d\u201cSound of \u2062Freedom,\u201d which\u200b has\u2063 been hailed by conservatives since it premiered last month. The film \u200cis about a \u200dfederal\u200b agent who saves \u200ba sister and brother\u200d from child\u200c trafficking and \u200bis \u200dbased on\u2064 a \u2063true story. \u2064The \u200cmovie stars Jim Caviezel and \u200dwas\u2064 <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sound-of-freedom-film-based-on-a-true-story-exposes-horror-of-human-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">produced<\/a> by\u2064 the\u2063 same studio \u200dthat \u200bmade the\u2064 faith-based series \u200b\u201cThe Chosen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berlatsky claimed the film\u2064 has been \u200d\u201cembraced by the far \u2063right and\u200b Christians,\u201d who he complains \u200dhave\u200c \u201chelped boost it to more \u200cthan\u2064 $50 million in \u2063receipts\u200c at the\u200d box office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berlatsky\u2062 also\u2064 claimed \u200c\u201cSound of\u200b Freedom\u201d is linked to\u2062 the conspiracy theory \u2064QAnon.\u200d The\u200c movie\u2019s \u2064creator \u2064recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sound-freedom-movie-creator-tim-ballard-responds-qanon-allegations-sick-1812204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> allegations that the movie\u200d has \u2062a QAnon connection\u2063 \u201csick,\u201d and Caviezel, the\u2062 film\u2019s\u200c star, said he was \u200bunaware of the conspiracy in 2018 \u200cwhen the\u200b movie\u2062 was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the truth is \u200bthat the conspiratorial \u200bright and\u200c the Hollywood default \u2062aren\u2019t \u200bthat different \u2014 \u2062which is why, perhaps, our polity has had such difficulty\u2063 rejecting\u200c QAnon,\u2062 Trump \u2064and fascism,\u201d\u200c Berlatsky wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/4w.pub\/prostasia-normalize-pedophilia\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a>\u2064 Prostasia, \u2063the pedophile advocacy group, for \u2062years of\u2063 trying\u200c to normalize pedophilia behind\u200d a thin smoke \u200dscreen of\u2062 \u201cchild protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s blog posts have mentioned \u201ckink\u201d and \u201cchild protection\u201d \u2062in the \u2062same breath.\u200b Prostasia has also\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/prostasia.org\/blog\/criminalizing-art-and-fiction-is-a-bridge-too-far-for-the-united-nations\/\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a>\u200d against criminalizing fantasy\u200b child\u200b pornography \u2063and in \u200cfavor\u200d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-pedophile-advocacy-group-spokesman-writes-bloomberg-hit-piece-on-sound-of-freedom\/\" title=\"Ex-Pedophile Advocate Critiques 'Sound Of Freedom' in Bloomberg Article\">keeping child\u200d sex dolls\u200d legal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Besides his\u2063 stint \u2063as communications director for Prostasia, Berlatsky has \u2064a \u200clong \u2063social media history \u200cof\u200d defending pedophiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPedophiles\u200d are\u2064 essentially a stigmatized group. \u200dCertain \u2063people get designated as\u200b deviants,\u2064 people hate\u200d them,\u201d \u200dBerlatsky tweeted in\u2064 February, 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bloomberg-sound-freedom-hit-piece-written-pro-pedo-contributor\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a\u200c screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue isn\u2019t that people care \u2064about \u200cthe \u2062victims. The issue is\u200d that pedophiles are \u200dloathed,\u201d Berlatsky tweeted the \u200dsame\u2063 day\u200d in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Berlatsky \u200chas also attacked the\u200b relationship \u200dbetween parents \u200cand \u200dtheir \u2062children.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents are\u200d tyrants.\u200b \u2018parent\u2019 is an oppressive \u2062class, like\u200b rich\u2064 people\u200c or white<br \/> people,\u201d Berlatsky tweeted in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere \u2062are things you \u200bcan \u2062do to try to minimize the abuse \u2064that\u2019s\u2064 endemic to the\u2062 parent\/child \u2062relationship,\u200b but it\u2019s always there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, gender ideology plays\u200c a large \u2064role in \u200cBerlatsky\u2019s family. He has <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/19\/opinions\/fathers-day-transgender-daughter-bravery-trust-berlatsky\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been vocal<\/a>\u200b about\u2064 supporting \u2062his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-demonic-religious-mothers-mourn-how-trans-movement-is-devouring-sons-find-solace-in-secret-online-group\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Demonic\u2019: Religious Mothers Mourn How Trans Movement Is \u2018Devouring\u2019 Sons, Find Solace In Secret Online Group\">trans-identifying son<\/a>, who\u200d now\u200c identifies\u200b as a girl.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063February, \u200dBerlatsky wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/wife-bisexual-nonbinary-daughter-transgender-195648373.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> for Insider, \u200dtitled \u201cMy wife is bisexual\u200b and nonbinary, \u200band my daughter is transgender.\u2062 My\u200b queer \u2063family \u200dhelped me better understand myself \u2063and \u200cmy masculinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Berlatsky\u2019s\u200d Twitter account, \u200dwhich has more than\u2063 21,000 followers, is currently locked in \u200cprivate \u2064mode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bloomberg article penned by Noah Berlatsky, a former Prostasia spokesperson, criticized the anti-child trafficking film &#8220;Sound of Freedom.&#8221; Prostasia, a self-proclaimed child protection organization, aims to destigmatize &#8220;MAPs&#8221; (Minor Attracted Persons) &#8211; a term associated with pedophiles. Berlatsky&#8217;s piece sheds light on his conflicting role within the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1976585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}