The Distance

The Distance

Rainbows Are Crazy-Coded

When people show you who they are, believe them

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Matt Osborne
Jan 28, 2026
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Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota. Hijabs are feminist, now, just like chopping up the genitals of gay kids is the epitome of sexual freedom

Recently, you may have seen the phrase “MAGA-coded” popping up. It appeared in social media echo chambers and has now become mainstream. Tony Dokoupil, the new nightly news anchor for Bari Weiss’ newly-centrist CBS, was denounced as “MAGA-coded” last week in a headline by The Daily Beast. Fashion experts are deploring “MAGA-coded” clothes. Basically, “MAGA-coded” is itself a code that signals the virtue of rejecting some perfectly rational statement out of hand, without critical thinking.

In a word, it is propaganda. The propaganda of transgender woo woo likewise tells its audience what to reject out of hand, without critical thinking, through the use of deceptive language, so that boys cheating at girls’ sports become “trans girls” in oozing legacy media coverage. The prioritization of politics over reality is a hallmark of genderwoo, whic…

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