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Health and science journo tries to troll Megyn Kelly for comments on Dr Rachel Levine, gets shredded online

Journalist Benjamin Ryan gets slammed online for trying to troll Megyn Kelly for her stance on Dr Rachel Levine

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A Health and science journalist has found themself on the receiving end of an angry group of social media users after trying to troll the former FOX News anchor Megyn Kelly for her statement on the US Assistant Health Secretary Dr Rachel Levine.

The journalist, by the name of Benjamin Ryan, was shredded online by an angry mob who sided with Kelly for her view on the hotly debated matter where Dr Levine reportedly praised a clinic in Alaska for using gender-affirming terms and calling women as "egg producers," per National Review.

Who is Benjamin Ryan?

Benjamin Ryan has described themself as a "Health & science reporter," who has contributed to New York Times, NBC News, The Guardian, along with Washington Post and The Atlantic.

Ryan has described themself as a Cancer survivor and Columbia graduate. Sharing Kelly's tweet, the journalist wrote, "This is how Megyn Kelly speaks about a transgender person"

While Ryan presumably thought of gaining the favor of the netizens to castigate Kelly, the stance apparently backfired as the social media users slammed Ryan for the remark.

What did Megyn Kelly say?

The talk show host took to her Twitter to castigate the transgender US health secretary Dr Rachel Levine's proposal of calling women "egg producers."

Sharing a news article on social media, 'The Megyn Kelly Show' host wrote, "This is Joe Biden’s rep (a man posing as a woman — and not convincingly) endorsing the idea of scrubbing the term “women” for “egg producers.” So jealous he can’t be female he wants to erase those of us who are. IT’S A NO."

What are the netizens saying?

One fan seemed to have commented, "Hi Ben! As a testicle-possessor, why do you care how Megyn refers to that sperm-producer? Are epididmys-havers like you ok with women being dehumanized and referred to as body parts? What say you, holder-of-penis?"

Another said similarly, "Ben, as a fellow scrotum-haver, I think its best for us sperm-donaters to defer to the fallopian-tubers on this one. Trans ideology has been deeply harmful for the uterus-holders and has been rolling back their rights by removing their ability to even talk about themselves and their medical issues."

Someone else quipped, "You made me follower her. Men putting on wigs and makeup pretending to be women are still men. Men won't ever be women. He won't ever erase me. He won't ever produce eggs and he will always be a man in a wig and makeup."

"Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I respect her even more now," said someone sarcastically.

"Ben, one of my most favorite things in the world is when men explain to women how women should feel about men pretending to be women. Please mansplain to me some more," one fan called Benjamin Ryan out.

Another said, "Correct. Levine is a man pretending to be a woman. Is the truth offensive now?"