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Second thread of the morn...the first was celebration of trans folk and our allies.
The second is the bit where we take a look at the twerps who live the other side of the fence.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JaneFae/status/1274257229223526401
Threading again...
The second is the bit where we take a look at the twerps who live the other side of the fence.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JaneFae/status/1274257229223526401
Threading again...
You see, last Sunday, something strange was happening over on the gender crit/terf side. From the diehards and the stupid much rejoicing.
Yes! You could hear them salivate! The trans beast is down.
Now, Truss, have at it! Stab it with your steely knife!
The coup de grace...
Yes! You could hear them salivate! The trans beast is down.
Now, Truss, have at it! Stab it with your steely knife!
The coup de grace...
How they cheered!
And yet...here and there...something else. I was hearing reports of those who still keep open channels of communication being deeply upset.
Like, that wasn't what we meant to happen!
And yet...here and there...something else. I was hearing reports of those who still keep open channels of communication being deeply upset.
Like, that wasn't what we meant to happen!
One or two of those who'd been so caustic in newspaper columns suddenly wanted to bury the hatchet.
As though, after all the pain they'd caused, they can just shrug and make up.
A bit like Hitler, in May 1945, seeking a desperate peace with those an out to bring him down!
As though, after all the pain they'd caused, they can just shrug and make up.
A bit like Hitler, in May 1945, seeking a desperate peace with those an out to bring him down!
Over on #WPUK a piece on the dangers of taking gender crittery too far, giving aid to those who wish to pursue an Orban-style solution to a range of issues...relating to women and lgbt too.
Are some of them at last understanding the fundamentally fascist road they've been on?
Are some of them at last understanding the fundamentally fascist road they've been on?
I mean, it's not as though we've not been warning them. When one of their stars demanded her free speech trumped the equality act we pointed out that could have wider consequence.
Again when a bloke decided to challenge hate laws on their behalf...we warned where it could lead!
Again when a bloke decided to challenge hate laws on their behalf...we warned where it could lead!
Or even now, as a Christian evangelist goes in to bat for them against trans folk, few over there seem to understand the danger for ALL women.
Did none of them learn about the Trojan horse in school?
Did none of them learn about the Trojan horse in school?
And don't take my word for it.
Here is a lawyer who knows his stuff explaining how winning their case against trans people WILL undermine the rights of young women https://mobile.twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1274040811844505600
Here is a lawyer who knows his stuff explaining how winning their case against trans people WILL undermine the rights of young women https://mobile.twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1274040811844505600
Also very much on the radar these last weeks have been gender crits not just abandoning the sinking ship, but "telling tales of viciousness and cruelty" and cruelty as they go.
Almost as though gender crittery is not so much about valid concerns as a bit of a cult!
Almost as though gender crittery is not so much about valid concerns as a bit of a cult!
Don't take my word for it (much of my intel is a tad confidential)...but here's Amy Dyess on how understanding they have been about her leaving: how happy for her to exercise her right to free speech.
(Er, that's sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell) https://mobile.twitter.com/AmyDyess/status/1274025861348331520
(Er, that's sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell) https://mobile.twitter.com/AmyDyess/status/1274025861348331520
I mean i hate to bring it up...it feels like such an unkind thing to do...
...but has anyone been researching regret lately. No, not trans regret, which we know to be very low...
...but has anyone been researching regret lately. No, not trans regret, which we know to be very low...
But Terf regret. Because on present trends it looks LOADS higher!
Perhaps it would be kindest, for some of those worst affected, to make available reprogramming and exit counselling.
We should sympathise and not simply mock the afflicted...
Perhaps it would be kindest, for some of those worst affected, to make available reprogramming and exit counselling.
We should sympathise and not simply mock the afflicted...
Also, this happy morn, a special mention and thanks to #JKRowling who had done such sterling service on behalf of the trans community!
You what? Jane: have you totally lost your senses?
No. Not at all...
You what? Jane: have you totally lost your senses?
No. Not at all...
Because what #Rowling did was set out almost the entire edifice of gender crit nonsense in one place.
The impact of her views was not lost on millions of women worldwide, many of whom now understand for the first time what gender crittery is and how evil...
The impact of her views was not lost on millions of women worldwide, many of whom now understand for the first time what gender crittery is and how evil...
And in one short 4,000 word essay, she has set out such a grab bag of inaccuracy and untruth that we will be mining it for a generation!
Future students will be asked to write essays like "in what way did #JKRowling 's essay expose gender crittery for the steaming mess it is?"
Future students will be asked to write essays like "in what way did #JKRowling 's essay expose gender crittery for the steaming mess it is?"
Indeed, were it not for one single thing, I rather suspect this would have been the week that gender crittery vanished up its own backlash.
But they are saved by one thing...and one thing only...and that is the unholy stinking pustulence aka the UK media.
But they are saved by one thing...and one thing only...and that is the unholy stinking pustulence aka the UK media.
Too many examples to detail here. And two threads in a morn is enough for any young woman!
So just a couple of examples.
So just a couple of examples.
The @BBCNews reported on the APPG LGBT unanimity vs Truss. This was NEWS...and valid balance might have been a statement from the minister.
Not some random anti-transer, as they opted for.
Not some random anti-transer, as they opted for.
This, too. An absence of interest in reporting anything pro-trans: https://mobile.twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1274254725073035264
And this thread as well: https://mobile.twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1160775998893363200
The bottom line...if UK media showed just 10% of the interest in debunking anti-trans claims as it does in amplifying "concerns", the gender crits would have been laughed out of court long ago...
Perhaps as good a time as any to bring to mind the delicious words of Humbert Wolfe (1930):
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God! the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to"
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God! the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to"
TLDR: the gender crits are in even more disarray than usual. But dont worry...with support from the usual suspects - the british media - they'll live on to emit their noxious poison and fart another day!
That is all.
/fin
That is all.
/fin
