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It appears @Carter_AndrewJ thinks the world needs another terribly argued and mildly abusive thread from him every time @jk_rowling tweets. Really, we don't, but since he insists on it, let's look at his latest outpouring of unpleasantness. Thread. /1
It starts with a useful little montage in which Andrew's patronising opener is handily shown above Jo's tweet explaining exactly what sort of people men like Andrew are. Pick a side. /2
Now his first attempt at making a point, but no!! Can it really be that a man who has decided to commit himself to the gender debate to the extent of writing 120-tweet threads, DOESN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEX AND GENDER? Afraid so... /3
Observing that women and TW are different biological sexes is not "misgendering", flagrant or otherwise. How can we even discuss these issues if we don't have language to describe the basic concepts? What jumble of confusing words would Andrew be happy with here? Who knows. /4
Not quite sure what Andrew is claiming to have "debunked" here, since he hasn't offered any kind of evidence.
Andrew gets the onus of proof all wrong. It shouldn't be up to women to prove that TW are more of a threat than women... /5
Andrew gets the onus of proof all wrong. It shouldn't be up to women to prove that TW are more of a threat than women... /5
It should be the other way round. If AJC has proof TW are less a threat than males, let him present it. He won't. because he can't. And even if he could, he gets the next step wrong. Who women allow in their spaces is a question for women. It's got nowt to do with him, or me. /6
Next he dismisses Jo's "experiences of domestic abuse" as of "no relevance". That's nice of him. You'll note that he isn't remotely interested in how women *feel*. If a woman says she'd feel traumatised sharing a certain space with a man, Andrew's response is to demand data /7
and citations. Failure to supply this to *his* satisfaction means the woman is a bigot whose feelings & desire for privacy count for nothing. Andrew never talks about privacy & dignity. I can only assume he thinks they are not important. /8
He says trans people are not responsible for the actions of men. Well guess what Andrew, women are not responsible for the actions of men either! Yet somehow it's women who you expect to make sacrifices as a result. /9
Andrew now moves on to the question of men self-identifying themselves into women's spaces when they shouldn't. Except he doesn't, because after raising the question, he immediately dodges it and starts spouting some nonsense about transmen. /10
Will transmen be "forced" in to women's spaces? Er, no, that's rather a weak strawman. A female-only space (in which transmen may well be welcome) does not preclude other types of spaces. Obviously. /11
Now the mask well and truly slips. First, Andrew insists "3rd spaces" are unacceptable to him. Of course they are - because this has nothing to do with safety & privacy, which 3rd spaces are perfectly capable of providing. It's all about *validation*. /12
Note the none-too-subtle allusion to racial segregation - as if Andrew is unaware that men abuse & (if given the opportunity) spy on women on an industrial scale, in a way that has never been the case for different ethnic groups. Appalling false equivalence by him here. /13
And here we go, the mask falls right off as he throws in the first reference to "hate". "They start with the bigoted goal", says Andrew. No, in fact Jo started off by being abused by a man. Quite a big difference, really. /14
"Domestic abuse is despicable", says the man whose first thought when reading a harrowing account of DV is: "I really must write 120 tweets telling this woman she is a bigot". And then rattles off more threads immediately every time she speaks up in the future. /15
Andrew should butt out of telling women what to do with their spaces. He should trust women to make the right & fair decisions. And if he's really arsed about trans people, do something positive for them instead of geeing on the conflict. /16
By the way Andrew, I see you replied to one of my tweets the other day, even though you blocked me some time ago? I normally block back but obviously missed that one. If you want to reply to me, please unblock, otherwise steer clear of my mentions - cheers! /17
