To be shocked that this is happening in Britain in 2018?

[Spending2muchtimeonMN]

Masked men try to prevent women from attending a lawful, public meeting to discuss the impact of proposed changes to the law on women's rights:

www.facebook.com/julie.bindel/videos/pcb.10160135970780316/10160135907955316

[UpstartCrow]

Yanbu, we are watching the rise of fascism.

[DontCallMeCisterMister]

No. YADNBU. 😱

[LineyHasntLeftTheBuilding]

It amazes me these 'class war' fantasists are in bed with the gender stereotyping ideology of the right-wing 1960s.

[StaplesCorner]

Very glad to see this has been posted where there is more traffic so everyone can see what's going on - shocked me I must say.

[SpareRibFem]

Where were the police? Why did they let a gang of masked young men get away with this?

[Alpineflowers]

YANBU

[Waddlelikeapenguin]

YANBU

Leaving a handy link to the petition
"Consult with women on proposals to enshrine 'gender identity' in law"

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

[gaia]

Bloody hell that's appalling.

[LittlePaintBox]

Unbelievable. What happened next?

[CircleSquareCircleSquare]

This is so violent and aggressive it is unreal.

[CircleSquareCircleSquare]

Here is another (shorter) video of more shocking behaviour at the same event

mobile.twitter.com/MagdalenBerns/status/987703549768491008

[ReanimatedSGB]

Alarming stuff. How did those masked prats get in there in the first place?

[CadyHeron]

WTF
YANBU, it's chilling, it really is.

[CadyHeron]

Reading the comments, she got in eventually. Good.Glad to hear. Shouldn't have been trying to block though and stop.

[GorgonLondon]

Yanbu

There are some women supporting these thugs too. At least one, on one of Magdalena Berns' videos. Wtf are they thinking?

[pamish]

The police said they could not take sides.

I would have thought this is (a) breach of peace and (b) against fire regs. Hope there will be comeback on them, video evidence like this will be handy.
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[SpareRibFem]

What do the police mean they couldn't take sides?

There's people trying to get into a venue for a meeting and there's masked thugs blocking the way by force. 😡

Maybe the police need to take a look at www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q330.htm

[sentMai]

Seems to be men and women there and neither violent nor aggressive.

Whether I think what they did was right or not, I think you should be truthful in your descriptions.

[UpstartCrow]

@sentMai Its clear you haven't watched the video, especially the one posted by Magdalene.
Turn the volume down if your'e wearing headphones
twitter.com/MagdalenBerns/status/987703549768491008

[sentMai]

Just watched it again. I don't think a hand-push is violent and aggressive.

[sentMai]

Although the woman on the phone was clearly lying when she said "yes, the manager is trying to push them out of the door"

[numberseven]

Just watched it again. I don't think a hand-push is violent and aggressive.

[ReturnofSaturn]

Im going to share this on facebook with your description OP if you dont mind.

[sentMai]

@numberseven

Why the confused face. I understand there are levels of aggression and violence but I don't think a push of a camera / hand counts.

[ChattyLion]

YADNBU. OK, anyone can demonstrate peacefully and in costume if they must, against political views they don’t like, that’s just politics.
But Masked idiots seeking to stop other people from peacefully talking to each other, by physical force? Very scary.
Designed to intimidate and stop people (who are mostly women) feeling able to meet or speak about their concerns.
What next; male supremacists burning books they don’t like? Getting people sacked and attacked for having the wrong kind of politics?
Are mainstream news reporting on this? Why are police seemingly not dealing with this as what it is, extremism?
Where is the UK’s freedom of speech, freedom of political thought and freedom of assembly when this thuggery is happening?.
Everyone should be asking themselves why is it so threatening to these masked thugs that women want to get together and talk?
Why, if these masked people have legitimate political concerns (and are just there to legitimately demonstrate, non-violently)) are they turning up concealing their identities?