Sally Hines on Twitter re Woman's Hour

[Silentlyobserving]

This tweet is not going as well as she perhaps expected: twitter.com/sally_hines/status/1064473613049442304

[cheminotte]

Was that today’s woman’s hour?

[WhoGivesADamnForAFlakeyBandit]

It's beautiful to read, isn't it.

[rightreckoner]

Those comments are lush

[WeShouldOpenABar]

Those tweets

[Sparkyduchess]

She obviously thought she nailed it - having listened to it just now, prof stock was awesome and sally Hines really should pipe down.

[Silentlyobserving]

Yes todays programme

[WhoGivesADamnForAFlakeyBandit]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3427931-Prof-Stock-on-Womans-Hour-today - the other thread.

[CisMyArse]

She has well and truly had her arse handed to her, on a plate.

Bravo that woman.

[arranfan]

Prof. Stock is maintaining a very dignified silence which is probably appropriate when Prof Hines manifestly did herself no favours in utterly failing to explain her position in a way that the audience could begin to track.

I have my own thoughts as to why that happened but, even so - it's never a good feeling for anyone to have to reflect on quite why you failed so comprehensively to explain your ideas. It can be quite crushing so you're typically well advised to take a beat, reflect on what you're hearing and then take an honest assessment as to whether some of that criticism has some merit.

[AbsintheFriends]

How encouraging to see SO MANY people adding their voices on twitter. We've come a long way since the beginning of the year.

[SophoclesTheFox]

Hahahahahaha, some of those comments! "this bumwash"..."makes not a shitting gram of sense" and the wonderfully deadpan "yes, you did struggle"

Dearie me. To the burns unit, STAT!

[littlbrowndog]

Arse handed bigly

[TheMinorityEngineer]

I gone in and liked many of the comments.
Jack Appleby in particular got it in a nutshell and put it so succinctly.

[Popchyk]

I think I'll change my name on here to ArseHandedBigly.

[HumphreyCobblers]

The replies on that feed are brilliant.

I almost feel sorry for her. Almost, not quite.

[TheMinorityEngineer]

It is clear why they have always demanded #nodebate

They know they are talking nonsense.
The cognitive dissonance as they speak with their word salads is very apparent.

[VickyEadie]

That this woman gets to spout her faith- based (because it's based purely on belief) claptrap to impressionable young people at a university is shocking

[Anlaf]

it's never a good feeling for anyone to have to reflect on quite why you failed so comprehensively to explain your ideas. It can be quite crushing so you're typically well advised to take a beat, reflect on what you're hearing and then take an honest assessment as to whether some of that criticism has some merit

Mumsnet is bloody lovely - some good, compassionate advice on dealing with a public fuckup.

I did like "The main problem is that you have no rational position to defend or promote, just the subjective assertion of a Grimoire of Magick Spirits. None of it is objectively real."

Anyway to Sally, you did your best but perhaps it's time to engage properly with the feedback you're getting.

[rightreckoner]

Can we tempt Jack over here for a little MN love?

I know that sounds really creepy and I’m sticking with it

[HerFemaleness]

Anyway to Sally, you did your best but perhaps it's time to engage properly with the feedback you're getting.

Nah. She's a true believer. She'll double down and dismiss all nay sayers as nasty bigots.

[terryleather]

Oh the comments are^^ divine.

I'm keeping makes not a shitting gram of sense - love it!!!!!

[CaptainKirksSpookyghost]

Maybe he's already here.

[CaptainKirksSpookyghost]

Oh, no I'm not him, that sounded like I was implying hrs me.

[littlbrowndog]

What the sally will never reflect.
She will keep taking her wages and her pension pot and not give 2 fucks
After all she has the money.

[arranfan]

So, the ever-instructive Jane Clare Jones (MN's own @LadyPrincesexual ) has a thread and is promising forthcoming detailed notes:

twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1064503773047992320