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To be so thoroughly pissed off with Amnesty International

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AngeloMysterioso · 25/08/2024 13:53

They have declared it to be “good news” that women in Australia are no longer free to congregate in any way, be it in person or online, without including males who wish to intrude, after a transwoman successfully sued the female-only social media app Giggle for discrimination when his request to join was refused.

x.com/amnesty/status/1826982698226737303?s=46&t=4wShKFu-g_j9Gtx-7DLRsQ

On top of this, it has come to light that they have altered some of the text on their website outlining the Taliban’s abhorrent treatment of females. According to Amnesty International-

women and girls were discriminated against in many ways, for the 'crime' of identifying as a girl

www.amnesty.org.uk/womens-rights-afghanistan-history

this was amended from the previous iteration of the text which read “being born a girl”.

By that logic, Afghan women and girls are either choosing to be oppressed by identifying as such, or they are not choosing to identify their way out of it (as if that would even be an option).

I truly can’t believe I used to respect them as a charity. When did they decide to stop giving a fuck about females?? How utterly disgraceful.

To be so thoroughly pissed off with Amnesty International
To be so thoroughly pissed off with Amnesty International
To be so thoroughly pissed off with Amnesty International
OP posts:
SerafinasGoose · 25/08/2024 14:11

In the UK, legal precedent still suggests that the tide is rapidly turning on this repulsive, woman-hating ideology. So it's doubly disappointing when setbacks like this are encountered either at home or overseas.

The antipodes never had a particularly good track record when it came to misogynistic attitudes. But that it's now promoted under the disingenuous cloak of 'progressive politics' is a double-sickener.

Meantime, restrictions against the rights of women are moving apace in Afghanistan, including the most recent ban: that on women's voices being heard in public. Can said women identify against such hideous oppressive regimes, which are increasingly taking them right back to where they were before 2001? We all know the answer, and they all know exactly what a woman is when it comes to where to aim the rape and death threads.

As the dead-eyed, slogan-chanting, faithful Pridebots are so fond of saying, Amnesty can 'get in the bin'.

BrigadierEtienneGerard · 25/08/2024 14:09

VickyEadieofThigh · 25/08/2024 13:55

Amnesty lost the plot a few years ago. The Australian issue is bad enough, but to refer to Afghan girls and women as being oppressed because they "identify" as such is DISGUSTING.

I could not agree more OP. I refuse to donate to them.

AyeDeadOn · 25/08/2024 14:07

I expect worse than nothing from Amnesty now but even with that low bar I was utterly sickened by the use of the term "identify".

Linearforeignbody · 25/08/2024 14:05

VickyEadieofThigh · 25/08/2024 13:55

Amnesty lost the plot a few years ago. The Australian issue is bad enough, but to refer to Afghan girls and women as being oppressed because they "identify" as such is DISGUSTING.

Quite.
And by extension then, those females who choose to identify as males should suffer no discrimination. Cos being male is ok. So if all women in Afghanistan identified as males then there is no problem.
Yeah, right.

Thevelvelletes · 25/08/2024 14:05

The women of Afghanistan don't want an education,hold positions in office, work.having a male chaperone when out is a necessity and the latest no access to tech devices and I'm quite sure a mobile phone didn't get a mention in the Qur'an.apoligies if that's spelt wrong.

JaxiiTaxii · 25/08/2024 14:02

That massively misleading picture on their X post is also just bizarre. Why not use Tickle's actual likeness if they are celebrating Tickle's win?

Amnesty are all about the peen.

TheKeatingFive · 25/08/2024 14:02

Absolutely disgusting.

Just imagine insinuating that Afghani women are oppressed because of how they 'identify' rather than the reality of their sex. 🙄

Glenthebattleostrich · 25/08/2024 13:59

They are a disgrace and I won't be donating to them again.

blubberyboo · 25/08/2024 13:58

Agreed

cancelled donations to them a long time ago when their allegiance to the misogynistic ideology became apparent

in life we learn that not all charities are good ones nor have good intentions.

Setyoufree · 25/08/2024 13:56

Agree completely, haven't donated to them for years as they seem to have entirely lost their way

VickyEadieofThigh · 25/08/2024 13:55

Amnesty lost the plot a few years ago. The Australian issue is bad enough, but to refer to Afghan girls and women as being oppressed because they "identify" as such is DISGUSTING.