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Should the police be arresting people carrying placards that encourage the hanging, burning or mutilating of Terfs ie women ??

109 replies

loveyouradvice · 19/04/2025 23:22

I thought that there were limits to what we could advocate... and that people carrying anti-semite placards (for example) in the Pro Palestine marches were arrested?

Surely there must be some protection from the incitement of violence that is happening on these trans rights marches?

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Ilovetowander · 19/04/2025 23:36

It is wrong. GC views have been silenced and this judgment recognises that this view is not valid and not phobic or discriminatory. Threats like this show intolerance and a lack of respect

Foxgloverr · 19/04/2025 23:35

It's shocking that hatred against women isn't a crime but hatred against a man pretending to be a woman is a crime.

BundleBoogie · 19/04/2025 23:34

IAteAllTheChurros · 19/04/2025 23:26

I thought sex/gender was a protected characteristic, so why aren't these placards being classed as hate speech against women ? It's appalling the double standards that are held over this kind of thing.

Sex is a protected characteristic in the Equality Act but Sex is not a pc in the hate crime laws. Men who identify as women have more protections than women despite being at very little risk for their safety.

Jumpingthruhoops · 19/04/2025 23:34

loveyouradvice · 19/04/2025 23:22

I thought that there were limits to what we could advocate... and that people carrying anti-semite placards (for example) in the Pro Palestine marches were arrested?

Surely there must be some protection from the incitement of violence that is happening on these trans rights marches?

Oh, it's totally hate speech... but only the kind they've been getting away with for years.
And they genuinely wonder why biological women don't want them in their spaces!?

BundleBoogie · 19/04/2025 23:32

Apparently women don’t enjoy the same levels of protection from the police as the special people.

Same reason we’re not covered by the hate crime law but in Scotland even men dressed up as women (on a stag do for example) are specifically protected from ‘hate crimes’ .

I’ve mentioned this on threads elsewhere tonight but women in prison getting sexually harassed or assaulted by the male criminals placed in their prisons (the a high rate of being sex offenders) get punished for complaining about sexual assault.

Many in authority must really hate us.

On the plus side, at least British Transport Police have updated their policy to say that men with a female GRC can no longer strip search women. I’m not sure if any other police force have changed their policy in this to be in line with the actual law but we can be thankful for small mercies.

IAteAllTheChurros · 19/04/2025 23:26

I thought sex/gender was a protected characteristic, so why aren't these placards being classed as hate speech against women ? It's appalling the double standards that are held over this kind of thing.

Silvertulips · 19/04/2025 23:24

You would think so but it's misogyny innit and women count for nothing it seems

So why do so many men what to be one?

Withoutfearorfavour · 19/04/2025 23:24

Quite

Bigearringsbigsmile · 19/04/2025 23:23

You would think so but it's misogyny innit and women count for nothing it seems