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Terfing · 20/05/2017 23:55

This is something which has been bothering me for while. As more and more people hit 'peak trans', more and more men are being gender critical. The most famous examples being Tucker Carlson, Ricky Gervais, and Piers Morgan. The other day, Graham Linehan (writer of Father Ted and IT Crowd) tweeted about the misogyny of calling women terfs. The response he received was half negative/ half positive, but the negative posts contained no death/ rape threats (as a lot of attacks on female terfs usually do). For example, the reaction to Jenni Murray was largely negative, with the positive responses being anonymous.

It seems that men are being taken more seriously than women on this issue. Linehan is not experiencing the same backlash Jenni got. I think people see his opinion as more valid than hers.

My point is, and I hate to say this, but we need men to help more people reach 'peak trans' and for the issue to be taken more seriously. It's safer for men to do this as their not in danger of losing their jobs, credibility etc, in the same way that women are.

Here is Graham Linhan's Twitter which shows you what he said: twitter.com/Glinner

Thoughts?

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NoLoveofMine · 21/05/2017 00:32

Thank you Terfing!

God, if I even said that at my school's feminist society I'd be an outcast.

Terfing · 21/05/2017 00:29

twitter.com/Glinner/status/864940629104742400
"TERF is a slur used to silence women. Please don't use it. xx"

twitter.com/Glinner/status/864998357869121536
"see later tweets on the subject. i have friends who get horrific, gamergate-like abuse from people using it."

twitter.com/Glinner/status/864957214267670528
"then people need to stop coming into my mentions and using TERF, a misogynistic term mainly used to silence women"

(All from Lineham's feed)

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MsJuniper · 21/05/2017 00:21

Sam West (actor/director) also posted a gender-critical article on Twitter today. He did get some criticism and said he didn't agree with all of it. But he hasn't withdrawn it either.

NoLoveofMine · 21/05/2017 00:21

Could you link to the Tweets?

LineysRun · 21/05/2017 00:15

Just reading the Lou Reed stuff

NoLoveofMine · 21/05/2017 00:12

For context he WAS one of these right on, pro any cause going, if they say they're women they're women types. I wasn't having it and have educated that out of him.

NoLoveofMine · 21/05/2017 00:09

I'd not realised this. I'm glad men are speaking out about this - even though it shouldn't take men pointing out an issue for it to be deemed valid.

Just tonight I was speaking with my boyfriend about how irksome I find it when men specifically tell women we're wrong or bigoted for objecting to the trans agenda. Thankfully he gets it (though if he didn't, as if he'd be my boyfriend).

LozzaChops101 · 21/05/2017 00:02

Yes, very noticeable that the blokes never get told to "die in a fire" or fellate anyone's "ladydick."

I doubt women will ever be taken seriously on this matter.

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