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AssignedPuuurfectAtBirth · 27/12/2017 15:00

Brendan O'Neil on the mob fury at Lewis Hamilton.

Now I have no problem with a boy in a princess dress, but the poor sod Hamilton had to apologise for saying the boys shouldn't wear dresses, after he was hounded as a 'transphobe'.

And they say this this group of people are 'vulnerable'. They are like the frigging Stasi.

www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-witch-hunting-of-lewis-hamilton/20697#.WkOtLbyiu3J.twitter

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UpABitLate · 27/12/2017 16:39

He wasn't being transphobic he was being sexist. Enforcing gender norms is bog-standard behaviour, highly prevalent, and something feminists have been arguing against forever.

He was also being a bastard to that little kid and further decided to put it up for loads of other people, ie he didn't see anything wrong with picking on a little kid which is way more damning that anything else.

Plus he was the one with the areoplane and the taxes wasn't he? So an all round not-good-guy.

MrGHardy · 27/12/2017 16:29

Wait, wait, wait, they called him "transphobe"?

A boy can wear a dress. So in reality they are saying that boy is a girl. Wtf. Can people not see their massive gender stereotyping?

NotSupposedtobeHere · 27/12/2017 16:06

Transwomen say much the same thing*.

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. Transwomen also (like Lewis Hamilton) say that boys don’t wear dresses. Because they’re not boys if they wear dress. They’re “really” girls. So transwomen say ...

NotSupposedtobeHere · 27/12/2017 16:04

Toys are toys and clothes are clothes. It doesn't mean the kid is trans

Exactly. Nor does it mean that Lewis Hamilton is transphobic for saying boys don’t wear dresses.

Trans*women say much the same thing.

Lewis Hamilton is caught up in a narrow damaging view of what it is to be a boy or a man. That’s not necessarily transphobia.

If you want a really same and logical take on this, from a male POV, Michael Conroy on Twitter is worth following.

He doesn’t get the abuse that women get, interestingly. And he acknowledges that. He’s a great ally.

Whereas I’ve had my livelihood threatened simply by retweeting gender-critical stuff.

IndominusRex · 27/12/2017 16:00

I like Lewis Hamilton in F1. He was a dick for saying this. The people saying he was transphobic are also dicks. Boys can wear dresses. It's just clothes. End of.

FattyCat · 27/12/2017 15:54

He filmed himself trying to spoil a little boy's Christmas present, that's why he is a nob.

Toys are toys and clothes are clothes. It doesn't mean the kid is trans.

Mermaids supporters predictably jumped all over it thought.

LineyRunner · 27/12/2017 15:51

Did put a video up online of his nephew? That's quite important for me. Who gave him permission to do that, if so?

IrkThePurist · 27/12/2017 15:48

I'm surprised anyone has demanded he pay financial restitution. As if he has caused material harm by his statement.

hipsterfun · 27/12/2017 15:46

There’s fuck all point in issuing an apology. He’s clearly told us what he thinks. I disagree with him.

MaidOfStars · 27/12/2017 15:43

Hamilton was a knob for saying it.

But people should be allowed to say knobbish things if they wish.

Because then we know they are knobs.

Is ‘knob’ a deeply sexist pejorative?

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