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Woman questioned under caution and banned from leaving the country for criticising Mermaids

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HereComesTheSun1 · 11/03/2018 00:18

www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/tough-millwall-cave-in-to-transgender-bullies-nltnkpv3d

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Meanwhile, a woman who criticised a transgender charity on Twitter has been questioned under caution by police and told she will be arrested if she tries to leave the country. Kellie-Jay Keen- Minshull accused the group Mermaids of “suppressing free speech”.

She had accused Mermaids, which calls for children to be allowed irreversible sex-change treatment the NHS currently prohibits, of “prey[ing]” on gay teenagers and of “mass child abuse”. Mermaids declined to comment.

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SmurfOrTerf · 14/03/2018 12:57

Does anyone know where the CPS stand on this ?
or have they been indoctrinated by Mermaids

Cwenthryth · 14/03/2018 12:38

Ah! Blush

CecilyNeville · 14/03/2018 10:32

That JOB clip makes him sound awful. I don't think he actually has heard of 'social contagion' - either that or he's deliberately pretending to misinterpret it, in at attempt to make K/P look scaremongering, when in fact it just makes him look thick.

It's good how many of the comments from people who describe themselves as JOB fans think he was unfair, and way off the mark. Probably why he wouldn't return to the issue.

Ereshkigal · 14/03/2018 09:55

Oh thanks Beyond! Will take a look.

BeyondDeadlySiren · 14/03/2018 09:53

West Yorkshire police, cwen

BeyondDeadlySiren · 14/03/2018 09:53

Eresh, someone has started a thread in Aibu about Yorkshire police and their dodgy links/failings

Cwenthryth · 14/03/2018 09:52

Sorry Ereshkigal, who/what is WYP and which dubious organisations are cosy with them?

Ereshkigal · 14/03/2018 09:42

Fascinated by the cosiness of WYP with all these dubious organisations.

Elendon · 14/03/2018 09:14

I've donated Posie and shared on Facebook. I'm currently awaiting the knock on the door from the police.

aRespectableBureaudeChange · 14/03/2018 08:34

My take on some men on the left that rise to positions of influence, ie the O'Briens etc.

Narcissists who love the sound of their own voice and wish to have access to women who think they're caring individuals. Obnoxious, but wearing the fashion/ideas of someone they know women would admire (superficially).

Watch carefully though and you see they will not change their mindset on anything and you will be lucky if you get a word in edgeways, let alone heard.

I don't think those men like women, unless they're the adoring, worshiping sort of "tell us oh wise guru".

A more succinct description would be : dishonest.

20nil · 14/03/2018 08:21

OMG. What a mansplaining, bullying pig he is. And also quite thick.

Iminthecclubnow · 14/03/2018 07:55

Wow, that radio clip! James O Brien doesn't let Posie speak at all, he keeps saying 'I really want to try and understand where you're coming from' but then every time she starts talking he interrupts her.

I would so love to know if JOB would be willing to have sex with a transwoman or suck a 'lady dick'. I know that sounds so crass, but honestly, if women are being expected to accept them as women then men should be fully accepting of them as women as well, which would mean the likes of JOB would be willing to do the above. Its actually a really important question. My bet is that he would run a mile, but I could be wrong.

MipMipMip · 14/03/2018 07:35

This quote seems very apt:

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“The grags came down heavily on those who did not conform and seemed not to realize that this was like stamping potatoes into the mud to stop them growing.”^ Terry Pratchett's

Datun · 14/03/2018 07:26

HelenaDove

Do you mean this site, Mumsnet?

It might be worth posting in site stuff and ask them to step up their security.

Or at least alert them to the issue.

Kokeshi123 · 14/03/2018 06:08

It's a good example of what I think is known as "mission creep."

EmpressOfJurisfiction · 14/03/2018 05:32

Stonewall has become very heavily pro-TRA since its new head took over. Bizarrely, she is a lesbian.

What I've heard is that with Section 28 & gay marriage out of the way, Stonewall went TRA in order to keep getting funding.

HelenaDove · 14/03/2018 01:18

Look im not saying its anything to do with this but ive had Web Threat Blocked come up a few times when entering this site now Its not doing it on fb or twitter.

Kokeshi123 · 13/03/2018 23:39

Stonewall has become very heavily pro-TRA since its new head took over. Bizarrely, she is a lesbian.

MrsWooster · 13/03/2018 22:54

Donated. Your letter, Posie, was ace.

thebewilderness · 13/03/2018 22:36

Women's rights viewed as a zero sum game by a "Nice Guy" seems to be about the best the misogynists can come up with.

AnxiousPeg · 13/03/2018 22:13

I actually couldn't listen to it. It was so annoying because he didn't understand the issue at all (as pombear and padodp have mentioned) but he wouldn't shut his stupid fucking mouth for five seconds so he might actually learn something.

Total arrogant prick.

Sparkyduchess · 13/03/2018 22:13

OMG that interview with o’brien...I was seething, the repeated smug sense of ‘gotcha’ was infuriating
What an odious man.

SuburbanRhonda · 13/03/2018 21:48

I almost couldn’t listen to that LBC interview. He is vile.

SimonBridges · 13/03/2018 21:46

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Woman questioned under caution and banned from leaving the country for criticising Mermaids
RedToothBrush · 13/03/2018 21:36

he basically admits he does not have a problem with transwomen in women's spaces because he does not believe women should have a problem with men in women's spaces

he basically admits he does not have a problem with transwomen in women's spaces because there is going to be more space at the urinals for him.

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