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Abuse of GC women on twitter (be warned graphic, disturbing)

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SirVixofVixHall · 08/08/2018 14:39

Lily Maynard , a gender critical woman on twitter, has been sent an image of a dead body with the head extremely damaged. This is in response to her tweeting that there is no such thing as a “pink” brain.
I am sickened by this in particukar, and by the abuse on twitter generally of women who stand up and comment on gender. I think that this abuse of women is getting worse and needs addressing. I’m going to write to my MP , but I am also so angry with all the people who shut down debate on gender and who in doing so shore up the type of man who will send a woman images like this.
The whole transgender activist movement is out of control, riddled with violence and hatred of women and children. It needs to be stopped.

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Ereshkigal · 08/08/2018 20:11

Thanks raisins. These are horrific.

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 20:05

Sexually violent threats towards a 15 year old "TERF"

Abuse of GC women on twitter (be warned graphic, disturbing)
raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 20:01

This one says "I want you to die"

Abuse of GC women on twitter (be warned graphic, disturbing)
raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 19:59

I'm going to upload one per post as I think it's harder to download them if you have them in a gallery.

Abuse of GC women on twitter (be warned graphic, disturbing)
raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 19:58

(Useful as in to demonstrate what is thrown at us).

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 19:57

TERF is a slur is a really useful collection - but I think they're about 4 years old, is that right?

BirthCanal · 08/08/2018 19:43

Oh I see Shock

Ereshkigal · 08/08/2018 19:42

It did but anti woman activists dismiss it by saying that the examples aren't recent enough. Anyone who bothers to read it, and is impartial, can see, obviously.

BirthCanal · 08/08/2018 19:42

terfisaslur.com

Crikey a quick look tells me it's getting worse and worse.

UpstartCrow · 08/08/2018 19:41

Someone posted this recently;

Communications Act 2003
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a)sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b)causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
(2)A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he—
(a)sends by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b)causes such a message to be sent; or
(c)persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.

BirthCanal · 08/08/2018 19:40

There's that website terf is a slur which had vast collections of such communications last time I looked.

Ereshkigal · 08/08/2018 19:36

SirVixofVixHall do you want other examples of threats towards women? I have a fair few saved, I know others do too.

Yes please. I have a few on my Cotton Ceiling thread. I was thinking about starting a thread with evidence of violent threats to GC women and the nature of those threats.

Ereshkigal · 08/08/2018 19:34

We need to submit some of these to the APPG.

BlytheByName · 08/08/2018 19:28

There's a consultation on hate crime at the moment. This is a prime example.

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SirVixofVixHall · 08/08/2018 18:59

Indeed. Threats of violence have always been used to keep women in their place. We all know that these aren’t empty threats.

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Datun · 08/08/2018 18:57

I agree SirVixofVixHall. I would like these people to be held accountable.

Whether they are inadequate losers posting from their basement, or powerful people who the government is listening to. They all seem to be part and parcel of the same band.

It's not acceptable. And it's not acceptable that people do not make a connection between sending a threatening tweet, and actual violence.

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SirVixofVixHall · 08/08/2018 18:43

Yes perhaps that would be useful, I can include them in my letter.

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raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 08/08/2018 17:12

SirVixofVixHall do you want other examples of threats towards women? I have a fair few saved, I know others do too.

R0wantrees · 08/08/2018 17:09

The R4 interview with Benjamin Cohen Pink News:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3330374-Benjamin-Cohen-Pink-News-on-the-Media-Show

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SirVixofVixHall · 08/08/2018 17:04

I will write to the Home Secretary. I’ve just had enough. I mean, a dead body ? With the head smashed ? It is unbelievable.

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Wanderabout · 08/08/2018 17:01

I would write to the Home Secretary, he actually took a concerned interest in the recent bomb threats and other intimidation.

Really? I heard nothing except stone cold silence.

happydappy2 · 08/08/2018 17:01

I gather that the vast majority of children/young adults presenting at the Tavistock are deficient in vitamin D. Their dysphoria means they rarely leave the house.... I get the feeling that some trans adults also don’t get out much, they spend a lot of time online & don’t interact with people in the real world. In reality if someone was talking crap you can walk away/ignore them or engage in civilised debate..... Twitter is not a good place to have a disagreement with an angry man.....

R0wantrees · 08/08/2018 17:00

Although I am now listening to someone from Pink News on R4 stating that their journalists are exposed to 'vile abuse' by people who spread propaganda and lies even on the BBC. Benjamin Cohen I think?

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SirVixofVixHall · 08/08/2018 16:59

I agree this is instrinsic to the movement. If it wasn’t then there would be vocal criticism of the abuse, there is only ever justification. It is terrorism. I am terrified into silence on twitter, I did go to a Women’s Place meeting but I was frightened. I am frightened into not linking petitions etc on Facebook or twitter. I can’t think of any other political issue that I feel like this about. I can’t believe that this is 2018 and that I am scared to speak up on a women’s rights issue.

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R0wantrees · 08/08/2018 16:57

the idea that everyone is against you is encouraged, especially for teens

The propaganda and lies that have been spread online by some activists (including those involved with charities and organisations supporting young people) has been enormous and relentless.

Often the tweets etc are re-tweeted in good faith as the source is likely trusted.

Many of those reading are vulnerable, especially young people.

A great deal of harm has been done by those who started the lies that women were threatening rape, carrying baseball bats to meetings, encouraging suicide and regarded people who were transgender as 'parasites' that should be 'exterminated'.