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Calls for Rector of Edinburgh University to be sacked because she re-tweeted message about House of Commons meeting on GRA

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PimmsnLemonade · 12/10/2018 01:18

The article even comes with a trigger warning for transphobia:

www.studentnewspaper.org/ann-henderson-triggers-controversy-over-transphobic-twitter-support/

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RaininSummer · 12/10/2018 09:12

The comments are excellent. It still seems surreal to me that respected professionals can be removed for simply sharing information about public meetings and consultations etc. These attempts at rule by fear by the trans lobby can only be stopped by women speaking out en masse but at a personal level there are obvious concerns over jobs etc. Horrifying.

RiverTam · 12/10/2018 08:56

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FloralBunting · 12/10/2018 08:54

Sadly, the good comment will likely not make the author readdress their worldview, it will confirm the view that the entire world is transphobic and cissexist and AWAs are totally heroic.

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 12/10/2018 08:47

Brilliant comments though. I echo one of them: EUSA are melts.

eelbecomingforyou · 12/10/2018 08:44

That article in The Student newspaper is one of the most biased pieces of crap I've seen in a long time.

Ridiculous situation. So a woman standing up for women's rights is transphobic??

DisrespectfulAdultFemale · 12/10/2018 08:42

I love that someone has commented under the name Aimee Challenor...

What I loved even more is that some dimwit thought the comment was serious.

"I for one am very happy that I can finally “identify” my way into lesbian spaces. Those ladies were being very selfish denying my penis entry into their hot, hot girl-on-girl scenes! Now I just put on a dress and lipstick and they HAVE to include my penis or be denounced as bigots."

That was my second favourite comment.

Rumbledore · 12/10/2018 08:37

The organisations responsible for the tweet and its content are explicitly transphobic groups, largely responsible for the recent wave of transphobic flyers, stickers and materials distributed in the university and Students’ Association’s buildings.

#stickerwoman Grin

VickyEadie · 12/10/2018 08:20

I went to university in 1976. I was very left-wing (though quite thinly-read, politically speaking) but I do recall that I was sometimes bemused by some of the 'this is what you must all think or you're a Nazi' propaganda we were expected to Hoover up uncritically. The TRAs have done a very good job with students, haven't they?

Emerencealwayshopeful · 12/10/2018 08:20

My favourite too.

failingatlife · 12/10/2018 08:16

Intelligent, thoughtful comments on that article. Especially Charlie at 11:15pm. Hope some of them are from studentsHmm

Alltheprettyseahorses · 12/10/2018 08:16

And these are the ones who'll feel entitled to run the country when they graduate ...

There's been far too much pussyfooting around. There's disagreement and there's deranged, misogynistic witch hunts against women who dare to stand up for themselves. Is there no discipline on campus and are these students not being taught /reminded to respect others? They'll have a huge shock when they enter the real world, that's all I can say.

scepticalwoman · 12/10/2018 07:44

Comments standing up to trans bullying I see.

NotTerfNorCis · 12/10/2018 07:39

Not a single comment supports the article. They put the gender critical argument very well. I'd love to know what the article's writer makes of them.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 12/10/2018 07:36

Comments are brilliant.

MsMcWoodle · 12/10/2018 07:28

I loved this one:
"I for one am very happy that I can finally “identify” my way into lesbian spaces. Those ladies were being very selfish denying my penis entry into their hot, hot girl-on-girl scenes! Now I just put on a dress and lipstick and they HAVE to include my penis or be denounced as bigots."

Ifonlyus · 12/10/2018 07:23

Hopefully these kinds of articles and toddler-like tantrums act as an own goal. Anyone with an ounce on intelligence who reads the article and then the articulate conments will see the SU's position for the nonsense it is.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 12/10/2018 07:20

I'm embarrassed to be a student Blush

Poppyred85 · 12/10/2018 07:17

I love that someone has commented under the name Aimee Challenor...

qumquat · 12/10/2018 07:05

I skipped the article and just read the comments. Much better for the blood pressure!

SophoclesTheFox · 12/10/2018 06:51

The comments are very heartening, at least.

I want to go HULKRAGESMASH at the mealy mouthed "content warning: transphobia" at the head of the article. Where is the "transphobia"? Mentioning Fair Play for Women? Women existing and having opinions?

WHEN DID WE GET SO FUCKING FRAGILE ABOUT WORDS ON A PAGE??? Grow the fuck up, EUSA.

CarolinePooter · 12/10/2018 06:38

Great responses under the article, though!

LizzieSiddal · 12/10/2018 06:37

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LizzieSiddal · 12/10/2018 06:37

Love the comments on the article.

TigerDrankAllTheWaterInTheTap · 12/10/2018 06:36

Read the comments. 100% critical of the article at present.

AngryAttackKittens · 12/10/2018 06:35

Ann Henderson, Rector of the University of Edinburgh, has been seen affirmatively responding to tweets by transphobic organisations.

Firstly, who does your copy editing you silly wee sods?

Secondly, was this intended to sound sinister? Because it reads like the first page of a dystopian novel. Next step, brain scans to check for thoughtcrime.