Greater Manchester Police claim “terf is not a slur”

notthingontellyagain the tweet says “The posts have been deleted and the incident is being investigated by the Professional Standards Branch” which presumably means it’s a professional and not the public that are being investigated.

Keep it neutral and everything’s they are a winner? Bravo!

they pulled the whole lot

said "offenisve comments"
No indication of whether they refer to the original post or the comments in response

I've read the thread now and they've not been back. Everyone assumes they mean the OP but I think not so fast.

H’sown tweet was deleted though.

So I think there is a possibility they are buying Liam a beer and lining up to have some chats about wrongthink with people who told him off.

When GMP talk about offensive comments and it being investiagted, I imagine they mean the repsonses, rather than Liam's original tweet?

These are the ones who said that women who don't want to get with dick aka lesbians were not welcome in manchesters gay village, after all.

"Just a descriptor. Anyone who thinks it is a slur has issues."

It is a pejorative term used to describe women who in any way refuse to go along with the trans agenda.
The people who use the term know full well that it is insulting, so please do not try to be so disingenuous.

“Good for you. But irrelevant to people who do find it offensive.”

Yes, that’s quite apt. Everything I think is irrelevant to those outside my tiny mind, in a way.

It wouldn’t leave us much to discuss, if strictly applied, though.

Well I hope 'Liam' soon appears in those stats. I did see the Twitter thread. It was beautiful to see such a handover of ones arse

Also, horrid misuse of the apostrophe on those documents as well!

Oh Liam....well done GMP though, I wasn't expecting that actually.

As an aside though, did anyone see these screenshots on that thread from the GMP misconduct outcomes? That is one city police force, in 3 months?!!!!! Is that for real, that can't be normal?

Might be time to update my sticker supply

I liked it too, so much I have already used it look!

Definitely one to remember and use often!

Transwomen are still men is an excellent descriptive statement.

I struggle to be offended by a made-up acronym used as a word, that I had never heard until recently.

Good for you. But irrelevant to people who do find it offensive.

It’s offensive because of the power dynamic involved, where one group of people think they get to tell me who I am, despite me insisting I am not. Naming people is very powerful. Most people get to name themselves.

I am a feminist. I’m actually not a radical feminist at all. I certainly wouldn’t choose a name that focused on a non belief. Whether transwomen are women or not is central to their identity not mine.

If I have to have a label, I would go for Women-centred Feminist, but even then it’s tautological as feminists are women centred. Others seem to gave settled on gender critical feminists, which I’m not over the moon about, but I can live with it. Terf is definitely a slur 😡

I don t just believe that people cannot become the opposite sex. I KNOW. So if I say men cannot become women what is exclusionary about that statement?

Some adults must still believe in Santa Claus, it makes as much sense :( But then... a huge number of people seem to believe in angels.

Rogue I don t just believe that people cannot become the opposite sex. I KNOW. So if I say men cannot become women what is exclusionary about that statement?

I think it is because its basic assertion is incorrect. No one wants, or at least wanted, to exclude any trans individual, they exist, they have the right to exist. Notwithstanding the daft and ever popular assertions, their existance is not being denied! Nor are any rights they may have.

Unless of course you think that asserting that transwomen are still men is exclusionary... or that asking that men respect women's dignity and safety is exclusionary.

It is a slur because it is a lie, a foul calumny practised upon any women to whom it is applied! It makes assertions that are not true and blacken her integrity.

Slur it most certainly is and every women should protest its inherent lie!

I struggle to be offended by a made-up acronym used as a word, that I had never heard until recently.

But “Fucking terf! is definitely offensive and “Whack that terf!” is threatening.

I think Liam should be "sentenced" to the "gulag" and be required to attend at least three WPUK meetings to redress his previous indoctrination.

HandsOffMyRights what a great reply!! Exactly the point!

This is my favourite reply on the GMPolice feed:

It’s illuminating that ‘TERF’ is just descriptive whereas ‘woman: adult human female’ is hate speech.

If trans means to move away how come transwomen think they are moving towards womanhood?

Moving away from reality, perhaps?

I’m guessing this is related 😆