Rachel McKinnon appreciation thread

Thanks for the peak trans Rachael.

Now, about this no live debates policy......

Oh Rachel I so hope you get to compete in the Olympics. Imagine the world at your dainty feet, lauded as a gold medal winning woman. Sharron's only got a silver (because of drug cheats but you're different). Can you imagine standing head and shoulders above the losers while the world looks on?

I'm sure there should be some way to get 'verschlimmbessern', 'zeitgeist' and 'schadenfreude' into one sentence (or, quite possibly, one word).

The Germans have all the best words. What a great language!

I love that word, fairenuff, trust the Germans to nail it

Yes, thanks Rachel! We truly can say that no-one has done more to get the issue of transwomen competing in women’s sports on the agenda. You really have made people sit up and notice.

Sadly, the thing that they mostly do after the sitting up and taking notice is heartily disagree with you and start lobbying to change the rules that let you in. Ah well, you win some, you lose some, eh?

Rachel
Aww
It's like Haddock getting Posie's poster banned
BUT ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE
Honestly, are they actually real or are they a viz character?
Thanks hun for all you do x

That orchestra tweet - what a non-sequitur. Though strangely typical of McK, whose thesis was after all on how truth doesn't matter if you tell a lie assertively enough; McK's idea of arguing seems to go "P on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, not P the rest of the week, and affirm the consequent on days with a y in them." I fear that they may have skipped the formal logic component of their philosophical training.

(However on the subject of sex discrimination, Malcolm Gladwell has some interesting stuff on how orchestras, particularly for section leader's chairs, were male dominated until they introduced auditions behind screens!)

There's a German verb which is perfect to describe what Rachel has done recently:

'verschlimmbessern (the verb verschlimm means “to make things worse” and the verb verbessern means “to improve”). This word literally equates to making something worse during the act of trying to improve it.'

In trying to stop any debate on the subject she has dragged it right into the spotlight.

Well done Rachel.

I believe it's also known as 'the Streisand effect'.

I’d like to thank Rachel in pointing out that women with penises are biologically female. Your tireless work has peak transed thousands of people.

I foresee another paper in the pipeline. ‘An exploration of projected delusion and applied twatery.’

This is my favourite McKinnon Tweet - it's so utterly, utterly obtuse and delightfully patronising!

I’d like RM to be on radio and TV every day.

Petition?

I think I see an earring in the pic of McK on a bike - nice girly touch there. I take it McK knows about cultures that pierce the ear lobes of baby girls so people can tell that they are girls and not boys. Generally this becomes irrelevant after a certain age 'cos most of us can tell by eyeballing. But on occasions it may be necessary to continue just for clarity. Wouldn't want to make a mistake like that.

See not 'rise'

Ha! I've not seen that one before - it's a classic. Can RmK really not see what is blindingly obvious to everyone rise?

Fermats I was thinking the same about a gallery of screen grabs. This one made me bang my head off the wall. But goes nicely with what the op says.

Empress

twitter.com/joon_of/status/1059011845967826944?s=20

Even the most bitter and vicious TRAs are ever so slightly worried about the overplaying of the hand. Well done!

I wish I had a screenshot of McKinnon tweeting that lesbians should get over their genital hangups.

I'm more than happy to raise a glass to RM.

If anyone has done more to rouse prominent women in sport to speak out, I'm not aware of it.

What's key is that whilst sport might be the "entry" into the debate for many people it absolutely refutes the TWAW mantra and you can't say "TWAW apart from sports...."

If you do agree that biological males should be allowed to compete against women then your misogyny is unmasked.

From there the house of cards starts to fall.

I'm fucking sick and tired of the yells of transphobe. Disagreeing with a point of view in a non confrontational manner is NOT transphobic.

Credit where credit is due.
No-one has done more to bring attention to the intolerant, selfish, bullying nature of the extreme end of the trans activists.

Just think Rachel, (and I know you will read this) if only you had been polite to Martina last year? If only, you could have been a heroine of the trans movement, working with Martina to fulfil your dreams of allowing transwomen to compete against women with no restrictions. Instead, now look what you have done. Look at what you have done.

Oh and you just keep attacking icons of British sport like Sharron and Kelly and even more thousands will be exposed to the sensation of "peak-trans"

I've started following lots of female sports people on Twitter.
I hate sport.
But I know wrong from right.

People who have previously said that my views on sex vs gender are outdated are openly talking about this issue in ways I had hit thought possible. Trans persons in sport has definitely started a much needed debate so I thank you is in order!