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Labour hilarious again on Twitter

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Popchyk · 29/07/2019 15:02

Yaniv alert.

The co-chair of Open Labour, Emma Burnell, retweeted this.

twitter.com/hstanley_/status/1155367753538244610

"Hey @jack @Twitter You see how men are saying this? Can you reinstate all the women you banned for saying the exact same thing please?"

That tweet was in response to Maxime Bernier, French politician, referring in a Tweet to Yaniv as a man.

The trans cult were swift to act. Twice-removed indirect misgendering while ignoring the paedo alert.

twitter.com/OpenLabour/status/1155794528764403713

Labour make a long statement about awful injustices visited upon trans people.

And not a cheep about the working class immigrant women who are being harassed. Because it's been a long old time since Labour gave any kind of toss about those people.

Emma grovels of course. Made to repeat the mantra.

twitter.com/EmmaBurnell_/status/1155795161399664641

"I agreed this statement, the sentiments and content. I am again very sorry"

Random person makes Emma affirm the vow: "Are transwomen women, Emma?"

Emma: "Yes, of course".

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MockerstheFeManist · 29/07/2019 17:27

"Very few of our committee (or members) are well enough versed in a complex US legal issue for us to be putting out statements about it..."

  • "You mean Canadian?"

"Yes."

Goosefoot · 29/07/2019 16:35

Maxime Bernier Is Canadian, rather than French. Also a bit of a dick.

FlamingNeedle · 29/07/2019 16:32

Very much doubt EB was bullied into apologising, more that she values her position in Open Labour a great deal.

OldCrone · 29/07/2019 16:12

This is one of the replies to Sarah Ditum's tweet.

twitter.com/AynieLR/status/1155816668804857857

"Interesting to consider how a trans woman with a penis can seriously be thought of as woman."

But that's what 'transwomen are women' means, since nearly all "transwomen" have penises. It means men are women if they say they are. I don't think most people realise this.

JackyHolyoake · 29/07/2019 15:45

All Open Labour has done here is express the breadth and depth of the ignorance about transgenderism among its members.

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Popchyk · 29/07/2019 15:38

"And any mention of the women harassed out of their jobs"

No, of course not. Labour would never be involved in workers' rights now. It is 2019. Workers' rights are transphobic.

I wonder if we will ever get to a point where Labour will realise that by gleefully denouncing a Labour member on Twitter, for the crime of indirectly commenting on something that Labour doesn't want anyone to find out about, might actually be counter-productive.

And that the thing that Labour doesn't want to get out (predator who identifies as trans) gets out even more because of Labour's rank stupidity in publicising it.

More people know about Yaniv now precisely because of Labour's actions here.

And now more people know that Labour is only concerned about misgendering a predator who identifies as trans, rather than working class immigrant women being forced to touch a predator's penis as part of their employment.

Everything that Keir Hardie fought for. Geniuses.

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littlbrowndog · 29/07/2019 15:30

Why did she have to say sorry. Ffs

What bullies they are.

And Labour wonder why women won’t vote for them.

They can bully all they want but everyone has seen this bullying. Did they bully that Canadian politician. ?

And any mention of the women harassed out of their jobs

JackyHolyoake · 29/07/2019 15:28

A personal response to Open Labour's statement:

  1. Trans derfining people are often deliberately misgendered in an effort to belittle or provoke them.

Er no, it's simply that many people refuse to go along with the pretence. There is also no legal requirement for citizens anywhere to use incorrect pronouns for anyone. There are only 5000 people in UK with a GRC so some people in their professional capacity only have to use such pronouns for those 5000 people.

  1. Trans people are sometimes labeled as perverts or sexual opportunists because of their trans status.

Er ... JY, anyone? Karen White, Jessica Winfield and others ... 50% of transgender prisoners are sex offenders.

fairplayforwomen.com/prisons/

  1. Trans people are sometimes portrayed as an organised lobby seeking to silence debate or suppress feminism.

Stonewall, anyone?

  1. Trans people are often portrayed as as illegitimate voice in public debate.

Well, until 2017 trans people were the only voices being heard ... and then we women started demanding our voices be heard too. Nobody's voice is illegitimate; nobody should be silencing debate; and nobody can suppress feminism.

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Popchyk · 29/07/2019 15:17

I'd really miss Labour if they were gone, though. Which looks ever more likely.

Labour can always be relied upon to provide a laugh.

Helen Lewis and Sarah Ditum are on that thread if anyone wants to have a look.

They are Asking Questions about the poor immigrant women and what Labour's stance is on workers' rights in this situation. Whether it is Labour's position that poor immigrant women must be compelled to touch the genitals or not.

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LocalLanie · 29/07/2019 15:11

Namechanged for this as I know some of the personnel involved IRL

Open Labour is up its own arse and full of opportunists. They’re hanging around making vague noises about the leadership but not really doing anything about it, hoping that Corbyn fucks off soon and they can come out of it all untainted. Their lack of self-awareness is almost on a par with Momentum types.

People can blame the demise of the party on Corbyn all they like and they would be correct to an extent, but groups like Open Labour are culpable too.

Michelleoftheresistance · 29/07/2019 15:07

Bend over Emma. It's for your own good you know.

Mr Murdstone is back, he has blue hair and a Labour rosette. And he's every bit as joyless, tedious, narrow minded and outdated as he was in the 19th century when Dickens took the mickey out of this type of muppet.

JackyHolyoake · 29/07/2019 15:06

Open Labour .. so Open its brain has fallen out!

What a state Labour is in! It doesn't know what is a woman!

How deeply misogynist is Open Labour !

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