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TRA publicly gloats about terminally ill young woman’s diagnosis and impending death

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Victoriapestis01 · 27/08/2019 09:18

As everyone who read this will know, Magdalen Berns is terminally ill with glioblastoma and has moved to palliative care, which is the last stage of cancer. It is an absolute tragedy that a young person is in this position, and someone so brilliant and brave and committed, with so much to offer. Hideous.

I was utterly horrified to see on Twitter that Rachel Mckinnn has been publicly gloating about this fact, encouraging followers to ‘celebrate’ that Magdalen is ‘dying of brain cancer’.

This is evil, isn’t it? It’s the unvarnished face of hatred, spewing its pus out into the world.

There’s an open letter about this on Medium, but I want to do more. Does anyone have any ideas of how this could be publicised?

McKinnon in the past has also wished that we (the people who disagree with the TRA agenda) would ‘die in a grease fire’. This is a misogynist daydreaming about, and celebrating, women dying in horrible pain.

Am I right in thinking McKinnon may be coming to the UK at some point in the future? Doing what? Are there organisations involved with that visit, who can be asked publicly why they’re supporting this active, obscene, death fantasising hatred of women? Academic institutions? Cycling publications?

Is there scope for advocating for McKinnon to be barred from entering the UK, on the same grounds as are those who promote some forms of radical Islam? I know it wouldn’t succeed, but it could attract attention!

Sorry if this is covered elsewhere.

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RuffleCrow · 27/08/2019 09:43

Have you seen Brene Brown's Netflix show? She talks about how internet commentary is "the cesspool of humanity" and lists some of the awful comments she received after her Ted talk was first broadcast. She suggests we need to start letting these appalling comments "fall to the floor where they belong" instead of "picking them up and holding them to our hearts". I'm not suggesting we do nothing but giving RM the oxygen of publicity won't help Magdalen. Sending our love and support to her and her loved ones might be more productive.

Beerincomechampagnetastes · 27/08/2019 09:39

*on

HandsOffMyRights · 27/08/2019 09:38

Nothing to add apart from the fact that RM is despicable. Protected by Twitter and other friends like Linda Riley, the editor of Diva Magazine).

Magdalen is a star and the type of person RM will never be.

I'll support a petition but RM's actions and tweets are doing more to expose the true intentions of many TRAs and the dangers of self ID.

RM is drawing attention to the type of treatment women are experiencing and if they continue like this then they will peak a nation during that visit.

Beerincomechampagnetastes · 27/08/2019 09:38

McKinnon is a truly despicable person on so many levels. The institute in Canada who employs this stain in humanity should be ashamed of themselves.

Floisme · 27/08/2019 09:38

I disagree with paying attention to attention seekers.

2BthatUnnoticed · 27/08/2019 09:34

Also, yes they are coming, but I do not think they are anyway near that kind of threshold. They would benefit from the attention. It sucks but I think No Contact is the healthiest way.

AlwaysTawnyOwl · 27/08/2019 09:32

Yes there is a thread about it. Sometime in Sept/Oct I think.

2BthatUnnoticed · 27/08/2019 09:31

I understand and totally agree OP. However, I believe we need to focus on Magdalen in positive ways (eg add to her tribute thread). Any attention we give to this person rewards them, and will be used in negative ways. So let’s give them zero.

Qcng · 27/08/2019 09:30

^makes women feel unsafe.

Qcng · 27/08/2019 09:29

Yes, you could set up a government petition asking for RM to be banned from entering the UK on the grounds that RM is a frightening misogynist who makes us feel unsafe.

I'd sign.

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