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Jess Phillips pile on on Twitter

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Catmaiden · 16/12/2019 21:36

It seems to have gone now, but I saw this morning on Twitter Jess Phillips MP, saying that the five gc questions to candidates seemed reasonable, there were some supportive tweets, and then there was a huge pile on from a lot of people saying TWAW and a certain amount of abuse.

Anyone know what happened here?

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Cwenthryth · 16/12/2019 23:44

Conversely there are also posts on GC Twitter dragging up old tweets of Angela Rayners as proof she’s in the TWAW camp, so ‘both sides’ are at it. I don’t think AR is the target of so much vitriol or the same level of abuse as JP though. Shocking.

theflushedzebra · 16/12/2019 23:16

I actually have always liked Jess, she's a strong woman, with very feminist principles - although it's of course possible that what Lang says is true.

I just want to say: "the fucking state of the Labour Party!" - the absolute state of it. And they wonder why there was a Tory landslide??

GCAcademic · 16/12/2019 23:15

There’s also people on that Young Labour loon’s thread complaining about what Jess hasn’t said, for example uttered specific words of support for disabled people.

If this the brave new frontier of woke armchair activism? Trawling through people’s Twitter feeds to ascertain what they haven’t said?

popehilarious · 16/12/2019 23:10

David Allen Green has dismissed GC women as TERFs, I was disappointed to read a while ago.

Cwenthryth · 16/12/2019 23:10

Her comment on WPUK demands was 2 years ago; the article about importing brides for disabled men was 4 years ago. The story now is bullying from Momentum/Corbynistas ahead of the leadership election.

Let the sunlight in!

DeeZastris · 16/12/2019 23:05

Do they realise how batshit insane they come across as? 🤦‍♀️

NotDavidTennant · 16/12/2019 23:03

The Corbynistas don't like independent minds, and especially not independently-minded women like Jess.

GCAcademic · 16/12/2019 23:03

Having seen that Young Labour woman’s fanatical bullying, I think I am quite content for the Labour Party to disappear entirely if that’s what it’s future looks like.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 16/12/2019 22:59

Wouldn't wish a pile on on anyone. Totally outrageous that this is now seen as acceptable behaviour, or even, ridiculously, 'activism '. Obama was spot on about call out culture.

LangCleg · 16/12/2019 22:57

I don't like Jess. I think she'd throw us under the bus for a chance at leader. Without much thought. Sorry.

NotTerfNorCis · 16/12/2019 22:55

Looks like there's a bitter fight for the leadership and someone has summoned the troops against Jess. There are loads of tweets attacking her.

I remember when she was a target for MRAs. MRAs, TRAs... two sides, same coin.

KettlePolly · 16/12/2019 22:53

Please Jess, continue to see the bigger picture and articulate how this destroys safeguarding and puts women at risk. I'm a huge huge fangirl and hopeful she can take charge. She bloody deserves it and we would all be the better for it.

NotTerfNorCis · 16/12/2019 22:51

As BAME Officer for London Young Labour, I utterly condemn Jess Phillips' overt racism. Our movement is broad, but there's no space for transphobia, anti-blackness, or the frankly weird levels of ignorant white feminism and self-obsession she exhibits.

twitter.com/fzjmmd/status/1206547136361508865?s=19

GCAcademic · 16/12/2019 22:47

It’s hilarious. They really, really don’t understand why Labour lost, do they? Do they think it’s because the voters in Blyth Valley and Sedgefield didn’t find the Labour candidate to be enough of a trans ally? Did Jeremy not announce his pronouns often enough?

nauticant · 16/12/2019 22:31

People have been retweeting her tweets from 2 years ago in their current tweets to call down abuse onto Jess Phillips.

Having had a look at what Labour supporters are tweeting about her she needs to know that if she stands for leader, and especially if she gets the post, she will probably end up living in a permanent shitstorm of hateful abuse from Labour members and hangers-on.

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Catmaiden · 16/12/2019 22:24

Apologies for not realising it was from 2 years ago, no idea why it came up on my twitter feed this morning then

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SonicVersusGynaephobia · 16/12/2019 22:23

Jess will realise now that anything at all which suggests that you care about female people is just not permitted.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 16/12/2019 22:21

Even if I wasn't GC already I'd be really put off by the pile-on and how cultlike it looks based on how similar the things people are demanding are. Hopefully Jess will be too.

Justhadathought · 16/12/2019 22:21

Bring on the pile on

Absolutely! Nothing radicalises more...that's what happened to Martina Navratilova and to Sharron Davies, too.

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Catmaiden · 16/12/2019 22:13

Yes Michelle, it really does show up a lot of poor behaviour

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Michelleoftheresistance · 16/12/2019 22:10

Bring on the pile on. I'm all for Jess and everyone associated with Jess coming to realise how loopy that behaviour is, and that it represents a black hole of need there that nothing will ever be able to fill. That realisation creates the freedom to see it for what it is and therefore step away from it.

Wurfit · 16/12/2019 22:10

State of this

nauticant · 16/12/2019 22:09

Yes! This! Thank you.

That's from over 2 years ago though and I wonder whether she's learned her lesson now.

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Catmaiden · 16/12/2019 22:08

Given the difficulty of saying anything in acedemia that's even ever so slightly GC, (where I am :( ) I'm not in the least surprised she might have limited her comments, as a sitting LP MP

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Catmaiden · 16/12/2019 22:05

twitter.com/jessphillips/status/931093574011191296

Yes! This! Thank you. I was heartened to read this, I follow Jess and think she has good ideas, and has demonstrated such real life support for women. If anyone were to change the crap woke stuff the LP has embraced, I think it would be Jess.
I think some support on that thread would be good

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