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James Kirkup: Trans activists hate Rowling because she's a woman

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ErrolTheDragon · 16/09/2020 07:51

James Kirkup has the Times Thunderer column today. He uses it to say it clearly:

Many parts of the discussion about trans rights are complex and nuanced but some are very simple. One is that much of the anger that poisons this issue has nothing to do with trans rights. It’s about people who hate women.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-activists-hate-rowling-because-shes-a-woman-q0xnj2tx3?shareToken=ad48cd790fcab9f5b28e1663a7320e08

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MillyMollyFarmer · 16/09/2020 08:28

Such a good article, simply saying what we all have known for some time. It’s nothing to do with transphobia. It’s that a woman is daring to say what she wants and will not do what men tell her to.

There are men being targeted for sure. But it’s not the same level and they don’t receive thousands of rape threats.

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ErrolTheDragon · 16/09/2020 08:25

The nature of the attacks on men is mostly quantitatively and qualitatively different though, I think. Maybe that's something @Glinner might be best placed to comment on, here or elsewhere?

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BovaryX · 16/09/2020 08:22

Dreyfus, who wrote a polite letter to Stonewall criticising their anti-women policy, has acted in Dr Who audio dramas. The company that makes them has now taken his name off the cover and it looks as if it has ended its relationship with him

I wonder if the clowns responsible for cancelling James Dreyfus have any knowledge about his historical French namesake? The mob is baying for blood and when history judges this period of totalitarian fervour, the mob's cheerleaders and acolytes will be indicted.

RoyalCorgi · 16/09/2020 08:15

He's right to say that this is largely driven by misogyny. But he's not quite right to say that men have been exempt from attacks. Look at the extraordinary abuse Glinner has had. Look at the sacking of Gareth Roberts from his role as a writer of Dr Who books. Look also at the case of James Dreyfus, mentioned in one of Glinner's newsletters yesterday: Dreyfus, who wrote a polite letter to Stonewall criticising their anti-women policy, has acted in Dr Who audio dramas. The company that makes them has now taken his name off the cover and it looks as if it has ended its relationship with him.

LizzieSiddal · 16/09/2020 08:06

Hits the nail on the head.

SerenityNowwwww · 16/09/2020 08:04

He’s not wrong.

SnuggyBuggy · 16/09/2020 08:04

What disturbs me is how most of the population just overlook the obvious hatred for women displayed by these activists.

quixote9 · 16/09/2020 08:01

He's brilliant. Excellent article. Thanks for the link.

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