Sky News Australia coverage of verbal abuse towards women at demonstration against Holly Lawford Smith

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RabbitOfCaerbannog · 03/04/2021 09:06

Sky News Australia has been covering protests against Holly Lawford Smith at the University of Melbourne, during which trans rights protestors hurled abuse and threw water over women supporting HLS. The optics = a group of male born individuals, with larger physiques intimidating women.

https://twitter.com/labelfreebrands/status/1378124975886856193?s=21

Watch for the person megaphone pouring out expletives in the middle of this sequence:

https://twitter.com/sophie rr_allen/status/1377992421099905029?s=21

Here's the you tube link for those not on Twitter:

OP posts:

Biscuitsanddoombar · 03/04/2021 09:42

Ah the right side of history....

And transactivists have the temerity to come on here wringing their hands with ‘but look at these awful ppl who think men can’t be women too.Surely you don’t want to be associated with them’

FightingTheFoo · 03/04/2021 09:42

Amazed how matter of fact the newscaster was and what a breath of fresh air it was to hear this being discussed in open clear terms.

Also it did not go unnoticed that the big bloke squirting water was targeting a woman of colour.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 03/04/2021 09:38

Aggressive men abusing and menacing a woman. Can someone tell us how this is progressive?

Helleofabore · 03/04/2021 09:36

Thanks for sharing Rabbit.

It always is a concern when women are confronted in this way. That person with the megaphone shouting directly into the woman’s face was a good example.

What do they expect to achieve with those tactics? It hardly shows their actions in a positive light.

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