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Scottish politicians sharing images smearing women's groups

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ArabellaScott · 16/04/2021 10:34

Heather Herbert, candidate for Scottish Labour, shared a cartoon yesterday on Twitter that depicts a figure standing as ForWomenScotland wearing a KKK hood. I'll not link as it's pretty offensive and I don't know if MN would allow it.

Herbert's caption: 'Reading the SNP manifesto and for some reason this image jumped into my mind...

Can't think why.'

There were calls for Heather to be reported for hate crime.

The image was then retweeted by Emma Cuthbertson, Co-convenor of Scottish Green Party Women.

Why the aversion to groups set up for women's rights? Are the Scottish Greens and Scottish Labour trying to say the SNP are transphobic?

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WhyCantIBeMoreCreative · 16/04/2021 11:44

I’ve been a long-term lurker in the feminism chat board and I’m becoming increasingly concerned by what I feel is a lack of voting options in Scotland, I feel like I’ve nobody to vote for that’s going to stick up for my rights.

I might email the candidates asking them to indicate how the plan to ensure women’s sex-based rights are protected, does anyone know of any templates produced by Women’s rights groups? (As they tend to be far more eloquent than I am!)

Maduixa · 16/04/2021 11:19

What a weirdly appropriating, racist image, too! Not the best look when everyone in the world can see Twitter and the Ku Klux Klan allegedly have Scottish origins. Will Scottish Labour be suspending the member/revoking her candidacy as they did with Frances Hoole, who tweeted the ‚TERF remover’ image about her SNP opponent in the 2019 UK election?

Wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 16/04/2021 11:04

Absolutely vile.

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ArabellaScott · 16/04/2021 11:04

For info, here is ForWomen Scotland's twitter thread on the SNP's manifesto

twitter.com/ForwomenScot/status/1382779429554843651

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Erkrie · 16/04/2021 11:00

Ah, Heather is a transwomen who compares women concerned about women's rights to the KKK. And publicly posts that. That is hateful.

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ArabellaScott · 16/04/2021 10:58

It doesn't reflect well on SLabour or SGreens.

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ArabellaScott · 16/04/2021 10:58

There seems to be an exchange of all parties accusing each other of transphobia, looking at that Twitter exchange.

I presume Herbert wants to ensure the word woman is expunged entirely?

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 16/04/2021 10:57

They aren't saying the SNP is transphobic, they are saying women's rights are transphobic.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 16/04/2021 10:56

These two individuals aren't campaigning for Labour or the Greens, they are campaigning for the removal of women's right in whichever party will have them.

AllyCat31 · 16/04/2021 10:52

The Snp manifesto actually used the word women so possibly!
I don’t think the snp is transphobic at all but I guess they haven’t completely erased the rights of women yet so by MRA they are