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Another doctor threatening “transphobes”

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DryHeave · 04/12/2021 05:55

Following the Harrop tribunal, I can’t quite believe another doctor on social media is threatening members of the public under the claim they are “transphobes”.

She was so pleased with her comment (insinuating a “transphobe” should get into a bath with a toaster - killing themselves) that she screenshotted it from one social media platform, reposted it on another and added the comment “get it” to make sure people got her ‘clever’ insinuation.

Another doctor threatening “transphobes”
Another doctor threatening “transphobes”
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SiobhanSharpe · 04/12/2021 14:48

@Lovelyricepudding

why would anyone be phobic about transgender people

Because they represent an ideology that is destroying women's rights, that threaten women with impunity, that has captured our democratic organisation's with an authoritarian and oppressive regime, that is seeking to force us to state things we know are a lie, that is causing huge medical harm to children, that is removing women's right to define ourselves, that is removing sex from data that shows where we are harmed....

In a nutshell. Well said. (I may borrow this, if that's ok...)
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DryHeave · 04/12/2021 14:44

I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. She’s also removed reference to her job, has read up on Harrop & presumably refreshed SM guidance.

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AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 04/12/2021 14:43

I don't think it's self-reflection as much as she has got pushback and realised that her tweet was ill-advised, to say the least.

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DryHeave · 04/12/2021 14:39

I see she has now deleted the post, which I think is a wise thing to do. Good to see some self reflection (vital in work as a doctor).

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KimikosNightmare · 04/12/2021 14:36

it's a flippant comment to another flippant comment

The "I identity as a toaster" comment and similar are tedious and unoriginal. The response was nasty and flippant but I can see why it was made.

I've noticed in general here that "young/very young" gets trotted out to excuse all sorts of behaviour from silly and inane to downright criminal if it's done by a woman. (Boys and young men tend to be "old enough to know what they were doing")

It's laughable that any who is a qualified can be described as "very young"

It's also (a)extremely patronising in a "oh those silly young women if only they were wise like the old crones on here" and (b) infantilising.

Chipperfish · 04/12/2021 14:12

I think it ill advised and inappropriate, and if it came to my attention as her supervisor I would initially probably be having a discussion and recommending refreshing her knowledge of the GMC guidance and social media policies, and reflecting on her posts in the context of these.

However it is not something I would report over or consider in the Harrop league at it stands now - there is no evidence of personal animosity, online stalking or doxxing, and it doesn't seem to be part of a targeted repeated and long term pattern of behavior, its a flippant comment to another flippant comment.

dustandfluf · 04/12/2021 13:38

@daisyjgrey

Some of these threads/comments sail really close to the wind of defamation.
Oh don't be so silly. An adult woman, in prestigious, well thought of environment, is posting stupid comments, very publicly, implying someone should lull themselves.
OldCrone · 04/12/2021 13:30

@KimikosNightmare

Agreed op. She is very young

No she isn't.

She qualified in 2016, which would make her about 30. That's not 'very young'.

www.gmc-uk.org/doctors?text=madeline%20dann

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 04/12/2021 13:23

@daisyjgrey

Some of these threads/comments sail really close to the wind of defamation.
For example?
daisyjgrey · 04/12/2021 13:20

Some of these threads/comments sail really close to the wind of defamation.

BoreOfWhabylon · 04/12/2021 13:09

She seems to be self-identifying as a medical Miranda Hart: "I'm six foot one!" Only less funny.

Needs to grow up. Perhaps someone could draw her attention to the SM Guidance.

SoniaFouler · 04/12/2021 12:58

Funny how it’s only one side that are losing jobs, getting doxxed, hounded by police, run off social media etc and it’s funny how that side is the one that says “I can’t get worked up over this” and “it’s clearly just a joke” and defending these people. These types would see you and your entire family left jobless, homeless and penniless for a similar tweet and go to bed with a smile knowing they got you for it but still, #bekind.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/12/2021 12:32

Has anyone challenged her?
'Sorry, no, I don't get it - I mean obviously the 'joke' can't be that you think this person should electrocute themselves?'

FrancescaContini · 04/12/2021 12:28

Is she REALLY a doctor?? She seems so thick.

ScreamingMeMe · 04/12/2021 12:26

@KimikosNightmare

Agreed op. She is very young

No she isn't.

She just acts it.
ChattyLion · 04/12/2021 12:12

It’s already not OK by the basic standards even student doctors should adhere to. Actual and trainee Drs shouldn’t bring their profession into disrepute.

dustandfluf · 04/12/2021 12:11

Ah Maddy Dann. The most annoying unfunny 'tiktok comedian'. I've blocked her on all platforms because she's just so nauseating. I think she thinks this kind of thing makes her cool and well liked. Working in healthcare myself I can well imagine, in the real world, she isn't.

Eyesofdisarray · 04/12/2021 12:09

Wonder if she's read the Harrop verdict???
Maybe she'd do well to take heed 🤔 ??

KimikosNightmare · 04/12/2021 12:03

Agreed op. She is very young

No she isn't.

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 04/12/2021 11:56

She may be a doctor but she only identifies as being funny.

ScreamingMeMe · 04/12/2021 11:52

@LizzieSiddal

Another one to watch Hmm. I expect she’ll lap up the comments and go out of her way to make more “transphobe” jokes.
Yup.
LizzieSiddal · 04/12/2021 11:30

Another one to watch Hmm. I expect she’ll lap up the comments and go out of her way to make more “transphobe” jokes.

ChattyLion · 04/12/2021 11:05

Wow. This is appalling. Everyone needs medical care and has a right to absolute trust that medics caring for them are doing so impartially.

If a doctor dislikes (a category of society) and if that doctor can’t put that feeling aside in practice which is role of the doctor to do, as is made clear to them from the start of training then it can have extremely serious consequences.

Not just for their own patients, obviously, but also for our trust in the medical profession as a whole which can have extremely serious consequences for the health of the public. Patients will avoid seeking care if they think they will face judgement and abuse from doctors. When they can’t avoid seeking care any more it will be incredibly stressful for them at an already very difficult time. That’s an appalling situation to put patients in.

You can’t be a doctor, and imply wishing death to other people.
Doctors have specific professional guidance they must adhere to on social media. This is the doctors’ regulatory body’s guidance:

www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-guidance-for-doctors/doctors-use-of-social-media

ScreamingMeMe · 04/12/2021 10:54

The best, and mature thing to do when somebody makes a 'joke' like that is to ignore it. Not respond with something much worse.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 04/12/2021 09:27

Mmm, I’m not usually that bothered about comedians being stupid. And I know frontline medics and emergency workers often let off steam among themselves with humour they wouldn’t use in public.

But I’m disturbed by a doctor on social media wishing for people to kill themselves.