Peter Tatchell gets it handed to him

Exactly.

Indeed. The BNP were gaining in popularity in the late 2000s, so the BBC invited Nick Griffin onto Question Time. The BBC were roasted for giving him a platform but the end result was that everyone saw him and his party for what they were. Their support collapsed rapidly.

@ResisterRex

Good that Malcolm C is honestly sharing that there are people who think that PT came, and comes, with questionable warblings on paedophilia/child abuse. Based on having read and heard PT's own words.

I know that PT now doth protest that he, in fact, finds paedophila/child abuse hard to condone. He has issued a statement to this effect. However, oddly enough, some people might still not be reassured by this new statement. Maybe because of his former statements where he alleged that most of the people he knows who were abused as children said they were not harmed by it at all. Indeed PT said friends abused as minors allegedly reported to him that they found it 'enjoyable'. I don't think he has retracted all that stuff. Or the 'questions' about it. Maybe PT was only trying to open a debate. Maybe child abuse/paedophilia could be debated and the views of all sides shared! Maybe on 'Any Questions'. Bring the 'sides' together for a respectful televised discussion. Let those who want decriminalisation for paedophilia/child sex abuse be open about what they want. Sunlight on something which you can stand behind is good, right?

I won't post those statements by PT here. I could, if Mumsnet finds the simple reference as too speculative without a link to the printed statements as supporting evidence. It is not speculation that certain views/'questions' on child abuse/paedophilia were expressed by PT.

The free speech channel and the only one that actively shines a light on gender issues.

@ExMachinaDeus and @Deliriumoftheendless

Do you realise the trauma and literal harm that the thought of ice cream causes people identifying as lactose intolerant? And what about people who once got in a bath that was a bit cold? How are they dealing with their trauma now? And the harm you have caused with a picture of a bunch of flowers for people who identify as suffering from hayfever?

You are probably too old to understand....

God the entitled arrogance of his "Unite!" command. Us women will do what we individually want thanks, without an abuse apologist shouting commands at us.

Malcolm Clark's take:

mobile.twitter.com/TwisterFilm/status/1525084288219226114?cxt=HHwWhICxvY6FmKoqAAAA

Do you even have a trauma informed background or someone available to buy me an ice cream and run me a nice bath?

Would these help @Deliriumoftheendless

Love this. Wittiest post of the week .
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Yes, I agree with that. There's a very narrow band of acceptable opinion in the respectable society and media. You can see it going back to Gordon Brown's 'some old bigot' comment.

But it's true that every new thing, every change has a benefit to someone and a cost to someone else.

It's one thing to argue that the thing you're worried about won't be that bad, for x y z reasons, or maybe it will be quite bad, but will be worth it in the end, and here's why.

It's another to belittle and dismiss your worries and experiences and put a label on you for even daring to vocalise.

People are not going to give up their self preservation instinct because some OJ type says he's very disappointed in their poor morality. On the contrary, it drives people to extremes, and fractures society even more.

Things feel very Victorian again, with the respectable middle classes despairing against the deplorable morality of the lower orders.

Even linguistically- For example, my gran used to hint darkly that some middle aged woman had problems up the frock. Nowadays it's the same sort of strictures - you can say cunt and pussy as much as you like but Woman needs an asterisk, or hedging, or throat clearing to see if anyone with delicate sensibilities nearby might be shocked.

Hear, hear.

Apparently there is a woman as defined by biology and there is a woman as defined by gender identity. Both are equally valid.

I bow to Mr Tatchells superior knowledge of women. At least it gets him off the topic of having sex with kids and why that isn't always a crime.

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Absolutely.

Is Tatchell right wing or left wing?🤔

I am pro people I disagree with being allowed to talk in public. Whether that's right wingers or Peter Tatchell. The more they talk the more people realise how extreme and worrying their views are.

I think it’s very triggering of you to ask that first question, as I- a person who is able to work but would rather win the lottery and sit around all day listening to podcasts- happened by and saw it, doing harm to me in the process. Do you even have a trauma informed background or someone available to buy me an ice cream and run me a nice bath?

It's also an attempt to make a private contract with sexism and misogyny when those private contracts will not be honoured the minute it becomes clear that you are of the female sex. Even trans men who pass and so reap the usual male goodies will face discrimination when it comes to reproductive health, and becoming nonbinary will not help at all.

But not having a name for the female sex will certainly make feminism rubbish. How do we fight for 'our' rights when that 'our' cannot be described in any way that is not dehumanising, objectifying and erasing?

I liked this response.

There is Spartacus, and then those who say ‘I am Spartacus.’