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Helloprint has suddenly refused to supply stickers to Kellie-Jay Keen

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IwantToRetire · 04/02/2023 01:07

The main source to this story is the Daily Mail:

The firm also made a T-shirt designed by Ms Keen and worn by JK Rowling which described First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as a 'Destroyer of women's rights' over the controversial Gender Recognition Act.

But now the company - who has accepted £75,000 of orders from the cause - now says they are 'offensive material'.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11709415/Anger-woke-firm-refuses-print-stickers-defining-women-adult-human-females-trans-row.html

Although there is a twitter thread about this mobile.twitter.com/ThePosieParker/status/1620102242396409857

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Helleofabore · 04/02/2023 04:41

Maybe they have new staff. Or been targeted by other customers threatening to remove custom.

QueenCamilla · 04/02/2023 04:29

I'll never be a customer of Hello Print, I'll advise everyone of their stance and I'll buy and wear the T-shirt.

One fine day pretty soon, there will be companies trying to distance themselves from the actions of today.
Will be fun watching so many "cleanse" their Twitter accounts and pretend nothing ever happened.

NeighbourhoodWatchPotholeDivision · 04/02/2023 04:20

Personally, I say ban all stickers. Everywhere. You never know what might be done with them.

The kids at the local primary school have a habit of peeling off the various type of reward stickers they've earnt during the school day, and placing them on street furniture on the way home.

It's surprisingly cheering to read "You Rock" on a lamp-post as I walk to the shops, actually.

sashh · 04/02/2023 04:12

MargaritaPie · 04/02/2023 02:54

Might be something to do with the fact KJK's stickers are being primarily used to deface public property and to harass and spread fear against transpeople which leads to violence?

gaycitynews.com/anti-trans-stickers-surface-in-hamilton-heights/

The dictionary definition of a woman is harassment?

BleepBipBoop · 04/02/2023 03:57

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Am I missing something? Which trolls (plural) did you mean? When you wrote this post there was one response that didn’t necessarily wholeheartedly agree with you but was probably correct about the legalities. It was neither rude, unpleasant or even false. How can there ever be reasoned discussion with this kind of hyperbolic reaction?

I am still finding my way on the gender debate. I am certainly troubled by a lot of the things happening in the name of trans rights, particularly the erasure of women’s rights and safe spaces. I will of course be informed by the facts not people’s behavior. But the knee-jerk vitriol on BOTH sides drowns out the merits of the argument. Can you really say with a straight face that ALL of the negativity and offensive behavior comes from trans rights supporters? Reading this board for 5 minutes completely disproves that. I know it’s an emotive issue but I think a lot of people are put off by how nasty both sides have gotten. If either side could manage to take the high road —honestly— they would probably get a lot more buy-in from the general public who don’t think too hard about this stuff.

I guess this makes me a troll too?

<changes back to normal username to avoid being hounded as I have seen happen to others on here who speak out of line>

NeighbourhoodWatchPotholeDivision · 04/02/2023 03:33

Huh. I wonder why they've decided they don't want to accept her custom now.

AgnesNaismith · 04/02/2023 03:08

Literal violence? That’s my favourite bullshit phrase (spoiler: it means words TRAs don’t like)

Norma27 · 04/02/2023 03:03

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MargaritaPie · 04/02/2023 02:54

Might be something to do with the fact KJK's stickers are being primarily used to deface public property and to harass and spread fear against transpeople which leads to violence?

gaycitynews.com/anti-trans-stickers-surface-in-hamilton-heights/

HirplesWithHaggis · 04/02/2023 01:53

I read on Twitter (no link sorry, was a few hours ago) that the print company are Dutch, not sure our court decisions bind them.

CharlieParley · 04/02/2023 01:48

The judgement in the Asher case has confirmed that no one can be forced to print (or write on a cake) something that goes against their beliefs.

It's not lawful to refuse the custom of someone whose beliefs you disagree with, so if these were say gardening stickers the company wouldn't have a leg to stand on. However, given the stickers are from our side of the debate, while the company seems to be from the opposing side, this refusal has previously been deemed lawful at the UK's highest court.

Just FYI

IwantToRetire · 04/02/2023 01:19

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RedAndBlueStripedGolfingUmbrella · 04/02/2023 01:16

That's their decision though, surely.
Up to them

LemonSwan · 04/02/2023 01:09

More like goodbyeprint

Couldnt help myself sorry 🤣

catandcoffee · 04/02/2023 01:08

Absolutely unbelievable 😡