those who made “intellectual” arguments against extending trans rights were akin to past generations who claimed non-white ethnic groups were inferior
Whereas the pseudo-intellectual arguments for trampling all over women’s rights of course bear no relation to the literal millennia of men declaring, documenting, “diagnosing” & even dissecting women’s supposed inferiorities. You’d hope politician could do better than regurgitating Twitter talking points from the US - I note she did manage to omit reference to segregated bathrooms, which puts her ahead of an alarming number of people 🤔
As for racist, nice to see a white British politician making so free with “Karen”; a word (like woke) that’s been ripped from the black community & had its meaning mangled by white people into simply being a misogynistic + ageist slur. The Karen-ing in the context Mhairi describes is done by TW who use their social capital to [try to] get their way (even if it harms others) without censure - your one who kicked off on Twitter about getting given the key to the unisex changing room is an example of it.
“When you start tracing it back, the money always links back to fundamental Christian groups in America, Baptist groups, anti-abortion organisations.”
This whole “dark money” business - I’m sorry what’s allegedly being funded with this filthy lucre? I mean, it’s quite patently a lie - if nothing else (& I know there are lots of other women with receipts) Beira’s Place is funded by JK Rowling. Of course, perhaps (past) unfavourable coverage of her expenses claims has her trying to get everyone to look at others’ piggybanks & pocketmoney [plans].
Christian fundamentalists are not my cup of tea. However, I am not an MP, so do not have to represent any in Parliament. Paisley’s plethora of churches includes more than one evangelical church; a Baptist church; & a Mormon temple - so Mhairi will have constituents who hold views [almost] identical to those of the groups she is casually villainising above. I know she’s not standing again at the next election, but…
“To me, a decent person is someone who tries to make others comfortable and accept them, particularly when it’s a marginalised, oppressed group.
That’s just human progress. And to me being decent is being part of that progress, not hindering it.”
I would genuinely love to know why Mhairi Black doesn’t consider any of the many groups of women who need single sex spaces & services deserving of acceptance & feeling comfortable. And indeed how & why she doesn’t consider any of the following examples to be marginalised & oppressed: Orthodox Jewish women & girls; Muslim & Hindu women & girls & girls who practice purdah; nuns; GRT women & girls (perhaps she just hasn’t had time to read the 2019 WEC Report yet 🤷♀️); [disabled] women who want female-only [intimate] care [as CSA/DV/FGM/rape/SA survivors]; & the refugee & asylum seeker women & girls who fall across those categories & have massive amounts of additional trauma to process.
When a TW joins a women-only swimming session or gym session it becomes mixed-sex. For many of the groups of women & girls above, that means they’re no longer able to participate. The loss of the Hampstead Heath Women’s Pond in this way is a particularly cruel example. Somehow, though, this grown woman who particpates in running the country believes it is “progress” to force other women from the public sphere; & to prioritise the wishes of males over the needs of females. To me that sounds horrifically regressive - & certainly not decent - but what would I know? I’m not an MP, just a woman who needs single-sex spaces & services, living in an area where that’s true of lots of the population.