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Billy Bragg having a dig at Mumsnet

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Jeanhatchet · 09/01/2024 09:43

In case you didn't see .... Billy is policing you now... x.com/billybragg/status/1744326814506373493?s=46&t=tKDDG0UDNu3hHymifhbG1w

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Waitwhat23 · 09/01/2024 15:45

The irrelevance is now claiming that 'Traditional values would be arguing that sex is binary' in response to someone querying what 'anti trans women' are and what he means by 'traditional values'.

He's either a huge misogynist or a credulous fool. I suspect both.

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 15:43

RethinkingLife · 09/01/2024 15:42

Just me or did BB's response have more than a touch of the Jolyon about it?

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Probably came off the same production line in the slightly defective arsehole factory.

RethinkingLife · 09/01/2024 15:42

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 13:44

His response to mnhq

Just me or did BB's response have more than a touch of the Jolyon about it?

IcakethereforeIam · 09/01/2024 15:25

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 15:06

And it really suits you!

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Thank you 😊

MyLadyDisdainlsYetLiving · 09/01/2024 15:24

Karensalright · 09/01/2024 15:09

Yes comes up as deleted

Ok, so Billy might not have been on the original thread, just had the link provided to him by someone who was or who bookmarked it while it was live. but he does appear to feel qualified to discuss the content of the deleted thread. So either he saw it or is doing the “someone told me what it said” thing again.

LondonLass91 · 09/01/2024 15:23

maltravers · 09/01/2024 12:56

I suspect he means well, but he’s a poorly educated man (one “o” level according to the Guardian article I posted earlier) whose job is unlikely to have improved his critical thinking skills (die hard adoring fans only by this stage I imagine) and who has an over inflated opinion of the rightness of his own views. His black and white “my side right or wrong” thinking, honed by the Thatcher and Corbyn years, is probably what’s lead him here. Gender ideology is generally the approved thinking for left wingers and his schtick is tub thumping to get relevance. He won’t change until the Left can no longer shut its eyes and ears to the damage this ideology does to kids and women.

I'm poorly educated..but even I know what a dog is (nod to KJ there..x)

LondonLass91 · 09/01/2024 15:21

AutumnCrow · 09/01/2024 10:12

SillyBillysNet

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So funny..😂

Karensalright · 09/01/2024 15:09

Yes comes up as deleted

MyLadyDisdainlsYetLiving · 09/01/2024 15:07

TheClogLady · 09/01/2024 15:05

Would Billy even be able to see the deletion message without posting on the thread himself?

Good point, you’d have to have the direct link to the thread from when it was live. Its still in my “watching” list because I posted on it. does it work for anyone else?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4979430-ex-premier-league-footballer-comes-out-as-gender-critical-to-massive-support?reply=132030649

Page 2 | Ex-Premier League footballer comes out as gender critical to massive support | Mumsnet

Joey Barton has nailed his colours to the gender critical mast and received massive support, much gnashing of teeth from the genderists as expected....

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4979430-ex-premier-league-footballer-comes-out-as-gender-critical-to-massive-support?reply=132030649

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 15:06

IcakethereforeIam · 09/01/2024 14:31

Well, I grew a moustache.

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And it really suits you!

TheClogLady · 09/01/2024 15:05

Would Billy even be able to see the deletion message without posting on the thread himself?

Datun · 09/01/2024 15:01

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 13:33

Ha ha ha

That's the second time they've mentioned the women that this site is populated by, when countering stupid accusations from twits on Twitter.

good to see.

Floisme · 09/01/2024 14:49

If I recall correctly, that thread was up for less than an hour. It's really quite remarkable that Billy managed to see it and yet failed to notice that the op was escorted off the premises, carrying their arse in a brown paper bag.

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 09/01/2024 14:45

Jeez, what a pure fanny.

Waitwhat23 · 09/01/2024 14:36

I'm baffled as to why he thinks we would give a flying fuck what he thinks, the proper irrelevance he is.

I had not the slightest idea who Barton was before I looked him up because he was trending on Twitter. He sounds like an absolute prick.

Credit where credit is due to MNHQ, that response and the Butler response are excellent.

Motnight · 09/01/2024 14:34

SinnerBoy · 09/01/2024 14:26

Datun · Today 14:21

HQ are really getting into their stride these days with putting these people in their place.

It was a calmly polite and measured response, with plangently herbaceous, sloe like undertones, strong hints of chalky richness and Christ, you're bonkers.

Love it!

IcakethereforeIam · 09/01/2024 14:31

Brefugee · 09/01/2024 14:27

did anything ever come of being reported to the police by Butler?

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Well, I grew a moustache.

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 09/01/2024 14:28

MrsOvertonsWindow · 09/01/2024 12:05

It was nuked very quickly. Yet Billy spotted it. Isn't that amazing? What a coincidence! How clever!
And then he made a twitter thread all about it 😅
So incredibly fortunate that he was lurking on this little board of 6 women & a dog at that very moment.

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I’m wondering who started the thread. I hasten to add that I have no evidence, no evidence at all.

Brefugee · 09/01/2024 14:27

Desecratedcoconut · 09/01/2024 11:55

I don't know, reported to the police by Butler and getting a telling off by Billy. That's why this is my favourite board, you don't get this shit on Christmas.

did anything ever come of being reported to the police by Butler?

SinnerBoy · 09/01/2024 14:26

Datun · Today 14:21

HQ are really getting into their stride these days with putting these people in their place.

It was a calmly polite and measured response, with plangently herbaceous, sloe like undertones, strong hints of chalky richness and Christ, you're bonkers.

Datun · 09/01/2024 14:21

Jeanhatchet · 09/01/2024 13:29

And then ..... Mumsnet handed him his arse x.com/mumsnettowers/status/1744708885221442026?s=46&t=tKDDG0UDNu3hHymifhbG1w

HQ are really getting into their stride these days with putting these people in their place.

Go well indeed 😁

Karensalright · 09/01/2024 14:14

Talk about kicking a dog when he is down, love it!!!

PronounssheRa · 09/01/2024 14:13

Boiledbeetle · 09/01/2024 13:44

His response to mnhq

He really did manage to fool people into thinking he was reasonably intelligent didn't he.

He gets schooled by MNHQ on his original accusation re misogyny and that's the level of his comeback. He sounds like a toddler

Datun · 09/01/2024 14:11

ArabellaScott · 09/01/2024 13:20

This Billy?

God, he's just a dirty old man, isn't he.

SirChenjins · 09/01/2024 14:10

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