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Football fan banned over gender critical posts after ‘Stasi’ Premier League Investigation

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IwantToRetire · 04/02/2024 18:49

At the heart of this case is die-hard football fan Linzi Smith and the outrageous way she’s been treated by the club she supports – Newcastle United Football Club (NUFC) – for expressing views that don’t align with fashionable orthodoxy.

That part of the story is, in itself, bad enough. But what the FSU has also uncovered while providing Linzi with support and assistance is a shadowy intelligence unit embedded in the Premier League, whose job appears to be snooping on football fans, checking their social media accounts, and then determining if they’ve engaged in wrongthink.

Article is quite detailed about the lengths they went to investigate her and breach her privacy https://freespeechunion.org/football-fan-banned-over-gender-critical-posts-after-stasi-premier-league-investigation/

I just cant get my head around this. Given the thousands who attend football matches, there must be many who express really racist and sexist ideas online. And yet out of those many thousands, the Premiere League has decided a priority is to investigate, condemn and then ban a woman who believes in the biological reality of sex!!!!!!!!!!

Football fan banned over gender critical posts after ‘Stasi’ Premier League Investigation – The Free Speech Union

In the four years since the FSU was formed, we’ve come across some pretty appalling examples of private companies punishing their employers and their customers simply for exercising their right to lawful free speech. But this is the most egregious inst...

https://freespeechunion.org/football-fan-banned-over-gender-critical-posts-after-stasi-premier-league-investigation

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DrBlackbird · 26/04/2024 10:10

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 26/04/2024 09:57

It's witch hunting, is what it is.

We are still living in the 17th C aren’t we? Woman know your place. Or we will punish you.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 26/04/2024 09:57

DrBlackbird · 26/04/2024 09:50

I watched that interview. I never liked Toby Young and thought him a twat, but hats off to him now. That poor woman. And the fucking men who did this to her and who loved putting her in her place. Taking away an important part of her life and her identity. Denying her the social contact of being in a stadium of people sharing passion for their team. Following her around and taking photos of her. Making her scared. For what?! This is so much more than gender woo. This is more than misogyny. I’m not sure what it is. Something akin to Handmaids Tale, but I am getting to hate men.

It's witch hunting, is what it is.

DrBlackbird · 26/04/2024 09:50

I watched that interview. I never liked Toby Young and thought him a twat, but hats off to him now. That poor woman. And the fucking men who did this to her and who loved putting her in her place. Taking away an important part of her life and her identity. Denying her the social contact of being in a stadium of people sharing passion for their team. Following her around and taking photos of her. Making her scared. For what?! This is so much more than gender woo. This is more than misogyny. I’m not sure what it is. Something akin to Handmaids Tale, but I am getting to hate men.

Rightsraptor · 26/04/2024 09:38

Excellent news.

CheapThrillsMeanNothing · 26/04/2024 09:22

Linz I Smithhas raised £15000 to challenge Newcastle United over her ban.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceklzk88dv2o

IwantToRetire · 04/02/2024 23:24

Just to add I dont think the show new threads is working that well.

Sometimes it displays them and then sometimes it doesn't and I think that's strange, there must be at least on new thread of FWR

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IwantToRetire · 04/02/2024 23:23

Oh well, if this thread is seen will take it to the other one.

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WarriorN · 04/02/2024 20:49

It's horrific

Football fan banned over GC posts after ‘Stasi’ Premier league investigation www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4999448-football-fan-banned-over-gc-posts-after-stasi-premier-league-investigation

Villagetoraiseachild · 04/02/2024 19:13

Already a thread here, @IwantToRetire .
Andrew Doyle about to discuss this with Helen Joyce on Free Speech Nation, GBNews channel, between now and nine.