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Sheffield Party Of Women candidate threatened with arrest for leaflets

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ItsFunToBeAVampire · 27/06/2024 18:56

Not much info about this yet, but just saw it on Twitter.

BREAKING. Party of Women
@SheffieldPOW
candidate in Leeds has been threatened with arrest for the leaflets she distributed on a charge of malicious communications.

com/terfasaurus/status/1806370775894491266

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https://x.com/terfasaurus/status/1806370775894491266

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OldCrone · 30/06/2024 14:32

the conversation with the police officer was based on her election leaflet, let's try to not wander off into other realms.

Exactly. This is about a police officer possibly interfering with an election (a criminal offence). It's not about name-calling on twitter.

CassieMaddox · 30/06/2024 14:30

spannasaurus · 30/06/2024 14:30

When did being goady become a criminal offence?

Edited

Pardon?

spannasaurus · 30/06/2024 14:30

When did being goady become a criminal offence?

CassieMaddox · 30/06/2024 14:27

Dumbo12 · 30/06/2024 14:24

Does she think she is immune to complaints being made and investigated against her? So far we've had "tr--n", "fragile f-cuks" and now this tweeted for all to see. These comments were largely subsequent to her conversation with the police officer, the conversation with the police officer was based on her election leaflet, let's try to not wander off into other realms.

Quite. I'm wondering if the Superintendent "establishing the facts" is going to backfire on Louise. Seems very unwise to tweet some of the things she has (and other PoW members and supporters).
It comes across very goady to me.

Dumbo12 · 30/06/2024 14:24

Does she think she is immune to complaints being made and investigated against her? So far we've had "tr--n", "fragile f-cuks" and now this tweeted for all to see. These comments were largely subsequent to her conversation with the police officer, the conversation with the police officer was based on her election leaflet, let's try to not wander off into other realms.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 30/06/2024 13:56

Mate. Of course you are going to be happy with moderation that upholds your predjudices. It doesn't make you right, it just means you like an echo chamber 😂

ArabellaScott · 30/06/2024 13:55

It's the rape-promoting subs that I have a problem with, tbh. Symptomatic of a site that holds men's sexual rights as far more important than women or women's rights.

Christinapple · 30/06/2024 13:54

Imnobody4 · 30/06/2024 11:00

https://twitter.com/SheffieldPOW/status/1807290616688042182?t=8VTNd_NRlPHk87beveD4Xw&s=19

UPDATE: Very nice Chief Super rang to apologise, nice Chief Super didn't have all the facts so investigation ongoing, meanwhile election interference is very naughty so complaints will be made, no doubt p.c rainbow derangement syndrome will be plotting retribution

"...so complaints will be made, no doubt p.c rainbow derangement syndrome will be plotting retribution"

Does she think she is immune to complaints being made and investigated against her? So far we've had "tr--n", "fragile f-cuks" and now this tweeted for all to see.

btw I'm starting to receive feedback from those reddit posts using "tr--n", the posts are being removed and users given warnings. That confirms what I thought that it is a slur recognised by Reddit, thanks to whoever let me know about them.

Before anyone says Reddit just likes to give out bans, I've had a reddit account for years without warnings or bans and have taken part in some good LGBT subs where one can meet with other LGBT people or talk about related topics (actual LGBT subs, not pretend ones which are just gender critical in disguise).

I have a feeling some people just dislike reddit because they won't put up with transphobia or other bigotry the way other forums might.

Sloejelly · 30/06/2024 12:41

‘Didn’t have all the facts so investigation ongoing’ aka realising their PC messed up big time and should be subject to a criminal investigation but trying to fob off the candidate so it can be swept under a rug.

Imnobody4 · 30/06/2024 11:00

https://twitter.com/SheffieldPOW/status/1807290616688042182?t=8VTNd_NRlPHk87beveD4Xw&s=19

UPDATE: Very nice Chief Super rang to apologise, nice Chief Super didn't have all the facts so investigation ongoing, meanwhile election interference is very naughty so complaints will be made, no doubt p.c rainbow derangement syndrome will be plotting retribution

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https://twitter.com/SheffieldPOW/status/1807290616688042182?s=19&t=8VTNd_NRlPHk87beveD4Xw

BezMills · 29/06/2024 10:10

Sadly not surprised to find Sorry Police Force's PC Useful moonlighting in Yorkshire.

Sloejelly · 29/06/2024 09:34

Why shouldn’t a candidate use fragile as a slur against a police officer interfering in an election by committing a crime and threatening a candidate? I think ‘hateful’ might be a better description of the police officer and seems to be a slur tra posters on here love to throw around so presumably wouldn’t have a problem with.

MarieDeGournay · 29/06/2024 09:14

The leaflet. The Interference with the canvassing process and election material. The photoshopping of a grotesquely offensive phrase. The leaflet. The leaflet. The topic.

WickedSerious · 29/06/2024 09:04

Christinapple · 29/06/2024 02:51

It is and I can vouch for my own experience of reddit's moderation, there aren't many gender critical people on reddit but when I see any who become hateful I report them and they usually end up suspended.

Ran a quick search to find "tr--n" posts on the sub you mentioned and checked the username of the posters. Turns out most of the users on there who have used the slur have been permanently banned from reddit.

For example (offensive link and NSFW, just as an example of this)

https://new.reddit.com/r/4tran4/comments/1as04nh/get_rankmogged_stupid_fucking_troons/

The user is banned as you can see here.
https://new.reddit.com/user/Slayyyerose/

Despite being a sub that's supposedly meant for trans people, it looks like it's been over-run by gender critical people, thanks for letting me know I've reported some stuff on there. If it's became unmoderated because the mods are all inactive, that usually leads to the sub itself being banned.

Tragic.

eatfigs · 29/06/2024 07:24

Christinapple · 29/06/2024 02:51

It is and I can vouch for my own experience of reddit's moderation, there aren't many gender critical people on reddit but when I see any who become hateful I report them and they usually end up suspended.

Ran a quick search to find "tr--n" posts on the sub you mentioned and checked the username of the posters. Turns out most of the users on there who have used the slur have been permanently banned from reddit.

For example (offensive link and NSFW, just as an example of this)

https://new.reddit.com/r/4tran4/comments/1as04nh/get_rankmogged_stupid_fucking_troons/

The user is banned as you can see here.
https://new.reddit.com/user/Slayyyerose/

Despite being a sub that's supposedly meant for trans people, it looks like it's been over-run by gender critical people, thanks for letting me know I've reported some stuff on there. If it's became unmoderated because the mods are all inactive, that usually leads to the sub itself being banned.

Reddit will ban you for anything even slightly critical of this sexist ideology, so that's no surprise. Post "males should not be allowed in female spaces" on one account and report it on another, you'll be hit by a ban for "promoting hate". They'll do anything to protect these males.

borntobequiet · 29/06/2024 06:26

a term widely used in organic Chemistry

Tell me you didn’t get my point without etc.

sashh · 29/06/2024 04:59

drspouse · 28/06/2024 15:34

Just because a word is in the dictionary doesn't mean it isn't a slur.

On the other hand, I don't think "fragile" can be termed hateful - if the cap fits...

Eg 'spastic'. It has a medical meaning connected to spasms / disruption in muscle movement. It is possible to have a 'spastic colon' which is more often referred to as IBS.

But using it about a person is a slur.

Generally if you are using a term that the group you are referring to understand as a slur people with an ounce of decency stop using it.

This is why 'coloured', became; BME, ethnic minority, person of colour.

Datun · 29/06/2024 04:15

ImFineThankYouSusan · 29/06/2024 03:35

Lol. That sub is mostly populated by actual trans people. God forbid they don't subscribe to your way of thinking. They are not allowed to circlejerk and poke fun of themselves? That makes them GC?!

Well done with trying to get a trans space taken down 👏

Such a bore.

Christina loves to broadcast their attempts to censor. I mean it's the TRA protocol. But it does come across as weird when you get to see the inner workings.

ImFineThankYouSusan · 29/06/2024 03:35

Lol. That sub is mostly populated by actual trans people. God forbid they don't subscribe to your way of thinking. They are not allowed to circlejerk and poke fun of themselves? That makes them GC?!

Well done with trying to get a trans space taken down 👏

Such a bore.

Christinapple · 29/06/2024 02:51

ImFineThankYouSusan · 29/06/2024 02:04

Troon is what the trans users of the Something Awful forum coined themselves a fair few years ago.

SA forum users are called 'Goons', hence the trans population on there using the portmanteau Troon.

Also it is not a automatically banned word on Reddit r/4tran4 uses it (or are they ignored because they are transgender 4chan users?)

It is and I can vouch for my own experience of reddit's moderation, there aren't many gender critical people on reddit but when I see any who become hateful I report them and they usually end up suspended.

Ran a quick search to find "tr--n" posts on the sub you mentioned and checked the username of the posters. Turns out most of the users on there who have used the slur have been permanently banned from reddit.

For example (offensive link and NSFW, just as an example of this)

https://new.reddit.com/r/4tran4/comments/1as04nh/get_rankmogged_stupid_fucking_troons/

The user is banned as you can see here.
https://new.reddit.com/user/Slayyyerose/

Despite being a sub that's supposedly meant for trans people, it looks like it's been over-run by gender critical people, thanks for letting me know I've reported some stuff on there. If it's became unmoderated because the mods are all inactive, that usually leads to the sub itself being banned.

ImFineThankYouSusan · 29/06/2024 02:04

Troon is what the trans users of the Something Awful forum coined themselves a fair few years ago.

SA forum users are called 'Goons', hence the trans population on there using the portmanteau Troon.

Also it is not a automatically banned word on Reddit r/4tran4 uses it (or are they ignored because they are transgender 4chan users?)

Ereshkigalangcleg · 29/06/2024 00:34

Datun · 28/06/2024 15:01

I was deleted, because I mentioned AGP. I'll try again.

Many women (loads I personally know), think that most transwomen are AGP. Not a generalisation, HQ, a specific personal observation.

See Debbie Hayton who advocates for AGP men to use women's toilets.

They do not see this as something to respect. They see it as the fetishisation of women's oppression, and sexist in the extreme.

It's no good asking these women to respect men, or the terms they want us to use for them.

This.

Valeriekat · 29/06/2024 00:18

borntobequiet · 28/06/2024 08:01

Very old Latin prefix

Tell me you’re uneducated without telling me etc.

a term widely used in organic Chemistry

eatfigs · 28/06/2024 22:43

It is a slur and one I wouldn't use personally but it's only directed at males so I don't really care to be honest. The amount of times I've heard bitch, cunt, whore, slag from men and we're just expected to accept this sort of vitriol. Maybe next time I'll call the police. Or no I won't because only an assault on the fragile male ego counts as malicious communication so what's the point.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 28/06/2024 22:01

MarieDeGournay · 28/06/2024 20:00

That is the lowest of the low. I mean, photoshop in 'tr**n' [new to me, too] or something transphobic - that would be not just bad but, apparently, illegal.

But invoking .. I'm sorry again I don't even want to put onscreen the detail of how inappropriate this is.
Obviously FW is trying to back up the old accusation that CG=fascist, but to take it all the way back to the Third Reich is beyond despicable.

I don't know what to say. I find it hard to believe that somebody would even think of doing that.

I know. Jesus fuck. What sort of a person fakes the use of Holocaust terminology to discredit a political opponent? How disconnected from society do you have to be to think that is ok?

Again and again I keep coming back to "accusations are confessions". When someone claims that people who say or do X really mean Y, what they are actually telling you is how they think, the connections their minds make, the mental places they go first.

And one then has to wonder, how much of the fury and panic TRAs exhibit against "transphobes" and "terfs" is actually because deep down they don't really accept trans identities either, and so they project that deep down unacknowledged feeling of wrongness onto the people who challenge them and ascribe our motivation to that regardless of what we actually say?

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