Barry Wall’s grift

Yes well, we’re all adults and can decide if we are interested in paywalled content or not.

I cba with all the infighting that goes on.

His whole Substack appears to be locked behind a paywall - the only bits he seems to give away for free are the adverts for his Warrior Teacher courses.

He’s not personally my cup of tea either, but I’m not getting the sense of a scandal here. Heaps of people charge for their content, and we’re all free to choose whether or not to buy it.

The fact he seems to do deep dives of public sector diversity initiatives but then locks them away behind a paywall makes it patently obvious that he’s more interested in making money off of people affected by these issues than about helping them.

Women have had to raise millions for court cases, and paying someone £60 a month for a course with undisclosed content is not a decision I'd make.
I don't see this as being about 'no debate' or not wanting a golden bridge; its about the ethics of making an income from a group you only joined recently and were monstering last year.

So he was a TRA? But he is not a TRA now?

And he runs an education service that I presume people fully investigate before signing up for and pay?

What are the arguments against him exactly? Am I missing something? He is a man who has opinions, who is now campaigning around homosexual male people's needs where there might be cross over with female people's needs, but not always. And he runs a small business delivering educational sessions.

Is the issue that he works in the field of EDI? Because surely EDI that shows balance can still be a good thing. And he was always up front about it.

Yes, it was really bad when 'no debate' ruled. Every voice that spoke up then deserves credit for doing so, as it was a genuinely brave thing that cost some people their jobs.

I've watched the EDI Jester YouTube for years now and have been thankful for his insights. Especially in the darker days when not many were speaking up and #nodebate ruled. He does highlight women's work often.
It's not just 'come to light' that he has classes on how to be a 'warrior teacher'; he advertises the course often!

I've watched a couple of his videos in the past when there weren't many people openly speaking against Genderism (EDIJester will find him on YouTube) but he wasn't my cup of tea. However, I thought that it was perfectly clear that the 'Warrior Teacher' programme was to be paid for.

I agree with Pencils, we need more people to change their mind about this ideology. I'm not going to get into purity spirals.

It's never been a secret that he charges for his classes has it?

I don't like the man, he comes across as just another misogynistic gay bloke but I'm always pleased to learn of a tra joining the side of sanity.