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What is in the water this week?! Glinner now making a mockery of the cause

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RobynMiller · 24/04/2026 17:06

I know I know I should just get off twitter but this week is just back to back GC news and not in a good way.

If you haven't seen, Glinner posted a video mocking Green Leader Zack Polanski, understandable plenty of material for a comedy writer there, but the video is so unhinged and unfunny.

Some speculating Graham was drunk when he made it but it's been 24 hours and he's left it up so maybe not.

I feel like we are finally gaining real ground in this fight and this makes GCs look like a bunch of lunatics.

I know there is no formal hierarchy but like it or not, for better and worse, we do have public faces and 'spokespeople' for this fight and this is just embarrassing.

I just feel so helpless because there can't be any accountability for this kind of thing but my God.

Thanks for listening to my rant, just been a very frustrating week.

Video here: https://x.com/Glinner/status/2047187374699126873?s=20

Graham Linehan (@Glinner) on X

Green Party broadcast

https://x.com/Glinner/status/2047187374699126873?s=20

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GarlicFind · 25/04/2026 20:32

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 14:12

Feminism was brilliant back in the day. So were union leaders. But in the last 30 years they have both become insufferable and hypocritical and everything they once stood against

Self-examining to see if I've become insufferable and hypocritical in the last 30 years ... 🤔

To be fair, some people would say I've always been insufferable. Nobody's ever called me a hypocrite, in so many words or by implication, though I've occasionally called myself one. Does that count?

I don't recall feminism making a stand against insufferability or hypocrisy. We're all about fighting sexism. Have you perhaps mixed us up with a political columnist?

ElenOfTheWays · 25/04/2026 20:10

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 16:33

I don’t like most Gc feminists that I’ve met, and yes, I’ve met quite a few. I find them tribal, ideological, suspicious, and over anxious.
I’m not sure what you’re talking about being kind- I’m not unkind. I let people exist. I judge people when they behave badly.

More D.A.R.V.O.
What else you got?

ElenOfTheWays · 25/04/2026 20:07

MouseQueen · 25/04/2026 15:33

...This is a joke, right?

Not a joke
This is DARVO and projection 101.

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 19:48

Helleofabore · 25/04/2026 10:23

It does seem so. There is a pattern of ‘I am GC … but ‘ type of posting that has been very prevalent since Easter. It is almost like the idea is to sow division to weaken the movement.

What they miss is that division has no effect on the arguments. Its the direct opposite of "you can't reason someone out of an argument they didn't reason themselves into'.

Im even reading the thread backwards and it still works 😂

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 19:45

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:21

I love that we are expected to believe that someone stops being gender critical because they meet a gender critical person they don't like.

I'm not sure TRAs have quite grasped operation let them speak

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Yes. Tbh I find the insults weirdly reassuring. It's all they've got.

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 19:43

Ooh there you go being a horrible bastard again Mrs Overton, and noticing things. It's very mean to point out people's hypocritical bullshit, you know.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 25/04/2026 19:41

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 19:33

We get quite a lot of 'I'm gc as they come but you lot are bastards, horrible meanie bastards'.

Don't we just. I got a deletion recently for pointing out that an allegedly new to Mumsnet faux "I'm GC but..." poster had a complete range of tra acronyms and talking points. 😅

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 19:33

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:29

Didn’t we have that a couple of weeks ago? A poster who was claiming they were GC but then came on here and our nastiness made them a full on TRA?

We get quite a lot of 'I'm gc as they come but you lot are bastards, horrible meanie bastards'.

ArabellaScott · 25/04/2026 18:55

Ereshkigalangcleg · 25/04/2026 09:02

If it wasn’t for GC feminists you could be sacked with impunity just for questioning the opposing narrative.

Yes, but dont forget we're evil bastards and we smell.

Datun · 25/04/2026 18:35

MrsOvertonsWindow · 25/04/2026 17:47

Odd how those who boast of disliking women who fight for women's rights spend so much time on here showcasing their lack of thinking and their inability to evidence anything - and expect women to cower in amazement at their views. 😅

I know toddlers with more sophisticated thinking skills.

Yeah it's very poor. It's not as though they're hard to spot.

quantumbutterfly · 25/04/2026 18:14

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:28

What? Now they want to take away women’s rights? Feminists? Are you sure about that? I’ve not seen any feminists arguing for that . I’ve seen people claiming to be feminists arguing women don’t deserve sex based rights (looking at you Laurie Penny and Judith Butler). Is that who you mean?

Maybe single sex spaces was a trigger phrase. I hadn't even mentioned womens' sports or equal access to education.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 25/04/2026 17:47

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:31

Yeah. As tactics go it's not the smartest.

Odd how those who boast of disliking women who fight for women's rights spend so much time on here showcasing their lack of thinking and their inability to evidence anything - and expect women to cower in amazement at their views. 😅

I know toddlers with more sophisticated thinking skills.

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:35

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:31

Yeah. As tactics go it's not the smartest.

Also very repetitive. I on the other hand was a TRA until I did what they told me to do, educated myself and listened to trans people. Then became a full on TERF.

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:31

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:29

Didn’t we have that a couple of weeks ago? A poster who was claiming they were GC but then came on here and our nastiness made them a full on TRA?

Yeah. As tactics go it's not the smartest.

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:29

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:21

I love that we are expected to believe that someone stops being gender critical because they meet a gender critical person they don't like.

I'm not sure TRAs have quite grasped operation let them speak

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Didn’t we have that a couple of weeks ago? A poster who was claiming they were GC but then came on here and our nastiness made them a full on TRA?

Wearenotborg · 25/04/2026 17:28

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 14:12

Feminism was brilliant back in the day. So were union leaders. But in the last 30 years they have both become insufferable and hypocritical and everything they once stood against

What? Now they want to take away women’s rights? Feminists? Are you sure about that? I’ve not seen any feminists arguing for that . I’ve seen people claiming to be feminists arguing women don’t deserve sex based rights (looking at you Laurie Penny and Judith Butler). Is that who you mean?

Datun · 25/04/2026 17:21

I love that we are expected to believe that someone stops being gender critical because they meet a gender critical person they don't like.

I'm not sure TRAs have quite grasped operation let them speak

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 25/04/2026 16:47

tanstaafl · 25/04/2026 12:51

people’s ?

Indeed, as he can’t tell the difference between men and women so would market his skills to both, I imagine. And as I went on to say, TW may be a fertile marketing ground if their ‘titty skittles’ work slower than they hope.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 25/04/2026 16:47

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 16:33

I don’t like most Gc feminists that I’ve met, and yes, I’ve met quite a few. I find them tribal, ideological, suspicious, and over anxious.
I’m not sure what you’re talking about being kind- I’m not unkind. I let people exist. I judge people when they behave badly.

LOL. My guess is you approach people you perceive to be "GC feminists" (whatever that label means to you) with a bunch of assumptions and judgemental mindset, and what you experience is a reaction to that.

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 16:33

Easytoconfuse · 25/04/2026 15:46

Is it every single GC feminist that you don't like? What happened to being kind, letting people exist and not judging? Or does that come with a caveat of 'people I agree with?'

I don’t like most Gc feminists that I’ve met, and yes, I’ve met quite a few. I find them tribal, ideological, suspicious, and over anxious.
I’m not sure what you’re talking about being kind- I’m not unkind. I let people exist. I judge people when they behave badly.

Easytoconfuse · 25/04/2026 15:48

Firetreev · 25/04/2026 08:10

What is it with the gender critical to far right pipeline? It's what made me stop engaging with a lot of the gender critical community. I agree with a lot of what they have to say ragarding sex and gender. However, seeing how many went off the deep end and started spouting racist and far right views too made me walk away. It makes me question who's funding the fight and what are their real motivations. Probably not protecting the rights of women and girls.

Can we ask about the links between the transgender movement and the far left? Or are you just insulting the gender critical because you don't agree with them? Some may well be far right. Others far left. Others won't care. You don't need a political belief not to want to have to undress in front of a bloke you don't know, and whose motives may be to use you as a sex toy.

Easytoconfuse · 25/04/2026 15:46

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Is it every single GC feminist that you don't like? What happened to being kind, letting people exist and not judging? Or does that come with a caveat of 'people I agree with?'

MouseQueen · 25/04/2026 15:33

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...This is a joke, right?

EarthlyNightshade · 25/04/2026 14:17

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 10:59

No I don’t see myself as a feminist. But I drop in here for the information from time to time.

So you don't think women should have equal rights to men.
How far would you want to roll rights for women back?

Pocahontasandme · 25/04/2026 14:12

quantumbutterfly · 25/04/2026 11:16

What has feminism ever done for you?

If you're a woman ...the right to vote, access to birth control, the right not to be raped within marriage, 'better' pay, more opportunities, single sex spaces....

Feminism was brilliant back in the day. So were union leaders. But in the last 30 years they have both become insufferable and hypocritical and everything they once stood against

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