Graham Linehan on the chapter about him in Jon Ronson's new book

Because of Renee Good, Glinner supports the abolition of this amendment - ie. the removal of the right to vote for all women in the US, not just liberal women.

So tweeting something once in jest is strong enough to infer he wants to abolish women’s right to vote?

If you say so 🙄

And if you encounter something controversial that appears to imply taking away the rights of women, it’s so easy to type ‘What is the 19th Amendment’ in a search browser and there you are.

Voting rights for women.

Because of Renee Good, Glinner supports the abolition of this amendment - ie. the removal of the right to vote for all women in the US, not just liberal women.

I didn’t know what the 19th amendment was. I doubt many people in the uk do, feminist or not. Desperate stuff 😂

As I said, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in the US. In terms of women’s rights, it is an important landmark - as are similar dates in other countries around the world.

That you seem to believe is it more important to defend Glinner and pretend you don’t know about the above - that is really sad.

Yes I’d say the first, second or fifth in my Family Fortunes round!

Okay, well done, you’ve condemned him. Do you require the rest of us to do so too?

It’s the second amendment, which I can remember because you have two arms. The first I remember because you have one mouth (free speech, though there are other freedoms too).

Right to bear arms is one.of them but not sure which.

Wait, is the 1st something to do with freedom of speech?

The 5th amendment to the US constitution is the only other likely to be known by a Brit. At least the part about not being forced to answer questions that could incriminate you in a criminal case i.e. that is the right to remain silent commonly known as "taking the Fifth"

Indeed.

Indeed. I know a reasonable amount of feminist history, but the US constitution is not one of my areas. I had no idea what the 19th amendment was, and I bet if you cast a vox pop in the uk, it wouldn’t be a winning answer on Family Fortunes if asked about US constitutional amendments. Pointless, maybe.

I suspect that should America go full fascist and remove the right of women to vote for example or to have bank accounts or to hold jobs, that the number of men identifying as women would plummet like a fucking stone

gave voting rights to women (or to be more accurate, prohibited the government from prohibiting any citizen from voting on the basis of sex).

Interesting, what sex is a trans woman?

I would hazard a guess most women - most people - in the UK have no fucken clue what any particular US amendment relates to.

I have only a piecemeal knowledge of feminist history, but great to have someone with global knowledge here.

What other parts of feminism are you interested in?

Just someone else obsessed with the USA, from whence all this batshitery comes from.

Any reason most women in the UK should be aware of details of US history? I didn’t know what it was either. It’s not something that’s on our school curriculum.

Obviously you have had a sense of humour bypass & cannot recognise satire. It’s not meant to be taken literally just like Jonathan Swift wasn’t really suggesting that starving Irish parents should eat their children.

Apologist… this word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

It’s a reaction to a post on social media. Very easy to do impulsively / not paying full attention. It’s not a declaration of belief signed in blood 🫠

I’m not American. I’m Irish, like Glinner. I hadn't a clue.

I imagine that’s not unusual.

HTH

I would have agreed with you 10 years ago about the repealing, but not so much now, although it does seem remote. Women ceasing to exist as a category is even more remote than that.

No, not American, just a woman aware of feminist history. I don’t tend to keep to my own country when reading about women’s rights as a whole. It doesn’t make sense to do so.

So your'e American Mikatdo? How's the feminism going over there?

Pivotal in US feminism, maybe. I'm not American. But thanks.