I agree with Hadro. Again ; )
I’m not sure if this is allowed under the rules (Ive read them, I just can’t be sure) so if it’s not I’ll try to rephrase.
But this is the lobotomy of our generation. Only instead of just lobotomising patients, it’s also changing our laws to say that anyone who feels a bit down must therefore require a lobotomy. And that’s filtered down through every public organisation. So our kids are taught they need a lobotomy because they felt a bit sad when a boy called them names. And they are taught we should be proud of needing a lobotomy and be celebrated for getting one. And that anyone who questions if they really need a lobotomy is an evil bigot. And then they are told because their parents are such evil bigots that school should ignore the safeguarding laws because lobokids are special and can consent to medical procedures other kids can’t.
This is where we are at. And we need to start reframing it without bias of ‘stonewall nice pretty pride flag charity’ because they are no longer this.
And it doesn’t matter who they were in the past, all that matters is right now and the harm being done now.
So reframe:
Organisation X using public funds and hides how they use them. X makes other public organisations sign NDA’s. X refuses to participate in transparent discussion or listen to other views. X claims to be diverse and inclusive but acts for one tiny % of the country, despite their funds coming from 100%. X intentionally misrepresents the law, and ignores logical reasoned challenges to this ie- being asked to read the equality act, that we can all google. X acts as if above reproach.
This is dismantling democratic freedoms. This is a partizan lobby group.
X campaigns to remove single sex exemptions from the equality act (it’s in their manifesto on their website). X redefines the word woman. Their redefinition ignores science and our laws.
This is misogynistic. This is anti science and contravening British values (laws).
X redefines homosexuality. X ignores science and laws in this definition. X tells lesbians they are bigots if they don’t accept sex with males.
This is homophobic.
X pushes an ideology that sterilises children. X tells girls if they feel like a boy they are one and should use boys toilets.
This is a huge safeguarding red flag. It ignores our safeguarding laws.
Now if you say all that with stonewall in place of X it sounds like hyperbole to any one not familiar with the facts because they hear stonewall and think lovely welcoming charity that does good things. Because none of us think without bias, including positive bias.
But we need to learn to be objective. We need to think how this will look to future generations who don’t have the same positive bias blinding us. There is no right side of history, there are no good guys. We all need to learn to critically evaluate our bias because if we don’t we fail to safeguard our children’s futures and their future democratic freedoms. This will become the self destruct button for our civilisation if we don’t.