AIBU to be extremely proud of Justine Roberts & Mumsnet right now?

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Open access link. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mumsnet-founder-justine-roberts-transgender-activists-try-to-curb-free-speech-on-site-z3sr3nf6q?shareToken=ade388be59ac427155003eff83c5158c

“Transgender activists have contacted Mumsnet advertisers and said they will be organising a boycott of their products if they don’t remove their advertising from Mumsnet,” Roberts said.

“A significant minority of our users feel very strongly about women’s rights and very uneasy [about the proposals]. This is an issue that needs to be discussed and that’s why we’re prepared to take any potential advertising hit.”

I'm glad Justine has come out and said that they won't be bullied. It's a real line in the sand that they can't really cross now even if they have a change of heart and it's a bit commitment.

Thanks MN HQ

Now, if we can get that little "member since-" status on usernames we'd be able to spot people rocking up to stir shit and deliberately not engage with them. That would be the easiest way to ensure that this doesn't turn into a target for TRAs or just trolls generally.

To be fair, AornisHades, the advertisers don’t appear to have threatened to pull out, but have merely told Mumsnet that they have been put under pressure from TRA groups. I would imagine advertisers that promote their products on Mumsnet are aware of their target audience, mainly females and mums. TRA groups boycotting them isn’t going to have as big an impact as the many members who read and quietly agree with the self Id concerns, but don’t comment.

Well done Mumsnet. I think this is an issue that needs to be discussed.

Thank you Justine and MNHQ!

I suspect it may be a significant majority rather than a minority that feel strongly about women's rights, but until all women can speak freely with no fear of repercussions we'll never know.

Quite. I can’t speak freely at work about this. I can here, though.

Thanks, Justine and MNHQ.

Thankyou.

Brilliant!
Thank you Justine

Justine 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

So appreciated.

I will boycott any advertiser that pulls out of MN due to trans extremist pressure. Brands that are complicit in bullying women into silence will not get my custom.

It is only women who are being silenced. Where are the men being threatened with murder, or punched in the face for stating gender critical views? This extreme trans activism is a direct attack on women's rights and on free speech - it must not be allowed to win.

Thank you Justine and all at MNHQ for standing with women

I must admit I sometimes get angry and have posted things that I know were perhaps deemed as inappropriate, so I will try to curb my language in future. though I still won’t pretend people can change sex

Thank you Justine and MNHQ. Thank you Andrew Gilligan and thanks also to Janice Turner who has another superb article in The Times about transactivism.

Thanks so much, Justine! I don't have an ad blocker to turn off but is there any other way I can show support? Does clicking on links even if I don't buy anything help?!

Yes thanks so much Justine/MN.

@JustineMumsnet well bloody done. Turning off my ad blocker.

Yes! So happy they aren't caving in to the thought police

I’m with you on the boycott xxfactor.

Thanks for hearing us Justine.

Hopefully more & more businesses will follow suit and, when free speech is allowed, it will become obvious that it's a significant MAJORITY of people who are concerned about this.

Is it worth those of us who feel strongly about this writing to advertiser's to say if they pull advertising they'll be boycotted by us? And there are a hell of a lot more women?!

"I will boycott any advertiser that pulls out of MN due to trans extremist pressure. Brands that are complicit in bullying women into silence will not get my custom. "

SAME HERE!

YANBU! Thank you Justine and thank you MNHQ

Brands that are complicit in bullying women into silence will not get my custom

Summed it up perfectly.

Yay, thank you Justine and Mumsnet! Free speech all the way!

I can't see advertisers regarding this as anything in the nature of a serious threat.