AIBU to think Maya scored a victory for common sense today?

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twitter.com/MForstater/status/1402922169559044096?s=20

news.sky.com/story/maya-forstater-woman-who-lost-job-over-transgender-views-wins-appeal-against-employment-tribunal-12329249

The law just cannot be allowed to tell people what to think.

Hurrah for Maya!

LadyFidget
Do keep going dear, you do your ‘cause’ the world of good when you engage so thoughtfully and eloquently.

Because your post was rude and accusatory. Mumsnet only allows civilised discussion.

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag

Hang on, I've been deleted? What the fuck for?

I think, and this is just a hunch, it was because you called Maya a transphobic arsehole, for holding a belief that not an hour ago, a judge just said is protected under law.

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag presumably for resorting to insults instead of rational discussion, as is so often the ploy of people who hold opinions they know won’t stand up to scrutiny

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag

Hang on, I've been deleted? What the fuck for?

For calling people names and being incorrect.

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag

Hang on, I've been deleted? What the fuck for?

Personal insults aren’t allowed. Maybe read the talk guidelines?

LadyFidget
Believing in biology is now a protected belief so you can’t just throw insults at us anymore.

You can respectfully disagree but I would think twice about name calling over a protected belief.

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

Transwomen are transwomen and that’s a perfectly fine thing to be. They have their own needs and experiences which are different to womens. Denying their existence and lived reality is what’s causing the harm to them here.

This is such great news - and relief to know what people who believe in biology will not be persecuted/sacked for saying so.

For calling people names and being incorrect

Maybe just the name calling

People are incorrect here aaallllllll the time, there’d be no posts left 😀

Go maya 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Such a brave woman

@ChazsBrilliantAttitude

LadyFidget Believing in biology is now a protected belief so you can’t just throw insults at us anymore.

You can respectfully disagree but I would think twice about name calling over a protected belief.

Exactly. It demonstrates, er, rank beliefism 😁

So happy to hear this today. The tide is turning rapidly and the world feels like it's being righted again.

Nobody is denying they exist but nobody should be denying biological reality either

Imagine that a woman needed the law to intervene to protect her for saying that A PERSON CANNOT CHANGE THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX. Really think about that. A woman lost her job for stating BIOLOGICAL REALITY.

I'm so pleased. The tide is turning!

@AllDoneIn

Imagine that a woman needed the law to intervene to protect her for saying that A PERSON CANNOT CHANGE THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX. Really think about that. A woman lost her job for stating BIOLOGICAL REALITY.

Yep

Datun
We do need a word for it. Beliefism is a good start.

Transphobia is arseholery therefore I have said nothing incorrect.

@BarbarianMum

I know I should be pleased but really I'm just scared at how we came to the point of this needing to be appealed in the first place?

This.

I also find it worrying the huge amount of "disinformation" around what was the case was actually about.

I cried with relief when I heard.

‘Sex matters in life and law and it shouldn’t take courage to say so.’ Maya Forstater.
I will forever be grateful to her for her bravery.

Can someone tell me what makes trans women , women please ? As biologically their won’t be an exact match to a woman so how are some so sure to declare yes they are absolutely women when the science doesn’t back that ?

I think, and this is just a hunch, it was because you called Maya a transphobic arsehole, for holding a belief that not an hour ago, a judge just said is protected under law.

British law famously always being right.

@LadyFidgetAndHerHandbag

Transphobia is arseholery therefore I have said nothing incorrect.

Accusing people of transphobia just because they don’t agree with you would also be arseholery so I am very glad you have refrained from doing that in your latest post.

Go Maya