I think really plays to just how tone deaf the LP is right now (especially in light of recent events in Scotland).
As many posters have already commented a prevailing narrative of "we know best" and if you don't agree with us then "you are nasty/selfish/out of touch/a bigot etc" is really unpleasant and I rarely see this form of attack thrown from right to left.
Labour should be my natural comfy political home as a long time left of centre voter (as a former member it was for a long time). But right now it resembles a wasteland of tumbleweed filled with sink holes.
As I've posted on other threads, when myself and a number of women (long standing members left the party) over self id what did they do? Engage in discussion? Consider the impact that the women leaving were actually doing a lot of the party legwork in terms of canvassing/CLP admin (as opposed to "likes" on social media).
No, they threw a bloody party to celebrate our departure.
Ultimately voters go to the ballot box on the basis of self interest. Even if that self interest is a sense of moral superiority in voting for policies/ideals that might not be to their overall advantage.
The LP continually seem to think their job is not to listen to the electorate, but to educate them.
Moreover educate them in the middle class utopian political ideals that pay no regard to the experiences of many, many voters and then are "shocked" when the push back is that they are out of touch.
Parties who celebrate the loss of former loyal party members don't deserve an easy ride back nor the votes of many people for whom they deem their aspirations selfish.
It's a bloody shame as we need an effective opposition and I would like to see the Tories out of power - but I won't vote for a party that not only seeks to erode women's rights, but celebrates their achievements in doing so and rubs it in our faces by gaslighting us about why Eddie is a person to champion on IWD.