David Tennant: women should "shut up"

[jacksonlamb]

As a (now ex) David Tennant fan I was so disappointed to hear his speech yesterday. Whilst talking about trans rights he told his audience that he wanted a world where "we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn't exist anymore. I don't wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up."

(There's some devious doublespeak here: if you wish someone didn't exist, you obviously wish them ill).

But more importantly, how dare he tell women to shut up about women's rights. Yet again powerful and privileged men tell women what they are and are not allowed to say. They must shut up whilst men speak. Their views are wrong, men are right.

Anyone has the right to believe that the rights of trans people are more important than the rights of women (although I believe this is profoundly wrong). What they do not have the right to do is bully, belittle and threaten women who disagree with them; who are trying to protect their hard fought rights.

I despair.

Re: “nobody cares about David Tennant except maybe really young people” - back when I was in college (American definition of college) in the mid-2000s, all the “nerd girls” (both on campus and online) thought he was some kind of heartthrob. Also, the Very Online part of the Harry Potter fandom - which is largely adults who grew up with the books - seem to pay outsized attention to every political opinion expressed by anyone who was ever in an HP movie.

Yes - I think he made the "not exist" comment and suddenly realised what he had said and how it could be interpreted - and reined himself back very quickly.

Spot on!! Well articulated x

they look at the spoiled votes. not to see what people say, but to argue that that vague mark in the box next to their name means that person wanted to vote for them. and then they argue the toss until they are blue in the face. And sometimes the vote counters (returning officers?) agree with them. So if you spoil your ballot - be careful how you do it.

I fear the publics reaction when they see Labour actually makes things even worse. Genuinely there isn’t the money for the ‘changes’ they promise.

This argument about safe spaces has thankfully been put on the public psyche again … big mistake Tennant …
HUGE !!!

When he was Dr Who I used to rather like him - he had a "twinkly" face - but the older he gets the less pleasant he looks. He seems to be increasingly angry, resentful and arrogant.

I don't like him at all, now.

In retrospect, I realised that I caused the actor with his character, and the real David Tennant was nothing like the Doctor. (And indeed - why should he be)

Bollox!

He said nothing of the sort - he was targeting Badenoch.

You imagine wrong.

Georgia Tennant is of similar pro-trans enthusiasm, and at least one of his children is "non-binary".

Thank you, yes, that’s a very good point you make. There’s been quite a bit written on the FWR board with links on how to spoil a vote without it being mistaken for a valid vote!

Most men don't give a fuck about women or our rights, so why should bellend Tennant be any different? Look at his fashion choices, slogans on tshirts, badges saying "i'm safe" that was him right? He is a top bellsniff and I don't doubt that he'd say the same of any woman who disagreed with his views.
I don't care what side of the political divide anyone is on, all I want is for women to be taken seriously, for our rights to be taken seriously. I will always keep fighting and speaking up for myself and others regardless.

Onedayatatime22 · Today 13:41
You're twisting this - it's one woman... one woman with some very extreme and unpleasant views.

Absolutely, this.

Regardless, her husband is a disgusting racist - how will she even manage the school run much less anything else.

Carterbeatsthedev
**
Her other views matter. She's on the right wing of the Tory party. She doesn't care about trans rights because she doesn't care about rights generally. This is a situation where her general indifference to rights happens to coincide with your genuinely held beliefs about rights.
**
She's a stopped clock that happens to be telling the right time for you today“

Spot on. Amazing how many people are responding to the dog whistle.

She lives in showbiz lefty land. She won't have any problems.

Shut up and female politician shouldn’t exist is what?

‘Dog whistle’ is that for Tennant

He certainly didn't care for the rights of the young girls raped and sex trafficked by the Rape Gangs.
Not only ignored by Police, Social Workers, Councilors etc but also by the CPS, the body he was, as DPP in charge of.

Why do you find women sticking up for their rights ‘unpleasant’?
Are you always misogynistic?

Ah, I'm London in what's now been declared a safe Labour seat now. Ugh, it's all so unsatisfactory.

I love it when people say "no one's talking about this. You're living in an echo chamber!" merrily from their own echo chamber. 🙄

Never liked him since he went on a chat show and laughed telling a story about how a group of deaf people had come to a play he was in and he deliberately made up words to try and confuse the BSL interpreter. I watched it and thought Jesus Christ, what an absolute cock.

Fucking hell, really?

That's absolutely disgusting.