Men violently preventing women from congregating, communicating and networking, is what the Taliban do. Why is it happening in the UK?

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The FiLiA Women's Liberation Conference was targeted overnight, the attackers even live tweeted the violence.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25532194.live-brighton-centre-vandalised-feminist-conference-begins/

Local politicians are so far silent.

This is literally terrorism, using fear and violence to shut down legitimate peaceful discussions.

Video of the incident: https://x.com/TransBashBack/status/1976555969439223934

It has been in major newspapers. The BBC has reported on it.

Yeah I saw it just below the story of the dog that got stuck in a fence, and Celebrity Traitors 😅

Exactly this.

I think most people are definitely over it.

But you know full well it's not those specific people/issues they're mad about.

Oh, were the windows some sort of code? Break windows and use spraypaint of pantone 14-1911 TCX to express acceptance of research into the immigrant experience, discussion of non-state torture but reject the notion that sex exists.

Should you also wish to communicate your hatred of travellers and support of people who don't indicate at roundabouts, that's 3 windows, hack a water main, and the spraypaint must be chartreuse.

Bit of a laborious system to communicate what you're mad about, but until anyone can think of a more efficient way I guess we're stuck with it.

Megaphones and signs?? Oh no! What are they going to do, shout slogans that are so crackley we can't understand them?

The fact of the matter is, no matter how vehemently you disagree with them, no matter how little you think of them, they have every right to be there with their megaphones and signs, as long as their actions remain within the law. Just like you have every right to get a megaphone and sign of your own, and stand on the other side of the street to counter-protest.

I never said otherwise. That was merely a response to your claim that they only appeared at night.

TRAs are TRAs. Some of us have had plenty of experience of them. We know how they can escalate. This group has already said they will. People downplaying their behaviour will embolden them.

See my follow-up posts above.

you are a man, right ?
according to you robbing women of their voices and right of speech and discussion is just a minor thing...

But what are these men protesting about. ?

women having a conference ?

are there cities in the uk that women are not allowed to hold a conference ?

94% of people in the poll don’t appear to agree with poor old Kimura for instance, and their “I’m not bothered” need to downplay the bullying of feminist women by misogynistic men and ridiculous posho children who’ve never been told no.

That massively popular TV show that loads of people are invested in? Oh no!

MPs have tweeted about it too.

I'm glad for you that you find aggressive men so funny and inconsequential, though. Must be nice to be in that position.

@Kimura No, Brighton is not their backyard. Trans people are a small percentage of the population so majority of people in Brighton are not trans. If Brighton is the capital of inclusivity it should not be made a hostile place for a feminist conference. Unless inclusivity means excluding feminists.

No, they don’t have a reason to be angry.
If a violent male gets angry and beats up his wife, does it mean he has a reason and we just don’t agree with him???
Just because those people were violent and vandalised public property, does not mean they have a reason. Their behaviour was unreasonable.

Hahaha it’s so fucking funny when men who are angry for totally reasonable reasons, because women told them no, bully, threaten and intimidate women, not that I’m justifying it or anything, perish the thought!

Apparently so. And yes it was predictable. That doesn’t mean women should therefore change their behaviour, because men can’t behave themselves.

No, Brighton is not their backyard.

Well, it's great that you think that, but you know full well what Brighton's reputation is when it comes to LBGTQ ete etc. It has the largest non-straight population in the UK. If it's not their backyard, then they don't have one 🤷🏻‍♂️

No, they don’t have a reason to be angry.

Unfortunately you don't get to tell people what they can or can't get angry about.

If a violent male gets angry and beats up his wife, does it mean he has a reason and we just don’t agree with him???

Yes? An awful and unjustifiable reason. Almost everything we do happens for a reason, or we wouldn't do it.

Just because those people were violent and vandalised public property, does not mean they have a reason.

Reasons aren't just things you think are morally correct.

But I still don’t understand why women can’t have a conference in Brighton ?

are women not allowed to do that without making men angry ?

I don't find it funny. I'm just not scared of people with signs exercising their right to express their views. And if I believe in something, or disagree with something strongly enough, I will - and have, many times - get out into the thick of it and made my voice heard.

Are you going to Brighton tomorrow to stand up to these bullies and show them that their tactics aren't working?

Who has said women can't have a conference in Brighton? It's literally happening right now.

But kimura what are these women doing that are making men so angry ?

But you said further up the thread it was a bit like rangers fans having a confab in Celtic car park ?

Why are you asking questions you already know the answer to?

I dunno I was asking you. Why do you think men are very angry that women are attending a conference. ?

Yes. Do you think that would go off without a hitch, or do you think the Rangers fans might come back to find their tyres had been slashed?

But it’s women attending a conference?

why can’t women attend a conference?

Being actual women.

Yes, they possibly would find that, due to male violence.

Women are attending a conference. In Brighton. Right now. Have you been on the wine? 😅