Why We Fight The TERF War - Sheffield

[Jeanhatchet]

I attended this last night. There was a lot of violent rhetoric including the fact that TERFS organising must be stopped by any means necessary .... and "punching people in the head" would not be condemned.

I have a full audio.

I asked a question about Karen White and felt really unsafe at that point as some of the organisers moved to the exit. I left objecting to dehumanising language.

My partner followed but was surrounded and forced to hand over his phone. He showed them he had not been taking pictures but the lead speaker began moving around him with karate type moves and said "Yeah well f*ck off them or I'll spark you out!"

It was very worrying behaviour and speech.

This is what is happening now....but they must be protected from hurt feelings. Furious and angry.

They sound unhinged.

If you have an audio, you could contact some journalists?

Did they recognize you?

I have a full audio.

Well done you. They won’t like that at all.

Contrast with feminist meetings which are all videoed and made public.

Can you upload it to YouTube or similar?

Good job jean you are very brave and thanks 🍺🍺🍰

It honestly makes me want to buy a hidden camera

I hope you contact the police. Some TRAs have been getting away with this sort of behaviour for far too long.

There's a thread discussing JH and that remarkable meeting here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3429911-Jean-Hatchet-attends-T-War-tour

Yes, I think you ought to tell the police, even if they ignore you. It all sounds pretty unhinged akin the far right fascists. Perhaps Prevent ought to be told too. Thank you and your partner for attending, a brave thing to do.

Don't put the audio online, give it to a journalist

"Yeah well f*ck off them or I'll spark you out!"

Christ. And they have the gall to say that WPUK meetings are threatening, hate-fests.

Can you imagine Ruth Serwotka ever saying anything like this.

They really really really hate women, don't they?

Every accusation is an admission. Every single one.

"Yeah well f*ck off them or I'll spark you out!"

How exactly is that different from Linda Bellos saying she’ll thump someone? For which she is still being dragged through the courts?

Yeah well fck off them or I'll spark you out!"*

Howexactlyis that different from Linda Bellos saying she’ll thump someone? For which she is still being dragged through the courts

Because Bellos was responding to a conversation about an actual assault and in context said she would defend herself if attacked.

And the other was a specific violent and unprovoked threat in person towards someone who had made no threats and was trying to leave.

Completely different things.

Please make good use of the audio! This needs to be publicised far and wide.