Caroline Farrow Support Thread

[GeordieGenes]

Caroline, I am honestly almost in tears looking at your Twitter feed tonight.

Her kids have been doxxed by the good doctor.

She is continuing to receive harassment from TRAs. Someone has just sent a pizza to her house.

We all need to get behind her. They think she's a weaker target because of her Catholic views, I'm sure. Let's get on Twitter and report everyone that is sending her abuse.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer
Those nametags won't give themselves out

This is such a chilling read, it's quite shocking to see textbook behaviour displayed so clearly.

It really is.

Just to reiterate:

What is harassment?
The law states that harassment is when a person behaves in a way which is intended to cause you distress or alarm. The behaviour must happen on more than one occasion. It can be the same type of behaviour or different types of behaviour on each occasion

There is not a person on the planet who wouldn't view a jumped up conversation between two jumped up people talking about golf, in great detail, and choosing a course near their subject, as harassment.

Denying it, gaslighting the victim, and trying to shut her up is further harassment.

Pursuing her across social media and specifically on a thread to support her, is harassment on steroids.

Goading, provoking, and smug (secretly seething), posts is all part and parcel.

Judges aren't stupid. And it might behove some people who identify as a lawyer to remember that.

Neither are journalists.

that's pretty harrassing in itself

No, not if you don’t believe people can change sex. You can’t force others to believe the same things as you, especially if it goes against actual biological facts, observable reality. It’s not repeatedly happening on this thread, as it’s not allowed on MN.

Can't anyone identify as a lawyer? It's not a protected term is it?
Yes, solicitor and barrister are the protected terms in the UK. Lawyer is meaningless.

Honestly, who invited the pound shop Judge Rinder over?

Anyway, is now the time to say don't let the door bang your arse on the way out.

Pursuing her across social media and specifically on a thread to support her, is harassment on steroids.

Yes it is. I’m disappointed in some of the moderating decisions. My post saying don’t f*n @ me, was removed and yet I’m repeatedly told swearing is ok. And then here we have someone tweeting about how they’ve come here to ‘battle’ the same woman they’re harassing online, and nothing. I appreciate the thread being kept up, but not the disregard for Caroline’s feelings at being followed around online.

Lawyer is meaningless.

Thought so. I successfully brought a small claim against an ex LL, pretty sure that makes me a lawyer. Can I also invent laws like someone else likes to do?

What is heartening (and I hope it is for you, Caro) is the number of women who commented in support of Caro.

Women look after each other.

No, not if you don’t believe people can change sex. You can’t force others to believe the same things as you

True, you can believe what you want to believe, everyone's entitled to their own opinion - any repeatedly commenting and misgendering on social media is harassing in itself though

This thread shows us the reasons why biological women need safe spaces, such as domestic violence and abuse services, free from XYs - even if they are trans identified.

any repeatedly commenting and misgendering on social media is harassing in itself though

No it isn’t.

Caro please take Howling up on at least your options here.

And i would gladly support a crowd fund if it would make any impact whatsoever.

Women look after each other
I think that's our greatest strength in this struggle. I honestly don't think there's much 'looking out for each other" in the TRA camp. It's just a race to be top dog.

The GRA needs to be repealed

It directly puts women & children in harms way by eroding our rights to sex segregated spaces. FFS we are more than 50% of the population-lets get campaigning.

Steph you've certainly opened my eyes to your bullying behaviour & lack of sensitivity towards women.

Agree, howling. Or a race to be the most vulnerable, the most excluded, the most denied, the most hurt, the most fragile.

Women just get on with shit and collaborate with each other to get shit done.

Must be a biological thing.

No it isn’t

Really? Don't know about you but if anyone kept repeatedly calling me out to tell me I was a he or they, I'd feel pretty harassed, maybe you wouldn't.

And i would gladly support a crowd fund if it would make any impact whatsoever.

Same here.

Happy well, there's a GE looming...

Shall we have a MN party? I'd vote for it.

As long as I got a biscuit.

I rather like the alleged lawyer's use of alleged convictions of which they "currently have none".

Steph, mate, that is not how spent convictions work. Say, for example, you ever wanted to work in the law, spent convictions still get flagged up on a DBS. 'Currently' having none is not the same as 'never having any'.

Anyway, forsooth, away with you.

In my opinion Lime, women are used to names/sex being messed up, so maybe we don't get as upset over it. I've had people assume I'm a man when going by my professional title, I've had letters addressed to Mrs Mr Howls first name etc. I've survived.

Nobody is repeatedly saying “you are a he or a they”. It’s not allowed on either MN, Twitter or FB.

I cannot in good conscience call somebody something they are not, I cannot refer to Stephanie as “her” any more than I can “their imperial royal highness”. Using they, them is entirely reasonable and not harassment.

Interesting that some of those tweets seem to be encouraging people to enter a church with the purpose of harrassing individuals and potentially interrupting services.
Do the people suggesting that really think the Catholic Church will back away from a legal battle? Or that the Church will allow the tweeters to create a feeling of fear and alarm around a space that should be safe for parishioners? The church has centuries of experience of dealing with such threats. Foolish mistake on the part of the tweeter . . .