Zuby

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Zuby (the bloke who identified as a woman whilst lifting weights to take the women's deadlifting record) has been suspended from Twitter. This was because he said "ok dude" to an Antifa activist...

Anyway, this has caused a bit of a backlash towards Twitter. This may be a good thing for GC feminists as they're always getting banned for far less.

He came up with some pretty misogynistic stuff last week and has some other dodgy views, so turned out not to be such a great ally.

Zuby is a bit of a plonker. He happened to be right about women’s sport but he’s still a plonker.

What’s the OK dude thing ? Is it some sort of hidden insult ? Was the antifa person also a TW? Exhausting trying to follow all these allies and not allies and coded insults and crap.

Oh, I don't think he's much of an ally at all. He's more of a useful idiot. But he's spot on with his views on transitioning.

Even if he is a plonker with misogynistic ideas about how women should behave ‘to get a man’, I think it was, he still doesn’t deserve to be banned from Twitter for saying ‘ok dude’. I’ve had way worse said to me in the last few days and ‘no violations found’.

Zuby is a mega - I don't know - conservative? Right winger?

So he has a strong feeling of what a woman is, and what a man is - but it comes from the conservative viewpoint, not the feminist viewpoint.

He has posted stuff like, "women, if you want to keep a man, be sweet, learn to cook etc etc". I think that was him. He is anti-abortion. Classic RW man - more in alignment with Ben Shapiro than with feminism.

He didn't deserve to be banned from twitter for any of ^ those views, or for saying "ok dude". I can't believe he has been! He was verified, wasn't he? Aren't they normally somewhat protected?

What's this stupid obsession with everyone either being an ally or not?

Aren't they normally somewhat protected?

Only if you align with twitters views and politics, otherwise you are treated as bad as anyone else.

Mmm seems so - but they haven't managed to get rid of glinner yet, despite seriously trying.

Sorry, i just don't get it.

Was the antifa person also a TW?

Yes. Emily Gorcenski. We've had threads about this person before as they vowed to take down MN at one point.

I can see his account so he isn't banned now

I think he's currently on the "naughty step", I.e. he can't log in and Tweet for a set period of time.

Oh I remember Emily Gorceski, and the threats to Mumsnet.

This?

Are they claiming ‘dude’ as misgendering then?

In my part of the world ‘dude’ and ‘mate’ are pretty gender neutral terms.

I imagine so.

What sort of person calls themselves "pronoun enforcer" ?? Authoritarian nonsense that Twitter seems happy to endorse.

they vowed to take down MN at one point.

How did that turn out for them?

I couldn't possibly say what my thoughts are.

twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1232906288188796928

That's the thread.

The "enforcer" has been truly ratioed.

The enforcer has had hundreds of "ok dude" replies. The enforcer is reporting them all.

Twitter has turned into some sort of Kafka fable.

Captain he was banned because he said "ok dude" to a tw

Oh sorry I've just realised it's the ally thing you don't understand! Ignore me. (Me neither)

Captain “ What's this stupid obsession with everyone either being an ally or not?”

It’s woke signalling.

Captain I agree. I am no ones ‘Ally’ and I don’t expect anyone to be mine. If they agree with me on something it would be nice if the spoke up in support of my point, and I will do the same. ‘Ally’ suggests Borg-like assimilation where no diversity of opinion is allowed on any issue. I think that is unhealthy.

Bonkers. Can you imagine if women reported everyone who started a social media post with ‘Hey guys’ or somesuch?

That’s right, we’d be ignored.

I tend to use ‘mate’ rather than ‘dude’. I wonder where Gorceski stands on ‘pal’ or ‘chum’? Would Gorceski demand ‘luv’? Or perhaps, ‘duck’? Or is it only ‘dude’ that’s a problem?
Twitter should probably update their rules.