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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

"Resisting TERF’s and Transforming Their Organizations"

156 replies

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/05/2020 15:02

medium.com/@laura.izaguirre/resisting-terfs-and-transforming-their-organizations-95cd21714fc8

(Excerpts)

TERF’s — Trans Exclusive Regressive Fascists — are tools of the far right/alt-right establishment of America and the UK. They are bigots who promote transphobia as a political stance. They exist as agent provocateurs tasked with preventing the LGBTQ community from gelling into a cohesive political force that can oppose fascism. They claim to be “lesbians” and “feminists” while functioning as proxies for the white male oligarchs that seek to bury any and all queerness and to trap women in servitude.
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You make a group that does everything the TERF group does, but without the unnecessary hate. Yet the TERF group finds a way to persist. Now what?
A gradual strategy that can succeed is infiltration and replacement. Entryism is a century old non-violent tactic that works in any group that uses voting to determine leadership. Gather a group of like-minded allies, join the group, and then vote one another into key positions. Attract more via outreach and over time the group will be geared toward promoting social justice and human rights.
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So what’s next after that? Direct action.
Direct action is where you go from targeting an institutional or organization to singling out the key leaders and propellants of hate. History shows that when singled out, many bigots will renege on their hateful ideas and begin to reform. And if they don’t, then their communities can expel them.
TERF’s, like all Nazis, have no right to a peaceful existence or steady employment. They have declared their support of fascism and have therefore declared their intent to directly harm the trans community wherever they’re found. They threaten the safety and dignity of others and therefore deserve none themselves until they choose to be human once more.
The usual caveats to the direct action approach apply. Be careful of misidentifying people. Attacking bystanders just makes TERF’s look sympathetic. Don’t do anything you can’t handle the consequences of.
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Control access to safe spaces
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Doxxing is another effective tool
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Property damage is another escalation up the chain of direct action
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What about bodily harm against bigots? Is that a valid tactic? Yes, but with important considerations.
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It’s important to avoid killing

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stumbledin · 27/05/2020 20:02

Yeah!!! even as I was searching for the report button it disappeared!

Though did have time to see it had 53 claps which I presume mean 53 people actually support this misogyny.

Twunk · 27/05/2020 20:07

Woah! Back up a minute!

There are votes?

How do I stand for one of these positions?

Gingerkittykat · 27/05/2020 20:16

I got a response back within 15 minutes of making a complaint, they have taken down the article for investigation or for violating the Medium rules. I have no idea if it will be put back up again.

CaraDune · 27/05/2020 20:25

@stumbledin

Yeah!!! even as I was searching for the report button it disappeared!

Though did have time to see it had 53 claps which I presume mean 53 people actually support this misogyny.

There were also a load of gender critical comments below (including a response from Posie Parker saying she considered it defamatory) which had hundreds of claps.
Michelleoftheresistance · 27/05/2020 20:30

Agree, it doesn't help to hide the realities of this.

Part of how it has managed to creep so far is keeping it out of public sight. All the cancelling and deplatforming and silencing is about trying to stop information reaching people, avoid it being seen, avoiding people having the ability to question, point out issues and other sides.

Sunlight. Plain sight. Shared to as many people as possible. Evidence. Particularly to people such as those talking in the HoL Hansard linked to on another thread who are repeatedly saying how very vulnerable and well intentioned and victimised this political lobby is.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 27/05/2020 20:35

Thankfully it was archived - OP linked to it. I've just downloaded and saved it.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 27/05/2020 20:42

Hope someone archived or screenshotted the two other ones about "TERFs", like the one about #metoo. Kicking myself that I didn't! It looks like Medium have taken down Laura's account.

Thinkingabout1t · 27/05/2020 20:59

The entire “adult human female” campaign of Posie Parker came from the patriarchs of the Heritage Foundation, who used her as a meat puppet to disguise the white straight cis male privilege underlying the move.

Because of course an "adult human female" couldn't possibly come up with a good idea herself. Thank god we've got clever white cis men to do it for us!

Poundshop, thanks for confirming that this is written by a man. That level of self-hate in a woman would be disturbing.

Shedbuilder · 27/05/2020 21:10

You may laugh, Jintyfer, but I can't help wondering if inability to understand basic biology is linked to inability to use an inverted comma correctly!

Staffori · 27/05/2020 21:38

I'm generally in favour of not reporting this stuff because they are evidence of their hatred, intolerance and stupidity. But I reported this one because it was advocating violence and they obviously put a lot of time and effort into writing so will be mad as hell about it being taken down. Smile

Jintyfer · 27/05/2020 21:55

@shedbuilder It must be the way you tell'em! I thought you made a good point though. (With your tongue in your cheek?)

TehBewilderness · 27/05/2020 21:58

I am both dismayed and somewhat pleased that it has been so much more difficult for authoritarians and abusers to take control of feminist organizations than it was for them to take over the LGB organizations.

Still, fighting the same fights generation after generation is exhausting.

Pertella · 27/05/2020 22:30

Once again the quislings who are like stink on shit when they think trans people are being slighted are nowhere to be seen Hmm

Freespeecher · 27/05/2020 22:51

Blimey! Is that par for the course for medium.com? I don't know it and assumed it was just another site. Now it looks worse than Salon (which is going it some).

stumbledin · 27/05/2020 23:14

I think in every instance possible we should campaign or complain to get woman hatred like this taken down. Because like it or not there are some who will come across this and not be aware of the issues, and because it is online take it as "fact" / correct thinking.

Yes archive, to hold as evidence as to just how gross and violent they are. (I had seen that it had been.)

And in a way in this instance you could say the author should be pleased as we used the actions recommended!

I am not saying it is as bad as saying lets leave pornography on the web to be able to illustrate the abuse of women. But we do not need the atmosphere this creates, or how frightening some might find it.

And they need to know they aren't, as they like to think, the rulers of social media.

So fantastic to all who contacted medium. And to whoever was organised enough to archive.

Flowers to all!

BatShite · 28/05/2020 00:16

Among all the bilge and iciting of violence against women who believe women are a thing..the main thing that stands out to me in this 'article' is the fucking privelege tbh. The bit about 'dont use VRR, use the other inclusive rape crisis centres!!!' because..a woman who has been raped is not going to go to the best place for her, shes going to travel maybe many many miles in order to 'support' a centre that accepts males aswell?! Fucking bonkers.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/05/2020 00:20

I expect they own a pink, white & blue baseball bat.

And a copy of the Little Red Book. Show trials for all! Begin writing your self criticisms now, comrades!

In all seriousness, if this person believes even 10% of what they're saying they need psychological assistance and possibly medication.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/05/2020 00:35

Also, this is what the link says now.

This account is under investigation or was found in violation of the Medium Rules.

Did the nutter in question have previous articles? Looks like Medium have pulled their account entirely.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/05/2020 00:42

Did the nutter in question have previous articles? Looks like Medium have pulled their account entirely.

Yes, I posted link to another archived one, specifically about Vancouver Rape Relief and very similar, upthread. I quoted from two others but sadly didn't have the foresight to archive the "trans women can't rape cis women because of the power differential, and we don't believe TERFs when they say they were raped anyway" one, and another equally batshit but less rapey one.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/05/2020 00:43

As far as I know they also had articles about abolishing the sex offender register and guillotining landlords.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/05/2020 00:44

As far as I know they also had articles about abolishing the sex offender register and guillotining landlords.

Well they sound nice and 100% non batshit!

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/05/2020 00:46

There really isn't much you can say to it, is there? I think your earlier serious suggestion would work best for society.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 28/05/2020 00:49

Is this like the TRA plan to revive the gulags again? Are they going to build caring sharing guillotines with free art classes?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/05/2020 00:50
Grin
nauticant · 28/05/2020 08:53

Looks like Medium have pulled their account entirely.

twitter.com/DLeatherdyke/status/1265896117062864896

And no, I've not gone there. If someone else wants to go and report back feel free.