#AskDanielRadcliffe

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Just wondering if anyone's seen this on Twitter. Quite a funny, interesting thread, eg

#AskDanielRadcliffe When was the last time you showed solidarity with trans activists by dating a trans woman, and what steps are you taking to unlearn your genital preferences?

Is the first one that showed up when I clicked. Sorry if it's old news.

That sounds entertaining, thanks Ounce

My pleasure!

Nice - Sitting wondering if the Guardian are going to ask Daniel Radcliffe about his opinion on demand led breastfeeding. I feel he has the answer.
Reply - I think you'll find that young Daniel was weaned just over 2 years ago.

Much as this raises a smile, its exactly the kind of pile on I abhor. There’s no question his statement was out of line, but if we want to start a debate we need to encourage dialogue.

Completely with you boatyardblues. Given I'm still reeling from a facebook argument with two women friends who are late 30's have children, are staunch feminists, and yet both are completely TWAW, I do feel now that if people like them have swallowed the woke kool aid, I can't really expect the likes of Radcliffe to get it.

I have no idea who Daniel Radcliffe sleeps with and I don’t want to know. Leave him alone.

It makes the point...but I am with boatyardblues.
It snarky and mean and kinda funny. I dont want to associate with it.

It isn't a pile on tho is it? It's people using gentle humour to challenge his odd views about women.

cf. "suck my lady dick" - rape threats - death threats, etc.

It just not on the same scale of nastiness.

Leave him alone.

To be fair, he should have left the subject alone himself.
He could easily have stayed quiet or could have said 'I am a straight white male, I don't understand enough about this subject to comment'.

I have no idea who Daniel Radcliffe sleeps with and I don’t want to know.

Why on earth have you brought this up? Are you notverybright?

#AskDanielRadcliffe When was the last time you showed solidarity with trans activists by dating a trans woman, and what steps are you taking to unlearn your genital preferences?

Does that help?

@BaronessRadcliffeFemish

It isn't a pile on tho is it? It's people using gentle humour to challenge his odd views about women.

cf. "suck my lady dick" - rape threats - death threats, etc.

It just not on the same scale of nastiness.

Yes indeed. I found it hilarious. Not mean or threatening, just funny and pointed.

Was just looking at that hashtag, very funny. Shame DR isn't on social media

No it doesn't "help" anyone to understand why you brought up who DR "sleeps with".

Your asking about his genital preferences?! I don’t know whether he prefers men, women or trans people but that is his business.

Yes he said trans women are women, that makes it ok to ask about who he ‘dates’?

I guess if TRAs were asking Emma Watson if she would date a trans man/woman you’d be all for it eh?

The point about asking who he dates is that Daniel has not dated a transwoman.

Daniel has stated transwomen are women.
Daniel has started women should accept this, and not question it.

He is being pulled up on his own hypocrisy as his dating preferences show he clearly doesnt believe transwomen are women.

I suspect that a lot more "heterosexual" men than readers here imagine share the preoccupations of Alan Partridge

I really don't care about DR's dating / sexual preferences.

I am massively unimpressed with him for other, obvious, reasons.

Yes I understand the point. I still think it’s intrusive and mean. I expect a lot of women on the feminism topic don’t like it when men question young female celebrities about their sex lives?-oh sorry, who they are dating... cause that’s entirely different.

Best. Username. Ever.

Thanks BaronessRadcliffeFemish I don’t really like yours though.

I get that.

I'll agree I don't think it's high on class. I'm disgusted with all three of them, they've behaved very badly in all this, and I would like to hear Radcliffe bluster his way through explaining what he thinks should happen in reality to females who are lesbians being harassed and how this isn't homophobic, or females who can't access refuges (perhaps he'd like to meet the MNetter who's lived on the streets for months due to this), or females who won't be able to access medical care or use public toilets, many excluded by race, faith, culture and disability. Or what should happen to the females prison officers describe as intimidated, miserable and being assaulted in the name of the better happiness and respect for their abuser. Be fascinated to see how he and the others try to get around that while still sounding likeable.

But I presume he'll fancy who he fancies, that's up to him, and while I can see that this has been an area of utter hypocrisy before, notably from Harrop and LOJ, Radcliffe hasn't as yet tried to instruct females to do things that he would furiously object to doing himself.

I don't think anyone's asking about DR's private life, just pointing out that he's not dated a transwoman. If he believes they are truly women, then surely he would have. Otherwise that's hypocrisy and people see throught that, hence him being laughed at.

DR shouldn't really lecture women on how to be women and not expect people to talk about it. No-one's demanded DR suck their cock or anything.

Radcliffe hasn't as yet tried to instruct females to do things that he would furiously object to doing himself.

Interesting point michelle.

How could he furiously object to sharing a single sex space with say, Karen White? In order to "get it" he'd have to imagine how he'd feel sharing that space with that person as a woman. Show some empathy perhaps? So the question is, does DR have any empathy for women (or is it just transwomen) and does he have any imagination.

It looks to me as tho he'd fail on both those tests.

I agree he probably would.

It's a conversation I'd dearly love to hear him faced with, self satisfied little twit.