Twitter has suspended me

[Glinner]

I'm really sorry to barge in on you Mumsnettters with my problems, but
I've been finally suspended from Twitter and I have a feeling they're either going to ban me or just take my verified tick. I've submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I'd post here too so people knew what was going on.

Recently, I keep being locked out of my account and forced to delete tweets to get back in. The latest tactic by trans rights activists is to run a search for any time I've used the word 'groomer', a phrase Twitter recently decided was Not Allowed.

This was not a violation of Twitter's ToS at the time I used the phrase, and I have been careful to avoid it since. I still use the word 'grooming' in various permutations because I believe that gender ideology is a form of societal grooming. It is a very real threat to the wellbeing of women and children and if our ability to name a threat is removed, it is even more difficult to fight that threat.

You may remember that Twitter similarly removed Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy. She lost her account when she said "that's him" about 'Jessica' Yaniv. Bear in mind that Yaniv was still going under 'Jonathan' at the time, and just as in my case, her crime against Twitter's Terms of Service was not actually an offence at the time she committed it. She probably never thought she could be banned from the public square for uttering the words "that's him". But that's Twitter.

Twitter has a high percentage of trans-identified employees and for some time has been silencing feminists and their allies who run afoul of its absurd 'misgendering' policies. The one good thing about my situation is that I'm in great company--Claire Graham, Meghan Murphy, Skylar Gwynn, Miranda Yardley, GNC Centric and many more, important feminist and critical voices who have been silenced for fighting a dangerous ideology that tells children it's possible to be born into the wrong body.

Anyway, that's what's happening. Please let people know it's entirely down to malicious reporting from the usual suspects and please keep watching my YouTube Channel and visiting my depressing blog. I'll also be available on Glindr if people from Twitter want to re-establish contact there. Hope it's ok to post these links to those destinations

YouTube:
Glindr: glindr.org/home
Women are Important: glinner.co.uk/

Thanks for all the support, and thanks for letting me fight alongside you.

And thats not going to happen... So next?

Gosh it’s preposterous you can’t use these words. What does that say about the people running the site?!

Glinner

You said about the interview. Could you post a link please. Or if anyone has any more information on it. I did read and comment some time ago. But it was being reviewed rather than approved.

Also, isn't it frightening how we are allowed fewer and fewer words to describe the reality of what is happening? look at how effectively Yaniv is able to police Twitter by looking for instances of people correcting sexing him.

@NotBadConsidering

Still a few posts by first time posters who are trolls (I have screenshots and links to Twitter), but it’s better than it was. Thanks for all the work MNHQ.

@NotBadConsidering MNHQ might be interested in the screenshots.

@Glinner thank you for all you do. The Incels/TRAs are stepping up the frenzy because, in this country at least, the tide has well and truly turned and the wheels on the bus are falling off and rollng away.

@MichaelMumsnet thanks for the thread-cleaning. I wonder if MNHQ might consider closing FWR to new posters overnight?

one of the things i struggled with most back when i was on the whatever you want to call people who are critical of some aspects of whatever's happening in the world wrt trans issues (wywtcpwacosaowhitwwrtti for short), is telling women who didn't agree with me that they were doing feminism wrong. eventually i realised i had two choices, i could either Own my opinions and stop hiding behind tye flag of 'feminism' (as if it were my flag), or i could shut up. If you spend your time telling women what to do, trying to set women against women, being a typical warmongering man, then i think you're part of the problem.

Sure graham can decide for himself how he spends his time 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Yes, I think that’s a great idea. The sex board has a 90 day rule, why not change this? Can it be changed easily on a weekend? All of these abusive posts are from new users.

I'm not a new member. I've been here for yeaaaars and years. But I don't come here much any more as the transphobia is desperate.

Anyway, this has made me happier than anything I have seen on here for years so I am glad I popped back in. Never has something been so deserved. Maybe find a new hobby?

Goodness me have all the vermin crawled out of twitter and followed you over here Graham. They just can't leave you alone can they. What will they do when they're left in their echo chamber with no one left to argue with. It will be a shock to them when they step into the real world and realise women's rights aren't trans rights and the law won't be changing for them.
Thank you Graham for standing with women at no doubt great personal cost to yourself. Your help has been greatly appreciated. See you on Parler where the conversation will not be silenced.

Sorry to hear this has happened. Just adding my voice to those supporting you.

Thanks for speaking up Graham 👍.

@Glinner

Also, isn't it frightening how we are allowed fewer and fewer words to describe the reality of what is happening? look at how effectively Yaniv is able to police Twitter by looking for instances of people correcting sexing him.

Care to give a few actual examples of how this the case?

I feel like I'm wandering into a battlefield a couple of hours late. Flying monkeys, was It?

Twitter is a cesspit. I'm not sure how much longer it'll last, anyway, given the way it's reputation is going.

Life is calmer, saner and far more pleasant outwith that place. Deep breath and relax, Glinner.

Continue the fight Graham. . Disgrace that someone can be censored for stating facts, yet others creating lies for their own agenda can continue unchecked.

You know people are rotten when they not only get tweets removed, they follow a person around on the internet and continue posting vile stuff. It is the social media equivalent to playground bullies following other children around. Tells you a bit about the age of these individuals as well as their character. Also tells why women will not share with these kind of people

Glinner, sorry to hear. However they will find when they get someone removed, five more will stand up. Wishing you all the best.

@Glinner have you seen this??

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3949841-Aidan-Comerford-is-transphobic?msgid=97816327

I'm delighted to hear it. Twitter will be better without you. Not sure why you are posting in a feminist forum.

@Tianalia

Goodness me have all the vermin crawled out of twitter and followed you over here Graham. They just can't leave you alone can they. What will they do when they're left in their echo chamber with no one left to argue with. It will be a shock to them when they step into the real world and realise women's rights aren't trans rights and the law won't be changing for them. Thank you Graham for standing with women at no doubt great personal cost to yourself. Your help has been greatly appreciated. See you on Parler where the conversation will not be silenced.

You might have missed it, so just in case, the law has changed for #Trans folks. If you care to give the 2010 GRA a look, it's all in there.

Also sorry about this @Glinner, and thanks with buckets of gratitude from me for what you and others do. Please don’t let them stop you!

Yes - twitter is a cesspit and can't survive much longer.

Not one of these invaders has an actual argument. Not one.

Gawd it’s non stop

What is wrong with these people

The hate is palpable

Graham 💪💪💪🥂