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Twitter has suspended me

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Glinner · 27/06/2020 03:16

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.

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crumpet · 27/06/2020 06:12

Is this the crack troops that have been sent out, I wonder? Or just the poor sods on night shift. Hard to tell nowadays

violetviolet1 · 27/06/2020 06:12

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nolongersurprised · 27/06/2020 06:12

Apostrophes too please, my dear. Especially If you insist on 'yall'. (Shudders)

I disagree. A misplaced one is worse than an omitted one.

bofa · 27/06/2020 06:13

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OldeMagick · 27/06/2020 06:13

So many men with mummy issues, when they should be grateful she's letting them live in her basement.

TiddyTid · 27/06/2020 06:13

This thread should not be deleted.

MIgZig · 27/06/2020 06:14

Very impressive dear. Would you like a cup of tea after all that activity.

Go on, go on.

Lynda07 · 27/06/2020 06:14

It may not be what you think. I've heard of people being suspended or banned from twitter when they haven't ever posted, only just joined (including me)! Twitter don't seem to know what they're about some of the time.

In my case, I don't care. I didn't fancy twitter in the first place but allowed myself to be persuaded. Now I think it wasn't meant to be.

m4dden · 27/06/2020 06:14

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Lionface73 · 27/06/2020 06:15

Thank you Graham for everything you are doing. I am so sorry your voice has been silenced, but slowly and surely the general public, who aren't on these platforms will see the madness of this ideology. Perhaps publicly posting the pornographic "schools" material on every site possible will catch the eye of the press and TV? I hope you get back on Twitter, I avoid it as it's a cesspit of incel porn and male thuggery. Take care.

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NotBadConsidering · 27/06/2020 06:15

One of them made a reference to bees earlier. These are all the poor worker bees. They do all the hard work while the real Queen, the one they all wish they were, just stays in the hive luxuriating in honey. The worker bees eventually die, having never fulfilled their dream of becoming a queen, and realising all the buzzing around they did was for nothing. 🐝

MichaelMumsnet · 27/06/2020 08:42

Hi all, and thanks for bearing with us whilst we went through the thread. It was overrun by a load of particularly nasty trolls - we've deleted their comments and shown them the door now.
Hopefully the discussion will continue in the spirit of civil debate.
MNHQ

Winesalot · 27/06/2020 08:44

Thanks Michael.

CodenameVillanelle · 27/06/2020 08:50

Glinner you have my support.

The funny thing is that TRAs seem to think if they silence Glinner then feminists will stop fighting for our rights. Glinner is an ally, not a leader.

DomDoesWotHeWants · 27/06/2020 08:51

Thanks, MNHQ.

And thanks to Glinner for persisting in the face of vile abuse.

We love you for it.

DickKerrLadies · 27/06/2020 08:51

Wow, what a thread this looks now - I'm sorry I missed all the fun.

Luckily I've been on enough threads like this on FWR to take a pretty good guess at what the deleted posts said - so Brew for all those who were here.

Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel · 27/06/2020 08:52

I support you @glinner

JustJulia23 · 27/06/2020 08:52

Like someone mentioned, maybe you Graham? You can't say the word grooming on Twitter, but grooming is tolerated. What a damn shame. Paedophiles are out in the open on Twitter. They don't even hide.

BaronessWrongCrowd · 27/06/2020 08:54

Just wanted to add my support @glinner. Thank you for standing up for the rights of women and girls.

Glinner · 27/06/2020 08:54

That's very interesting about the Edward Lord tweet.

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twitterareerasingus · 27/06/2020 08:54

Down with this sort of thing!

Thanks for all that you have done @glinner. I hope they reinstate you.

NotBadConsidering · 27/06/2020 08:55

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.

MonsteraCheeseplant · 27/06/2020 08:58

I had a post here on mn deleted for simply saying someone was a gr**mer. God knows why it's not allowed, have we forgotten the lessons learned from Jimmy Saville already? Of all the things that got you suspended Glinner, this one is dangerous.

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