Fair Cop dropping hints on Twitter

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About something big about to happen to a red organisation beginning with 'S' that they won't like.

V unfair to vaguetweet IMO - anyone else seen it?

This is just depressing. It is suddenly political to say a woman is an adult human female or to heart JKR. Really? I was just thinking this is an extension of a world (for women) where Trump and those extremist Conservatives have gotten into the driving seat. Along with Hungary, Poland and the Philippines. It is all just nasty.

owing to its political nature

Is the rainbow flag not also political?

They’re saying the ad itself (“I heart JK Rowling”) is political?

Not that Posie is political?

So if I put up the same ad - or if JKR’s publisher or agent or Pottermore or Warner Bros put up the same ad - it would be taken down?

Hmmm.

Posie put it up to have it taken down, surely? This was presumably the aim.

She now gets to go on the circuit and talk about how mad it all is.

Declarations of love for a public figure on advertising are now a partisan political act and cannot be tolerated by an open inclusive society.
Cool story, bro.

Posie put it up to have it taken down, surely? This was presumably the aim.

Yes. But they’re fucking dumb to have said the ad had a “political nature”. Silly fools.

@pombear

From that article:

A spokesman for Network Rail said: “The poster in question is against our code of acceptance for advertising in our stations owing to its political nature. We do not allow advertising that is likely to support or promote one viewpoint over another.”

That'll be lots of other advertising removed then, eh? From other angles? Because they're all just a viewpoint? If Jo's is just a viewpoint, surely that means anything that disagrees with her is just a viewpoint too? Oh, hang on...

Network Rail are Stonewall Diversity Champions. They are literally paying the opposite side's lobby group, at a time when the government are considering legislative changes.

This 'debate' is about whether male people should be allowed free access, on their unprovable, subjective sayso, to women's sports, political representation, refuges, changing rooms, dorms, wards, and even as providers of samesex healthcare provision and rape counselling to women... and Network Rail are funding that side's campaign. While Network Rail are also removing women's rights even to protest; even in the most muted and coded of ways. As here.

Tell us more about your commitment to equality, Network Rail. Tell us more about how marginalised and hard done by this group are - you know, the one who have your money, along with the money of every single Establishment organisation or group or business or educational setting, so that their lobbyists can tell you what you're allowed to think about women's rights... and all the while, you silence women who dare to protest?

We do not allow advertising that is likely to support or promote one viewpoint over another.

One viewpoint: Transwomen are women. Transmen are men aka men are whoever they say they are, including saying they are women. Women are whoever they say they are, including saying they are men.

Another viewpoint: Hang on, could we just have a look at that statement as, although it makes some people feel more comfortable within the social norms that exist right now, men who say they are women actually aren't women and vice versa, and it could put a lot of people at risk, and others conflicted over their dignity and privacy.

National Rail: 'Nah, shut up, second-viewpointers. We like the first one better, so your's is invalid. (Sprinkles rainbows over our ad boards)

Posie put it up to have it taken down, surely? This was presumably the aim

And they fall for it every time Durr.

@noblegiraffe

Posie put it up to have it taken down, surely? This was presumably the aim.

She now gets to go on the circuit and talk about how mad it all is.

Indeed.

And network rail are a stonewall champion? Is stonewall suddenly not political then?

Honestly. Candy and babies come to mind.

Women Shut Up is the beginning, middle and end of the campaign. But I cant wait to see the squirming network rail will be doing when they attempt to deny their complicity.

Have I woken up in 1984?

We need Maya’s appeal desperately.

Does this work?

twitter.com/NetworkRailSCOT?s=12

I’m surprised they left it up this long. The TRAs must have been emailing NR from the minute they knew about it, can’t allow support for women to be visible.

Presumably Network Rail have returned the payment?

Out of interest, did Network Rail host election materials on their ad boards? Leave or Remain materials? Do they host charity posters with a clear political agenda (eg pro life)?

Man complains and BR-S pees it’s pants. Now their logo...

Eh? The whole point of advertising is to promote one viewpoint over another, surely?
If you don't clean your floor your kids will be unhappy.
If you don't use the right cream your face will fall off.
If you don't wear perfume men won't buy you flowers. (Ok that's an old one)

What would happen if we asked to put up I❤️Stonewall - and then complained it was political?

I know, I know! Massive hate pile on to us, and nothing to the poster (probably put up for free for the rest of the year).

If I say "I ❤️ DH" is that a political statement?
Do we have to stop saying "I ❤️ the NHS"?

Love is hate.

You just can’t 💓 ny then...

@SophocIestheFox

Posie put it up to have it taken down, surely? This was presumably the aim

And they fall for it every time Durr.

Yes. This is on the comments thread:

I'd put money on Kellie- Jay fully expecting this to happen in order to get more people paying attention, thus discovering the absolute madness of what's going on.
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I did. And even though I expect it, I am still horrified when it does. Silencing and hating women is the acceptable corporate line.

I would just love to know how much pressure they were under. I also want to know whether organisations like Stonewall have direct links to senior management. (which I know they do) and whether there was a big nudge. How can I find that info out?

Don't we taxpayers put money in, and if we do (take this for all public bodies) why are we not demanding a big enquiry into undue influence. For gods sake it's suffocating