"We must not fetishise debate"

[RoyalCorgi]

A line from an article by Nadia Whittome, MP. She was so pleased with it that she also tweeted it.

t.co/cr8b8QfOn0?amp=1

When did our MPs become this stupid?

Here's Moran talking about what a woman is. Mind boggling idiocy.
twitter.com/polblonde/status/1287079215737778176?s=20

I listened. It was terrible. And dishonest. When asked about phrases like ' people who menstruate.' her reply is ' Oh I don't know why people use those terms.' Oh of course you do!

It was just ridiculous - the usual lies about GC arguments, the usual dishonesty in responses.

Yes, being a politician is ultimately about pragmatism and compromise to achieve your goals. Someone upthread described Nadia W as an activist - I think that is the problem. I see being an activist and politician as two different things. Activists raise awareness and make demands - politicians translate that into something practical and workable.

This comment "wins" the thread for me.

It's the Corbyn legacy.

He too was an Activist and not a politician.

Just when you think things can't get any crazier:
twitter.com/wesyang/status/1287617228821671936?s=20

At least, for now, it US moms and womxn (whatever they are)

Womxn and non-binary mother-identifying folx?

There's just no practical way that can viewed as useful, accessible terminology. The only sensible response is open mockery.

The Portlandia effect. Interesting article about life imitating art.

www.vulture.com/2018/03/portlandia-effect-how-did-the-show-change-portland.html

My general rule of thumb is that anyone who uses womxn, mxn or humxn is usually talking utter bollxcks.

Here’s a perfect example.

My general rule of thumb is that anyone who uses womxn, mxn or humxn is usually talking utter bollxcks

Agree. Folk / folx is also a good predictor if twattishness.

😂

@TheRealMcKenna

My general rule of thumb is that anyone who uses womxn, mxn or humxn is usually talking utter bollxcks.

Here’s a perfect example.

It's interesting - I've heard several commentators on critical race theory say that it is the mirror image of white supremacy, based on precisely the same kind of race essentialism. And so could, in a heartbeat, be reversed to support a white supremacy project.

Or, for that matter, some sort of non-white supremacy project.

I mean, this tweet is clearly biological race essentialism of the kind 19th century racists and eugenicists believed in.

I agree with the use of folk/folx as an indicator. It’s meant to sound whimsical but it reminds me too much of the ‘Neues Volk’used in German propaganda in the 30’s.

‘Y’all’ when used by British people too.
It says ‘I am desperate to sound American.’

[quote MsSafina]Just when you think things can't get any crazier:
twitter.com/wesyang/status/1287617228821671936?s=20[/quote]
It's going down well in the comments. Not.

I particularly liked this response: "Assigned mother at birth. Identifies as childless."

Cue flashback to toddler tantrums and me thinking, "yeah, been there, done that..."

*It's going down well in the comments

Must be a lot of hysterical womxn

We must not fetishise debate

Shut up womxn!

I'm just going for a shix - is that woke enough😁

@highame

Should go for a pixt too!