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It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to . . .

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FindTheTruth · 10/06/2021 15:42

Here are some clarifications trending on twitter! What's yours?

  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to finish up the last of the toilet paper without replacing it
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to break into a museum and draw moustaches on all portraits
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to redecorate your house if she doesn't like your wallpaper
  • It's important to emphasize that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to tempt your cat away from home with Dreamies and claim it was hers all along.
  • It’s important to emphasize that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to come round and sing opera through your front door
OP posts:
TedImgoingmad · 10/06/2021 18:23

@ahagwearsapointybonnet you're tight. The ruling today made it clear that we must respect OJ's philosophical belief that he is the son of god and product of a virgin birth. It is protected characteristic after all. But he cannot stop our belief that he is merely a very naughty boy, and the product of a lot of privilege. Maybe it should be:

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to deny Owen Jones' belief he is the messiah, but it also gives her the right to state her belief that he is nothing more than a very over-privileged, naughty boy.

TedImgoingmad · 10/06/2021 18:24

*right!! not tight

ChloeCrocodile · 10/06/2021 18:24
  • it’s important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to use her mobile phone as a mirror to check her make up when she’s supposed to be practising algebra
Artichokeleaves · 10/06/2021 18:25
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to poke a badger with a spoon
Artichokeleaves · 10/06/2021 18:27
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to bark like a maniac through the hole in the fence at the neighbours and then shag the cat.
RockPainting · 10/06/2021 18:31

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to leave random bits of Lego on the floor, only for them to be uncomfortably stepped on by a barefooted parent, or alternatively vacuumed into oblivion.

TeaAndStrumpets · 10/06/2021 18:33

It is important to realise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to ask Owen Jones how often he changes his sheets. Nor should it.

TedImgoingmad · 10/06/2021 18:37

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to clone Owen Jones 23 times, and then use them to run her own version of The Hunger Games.

HerewardTheWoke · 10/06/2021 18:40

It's important to emphasise the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to cry and cry and cry because you gave her cutted-up pear when she asked for cutted-up pear

It's important to emphasise the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to sneak green waste into her neighbours' bins

It's important to emphasise the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to install a sex pond in her garden and get pissed in it late at night

HerewardTheWoke · 10/06/2021 18:41

(hope you're enjoying these in the spirit in which they're meant, Maya)

TedImgoingmad · 10/06/2021 18:43

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to call into James O'Brien's radio show, be allowed to speak without him interrupting, talking over or patronising her, and be treated to his "special soft voice".

GrimDamnFanjo · 10/06/2021 18:45

It’s important to emphasize that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to scream in the Sistine Chapel - no matter how moved she is.

CriticalCondition · 10/06/2021 18:47

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to drink the last of the orange juice and put the empty carton back in the fridge.

JoodyBlue · 10/06/2021 18:48

It is important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to eat egg sandwiches and crisps noisily in the quiet carriage of a train on a hot summer's day.

CriticalCondition · 10/06/2021 18:51

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to sit Owen Jones on the naughty step and ask him to think very hard about what he's done.

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 10/06/2021 18:53
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to pop Owen Jones in her pocket and take him to the seaside when he actually wanted to go to the zoo
FloppyHoldsNoTruckWithFrontedA · 10/06/2021 18:53

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to put her dog poo bag by a bench and come back later for it.

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 10/06/2021 18:58

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to not put a bell on her cat to protect the birds in the garden.

TedImgoingmad · 10/06/2021 19:05

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to split infinitives, misuse apostrophes, or do anything else to piss off the other L. Truss.

DumplingsAndStew · 10/06/2021 19:26

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to post "any update OP?" on a thread that hasn't been posted on since 2013.

StealthPolarBear · 10/06/2021 19:32
  • It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to sample grapes (or in fact any other soft fruits) without paying for it in the supermarket.
StealthPolarBear · 10/06/2021 19:35

There's just so much that it's confusing. Maybe it's easier to say what she can do which, as I understand it is,

HOLD AND EXPRESS GENDER CRITICAL BELIEFS WOO HOO

highame · 10/06/2021 19:53

-It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT allow Maya Forstater to queue jump telling you she's only got a pack of chewing gum and then spend 5 minutes deciding which lottery tickets she wants

PurpleWh1teGreen · 10/06/2021 19:53

It's important to emphasise that the ruling does NOT give Maya Forstater the right to tell Owen Jones to go and step on a Lego.

UppityPuppity · 10/06/2021 20:00

Dammit. It’s important to emphasise that I thought the ruling was to give Maya the right to do ALL these things and it’s just PANTS that all you meany women are saying she can’t.

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