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Apparently, Michael Cashman has been complaining that nobody has been willing to debate this matter. Another hypocrite.
They are extraordinary, aren't they? Cast your minds back to September 2017, when Maria Maclachlan was attacked by trans activists while she was waiting outside to hear the name of the venue to attend for a meeting about reform of the GRA. Originally Stonewall had been invited to put its side of the debate, had agreed, and then pulled out. Trans activists then targeted the venue so the venue had to be changed - hence why people were waiting outside.
Since then, Stonewall and its allies have repeatedly refused to debate. Only the other day, Ben Cohen had to be brought on to the Today programme to debate with Fanshawe because Stonewall had turned down the invitation.
Stonewall and its representatives seem to have very little, if any, consideration for the truth.
I recently ended up in a 'discussion' with a TRA - he's in a position of authority to both educate and counsel - and this was his response to the assault on Maria Maclachlan, after I complained that he was allowing people to use TERF in what should have been a safe discussion space. He then sent me this.
"I fully understand that you are upset and yes there should be no violence at all, but old racist women get punched in the face, it should not happen but..."
And when I queried him saying "old racist women" he doubled down.
"I am using it as a comparison. People who hold racist views get punched. And people who hold trans exclusionairy [sic] views get punched, it should not happen. But people who are marginalised get upset and they lash out, it is abasic [sic] systems theory."
I say discussion but it was more parroting of the narrative with no real substance. Any woman who might have a concern about these issues is a TERF. Any woman who dislikes the word TERF is a TERF. But also, most TERFs are men. TERFs are the same as racists. Both can get punched and it's basically their own fault for causing people to lash out. Trans women are women so MM was "lashed out at" by a woman.
It didn't matter that the person who punched MM posted on social media that they were going out to look for a TERF to punch, so it was a premeditated attack, not a moment of lashing out. In his world, MM brought it on herself but the lashing out was in the heat of the moment and actually understandable.
He also told me I should lose my job for not understanding all of this, he basically said I was either too stupid (but could be educated) or too bigoted (and therefore hopeless) to have my job. It felt less like a discussion and more like walking through a minefield filled with snakes to me, but I felt I had to speak up all the same.
And then they have the cheek to say they want discussion but people won't talk?