ACLU rewrites Ruth Bader Ginsberg to remove the word “woman”

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Unbelievable:
twitter.com/aclu/status/1439259891064004610?s=21

That quotation barely makes sense without reference to women. It was about women being treated as lesser humans. Not "people" being treated as lesser humans. Chase Strangio's work, of course.

They’re [fucking] wankers.

At least they’re getting roasted for it.

Yes, the replies are good.

They are getting their arses handed back to them big time

Love this one:

Replying to @ACLU**
Why did RBG struggle to find employment after qualifying, despite her extensive academic achievements?

She was held back by her very noticeable brackets. It's basically bracketism.

The ACLU are so far removed from their original purpose it beggars belief. Reminds me of Amnesty and Stonewall.

The audacity of treating RGB's words as transphobic! For all those who keep saying we should be happy with "women and" when we're talking about issues only female people experience, I would like to ask why do you think that ACLU did not use an unadulterated RGB quote here and then add that female transgender people are, of course, included in the point they're making? Would have been easy, no? Would have been less disrespectful to RGB's memory, no? I mean that's what's really upsetting people on that thread.

Because the word "woman" must be divorced from female biology. Because "women and" is not the endpoint of this language crusade. The endpoint is to erase the word "woman" altogether when talking about female people.

In my view, if you're willing to accede to the demand to use "women and", you agree, however tacitly, that women are an identity category and not the female sex class, and you are willingly taking a step on the path towards female erasure.

Unbelievable

This is the “all lives matter” style of feminism I see.

Fuck them.

How DARE they.

That's disrespectful. Appalling.. Who the fuck do they think they are to change her words??

Additionally.

If it's people's decision about an abortion.

Then a read of that is that the father has a say.

Fucking idiots.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture repainted, every date has been altered. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

Just so people who don't sully themselves with Twitter can see this shite.

In my view, if you're willing to accede to the demand to use "women and", you agree, however tacitly, that women are an identity category and not the female sex class, and you are willingly taking a step on the path towards female erasure.

This - 100%

At least we know where they stand. It is heretical to refer to the civil liberties of the group previously known as women.

My favourite reply is

“And let's not forget the immortal words of Emmeline Pankhurst: "Votes for [people]!”

The way they have reworded it makes it sound like men should have an equal say over whether a woman should have an abortion or not.
It’s rendered the quote utterly meaningless.

Bracketed out of existence. ACLU seems to be auditioning for a role as Ministry of Truth these days. Witless nonsense.

I hope RGB haunts Strangio

Oh my fucking god!

Holding her up as a champion of an issue but also thinking that her words on that issue need re-writing is bizarre.

Bloody hell that’s bad.

Have their brains fallen out?

Awful. Instead of concentrating on what they need to do - challenge the severe erosion of women's rights in Texas and other states, they're discrediting themselves with this sort of idiocy.

Wtf couldn't they have just quoted her accurately, and then if they needed to used one of the so-called 'inclusive' forms of words in their following texts. (In the context of abortion rights, 'woman' surely is fully inclusive and comprehensible, and 'female' most certainly is).

This might be the worst thing I've ever seen.