Later she was interviewed by Pink News and taken to task over her tweet, she expressed regret for her lapse in judgement (the body language was excruciating to watch) and did not challenge the assertion that WPUK were a transphobic hate group. The interveiwer refused to name WPUK because they didn't want to give them publicity by which I think they meant signpost people to the WPUK website where they laid out their very reasonable position. The interveiwer was a TW.
But hey at least they're still allowing you use the word woman, Jess, you just forgot to mention it's conditional on you including males.
See Lifton's 8 Criteria for Thought Reform (all of the following quoted from the final link) because Jess is exhibiting them, just as she did in the Pink News interview in re: WPUK.
First we have the "Thought-terminating cliche"
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliché. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. These become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.
Then we have the 8 Criteria of Thought-Reform (a.k.a. Brainwashing)
1) Milieu Control. This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large.
2) Mystical Manipulation. There is manipulation of experiences that appear spontaneous but in fact were planned and orchestrated by the group or its leaders in order to demonstrate divine authority or spiritual advancement or some special gift or talent that will then allow the leader to reinterpret events, scripture, and experiences as he or she wishes.
3) Demand for Purity. The world is viewed as black and white and the members are constantly exhorted to conform to the ideology of the group and strive for perfection. The induction of guilt and/or shame is a powerful control device used here.
4) Confession. Sins, as defined by the group, are to be confessed either to a personal monitor or publicly to the group. There is no confidentiality; members' "sins," "attitudes," and "faults" are discussed and exploited by the leaders.
5) Sacred Science. The group's doctrine or ideology is considered to be the ultimate Truth, beyond all questioning or dispute. Truth is not to be found outside the group. The leader, as the spokesperson for God or for all humanity, is likewise above criticism.
6) Loading the Language. The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand. This jargon consists of thought-terminating cliches, which serve to alter members' thought processes to conform to the group's way of thinking.
7) Doctrine over person. Member's personal experiences are subordinated to the sacred science and any contrary experiences must be denied or reinterpreted to fit the ideology of the group.
8) Dispensing of existence. The group has the prerogative to decide who has the right to exist and who does not. This is usually not literal but means that those in the outside world are not saved, unenlightened, unconscious and they must be converted to the group's ideology. If they do not join the group or are critical of the group, then they must be rejected by the members. Thus, the outside world loses all credibility. In conjunction, should any member leave the group, he or she must be rejected also. (Lifton, 1989)
SO. Anyone else, at all, see the relevance of these ideas to what is going on with trans activism and our current political climate?
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3377708-Thought-reform-and-the-psychology-of-totalism-parallels-with-our-current-debate