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Maya suspended from Twitter in "war on safeguarding"

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ResisterRex · 12/10/2022 11:23

Her Medium article:

mforstater.medium.com/why-my-twitter-account-has-been-suspended-66c8e4c81846

Covers the fact this isn't a culture war but a war on safeguarding, as well as setting out events with Mermaids and the NSPCC. Ends:

"the corruption of safeguarding, by queer theory, and fear-driven overindulgence of anything justified as LGBTQIA+ inclusion, has been going on in plain sight across large parts of the voluntary sector, the arts, the public sector, universities and beyond, for years. It requires more than a few face-saving exits, by expendable fall-guys like Bergdorf, Makings, Breslow and Mew.
It is time the Children’s Commissioner stepped in to investigate how policies and cultures driven by concern for “LGBTQIA+ inclusion” have undermined safeguarding. And it is time the leadership of these organisations is held accountable."

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 12/10/2022 11:43

Bump.

Mollyollydolly · 12/10/2022 12:29

I knew this would happen. Hopefully she'll be reinstated. I hate twitter.

WinterTrees · 12/10/2022 12:52

I hate Twitter too, to the very core of my being.

However, just been over to have a look and saw a tweet from Lorraine Kelly telling Eddie Izzard to 'Go girl!' The pasting she is getting in the comments, complete with pithy memes, has quite cheered up my lunchtime.

Fucking hell on Maya's behalf though. I've sensed things were coming to a head recently and the attempts to get her taken down were gathering momentum. She's such a mighty force for change - even if she's not reinstated she won't be stopped.

heathspeedwell · 12/10/2022 12:54

Brilliant article yet again from Maya, she really sees things with such clarity.

"Children aren’t adults. They don’t always know when they are being sexually exploited or put in a vulnerable position. It is up to adults, and organisations that work with children, to protect them, from things like Lolita photo-shoots, drag performances, and fetishists in leather harnesses or dressed up as puppies."

mirax · 12/10/2022 14:19

I posted a piece on the HP blog. It is a british political blog that has been around for 2 decades. Used to be Labour Left, only a minority are still left of centre.
hurryupharry.net/2022/10/12/a-war-on-safeguarding/#disqus_thread

littlbrowndog · 12/10/2022 14:30

Ofgs. Twitter. Has porn and people supporting MAP on it. Fucking cesspit and hates women and the safe guarding of children

ArabellaScott · 12/10/2022 14:41

Banned?! FFS.

'war on safeguarding' is correct - and of course Twitter is just one corner of the problem.

JanieAllen · 12/10/2022 15:04

oh so good to see Lorraine getting a kicking on twitter

Datun · 12/10/2022 15:07

WinterTrees · 12/10/2022 12:52

I hate Twitter too, to the very core of my being.

However, just been over to have a look and saw a tweet from Lorraine Kelly telling Eddie Izzard to 'Go girl!' The pasting she is getting in the comments, complete with pithy memes, has quite cheered up my lunchtime.

Fucking hell on Maya's behalf though. I've sensed things were coming to a head recently and the attempts to get her taken down were gathering momentum. She's such a mighty force for change - even if she's not reinstated she won't be stopped.

Yeah, they want to silence her. Unfortunately, it goes the other way. Look at Posie Parker.

Plus Maya Forstarter's case and credibility is linked directly to free speech.

The spotlight is on tech platforms. They really don't want to make her part of the on switch.

Datun · 12/10/2022 15:11

However, just been over to have a look and saw a tweet from Lorraine Kelly telling Eddie Izzard to 'Go girl!' The pasting she is getting in the comments, complete with pithy memes, has quite cheered up my lunchtime.

As someone pointed out, that's how everyone knows that Lorraine knows that Eddie is not a woman.

Would she really tell a would be female MP to 'go girl'. Strewth. Why doesn't her head explode.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 12/10/2022 15:18

That is an excellent essay. Thanks, Maya

AutumnCrow · 12/10/2022 15:22

mirax · 12/10/2022 14:19

I posted a piece on the HP blog. It is a british political blog that has been around for 2 decades. Used to be Labour Left, only a minority are still left of centre.
hurryupharry.net/2022/10/12/a-war-on-safeguarding/#disqus_thread

Thanks - I'll have a look.

PomegranateOfPersephone · 12/10/2022 15:26

So Maya’s been banned and hasn’t Gays against Groomers also been banned? It really does seem like a war on safeguarding.

FemaleAndLearning · 12/10/2022 15:31

Children are not adults and I've started to call out when people and organisations use young people when they mean children.

FridayTheThirteeth · 12/10/2022 15:52

Twitter is a cesspit and needs sorting since all the oddballs (TRA) can say what they want and threaten whom they like and yet a REAL WOMAN speaking up for other REAL WOMEN on safe spaces etc is banned. Ex men's rights (ex in gender not in biology since you cannot change your biological sex just the ideology around your gender feeling) are more important than biological women being safe. A cesspit.

FridayTheThirteeth · 12/10/2022 16:03

She is back on Twitter now

RudsyFarmer · 12/10/2022 16:26

WinterTrees · 12/10/2022 12:52

I hate Twitter too, to the very core of my being.

However, just been over to have a look and saw a tweet from Lorraine Kelly telling Eddie Izzard to 'Go girl!' The pasting she is getting in the comments, complete with pithy memes, has quite cheered up my lunchtime.

Fucking hell on Maya's behalf though. I've sensed things were coming to a head recently and the attempts to get her taken down were gathering momentum. She's such a mighty force for change - even if she's not reinstated she won't be stopped.

I’ve just looked but can’t find it. Have you got a link?

GrabbyGabby · 12/10/2022 19:17

Fuck me, the clip of Bergdorf saying that it is "totally normal" for grown men to throw money at an 11 year old child in drag in a gay club. 😡

TheKeatingFive · 12/10/2022 19:22

The left has pretty much established itself as being against safeguarding children. The holy TRA war is more important. Let that sink in.

Smilelesstalkmore · 12/10/2022 19:40

Digital engagement manager of a charity for vulnerable children having his images of bum hole and penis in a kaleidoscopic collage freely available on Twitter and the Internet: ABSOLUTELY FIIIIIIIINNNEEEEE!

Woman posting a copy of aforementioned collage during an online discussion of the safeguarding implications of all this: EVIL FAR RIGHT BIGOT!

Give me fucking strength.

Smilelesstalkmore · 12/10/2022 19:41

GrabbyGabby · 12/10/2022 19:17

Fuck me, the clip of Bergdorf saying that it is "totally normal" for grown men to throw money at an 11 year old child in drag in a gay club. 😡

Oh yes, that is a classic video...

dunBle · 13/10/2022 01:56

FridayTheThirteeth · 12/10/2022 16:03

She is back on Twitter now

Are you sure? The last tweet I can see from her is October 10th.

To be honest, I don't have a vast amount of sympathy for her on this one, as I'd have reported that image if I'd have seen it as well. She should have put it behind a content warning notice.

Cheekymaw · 13/10/2022 02:13

Twitter is a manky cesspit and full of creeps. Good on Maya !

ResisterRex · 22/10/2022 09:15

Is Maya still in Twitter jail? Helen Joyce posted this and I don't think Maya's posted anything for a while on there:

mforstater.medium.com/anti-fascist-activists-picket-two-middle-aged-women-having-a-drink-in-a-pub-176c484eb729

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