Oxford students call for feminist Kathleen Stock to be no-platformed at Union over trans views

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Oxford University students have called for the gender-critical feminist Kathleen Stock to be no-platformed in “solidarity with the trans community”.

The university’s LGBTQ+ society has urged the Oxford Union to rescind its “misguided” invitation to the academic, who is scheduled to speak about her views on gender identity theory at the end of May.

In a statement posted on social media, the LGBTQ+ society said it was “dismayed and appalled” that the historic debating society had “decided to platform the transphobic and trans exclusionary speaker Kathleen Stock”.
It accused the union of “disregarding the welfare of its LGBTQ+ members under the guise of free speech”.

Oxford students call for feminist Kathleen Stock to be no-platformed at Union over trans views (yahoo.com)

I almost didn't post this thinking oh we've heard all this before.

And then I thought no. They shouldn't think that they can get away with this silencing of women, and we need to shine a light on it.

PS that's what my user name is about. not retiring from work, but wanting to retire from this endless attack on women's rights. But realise my thinking I could is a privilege some women dont have so the least I can do is let them know they aren't being ignored.

Do you think each new intake of students just means it is never going to end?

What, the Telegraph used his actual name? When talking about things that he’d actually said?

those bastards

‘Emitting’

🤣🤣🤣

If the poor babies need a safe space away from alternative views, then they shouldn't be at a university in the first place

I think the word that this misgendering swine is looking for is 'themfriend'.

How on earth do these illiterate, science denying dunderheads get into Oxford? When I was their age it was meant to be difficult to get in.

You mean other than the fact that they will wipe the floor with you?

Wasn't sure where to put this or even whether to start another thread but the Royal Society of Chemistry have apparently called DocStock a 'bigot' in an published of 37 pages. In not one of those 37 pages have they produced or linked to any evidence of bigotry.

I've not seen the article, I'm going to look for it.

Here's a link to a tweet with a piece about it on GBNews with Andrew Doyle.

https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1660364838726410241?s=20

I found it

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/dd/d2dd00111j

John Armstrong, interviewed on GBNews linked above, wrote an article about it for the Spectator

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-the-royal-society-of-chemistry-gets-wrong-about-free-speech/

I did an impromptu revisit to the Oxford Union last summer and it was not possible to enter the premises without going through a very high security gate, so they should be able to keep unauthorised protesters out without incurring substantial extra security costs.
Those who want to debate for/against the motion will be expected to remain polite. That is the whole point of a debate. However one has to wonder what the arguments against Dr Stock's views will be, since 'gender identity ideology' does not hold up to any scrutiny, hence the 'no debate' tactic in the first place.

I would assume they want the debate cancelled so that nobody from the gender ideologue camp actually has to stand up and explain and defend their views in front of a supposedly very intelligent audience.

Quite. Their behaviour is very embarrassing.

The Sunday Times published an interview with the Vice Chancellor of Oxford, Prof Irene Tracey yesterday. While she didn’t offer her own assessment of Stock, she did talk about the importance of freedom of speech and the need for students to hear views that differ from their own. A sidebar article quotes one of the signatories of the letter to the Telegraph speaking even more forcefully (in favour of Stock). I think the professors speaking out and the university administrators need to have some public support and encouragement to push in favour of “inconvenient truths”. You can Google any of the professors to get the addresses if they’re colleges if you want to write to them. Or you can write to the Vice Chancellor at
Vice-Chancellor's Office
Clarendon Building
Oxford
OX1 3BG

There was a letter in the Daily Telegraph today, signed by students from lots of the colleges in support of the previous letter by academics in favour of free speech.

Good to know.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/oxford-union-free-speech-kathleen-stock-letter-telegraph/

More than 100 students.

They write:

“We are appalled to see the tarnishing of the reputation of the University of Oxford by the few individuals who seek to silence Professor Stock and punish the Union.
“The society was founded with the key aim of discussing ideas which some may find challenging, as was the University itself. It is not necessary to agree with Professor Stock’s views in order to recognise the dangerous precedent that would be set if ‘the last bastion of free speech’ could not stand firm at this moment.
“Our belief is that there is much to gain from hearing opposing views on important topics, and furthermore reject the notion that Professor Stock’s visit to the Union <a class="break-all" href="https://archive.is/o/UbkaU/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/17/oxford-students-are-acting-like-ignorant-children/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">constitutes any real danger to members of the University or the public.”
“The Oxford Union is part of the city and the university’s heritage. Whilst recognising it is an imperfect organisation, we value it because we value free speech. It is free speech we sign to defend, as the lifeblood of universities, learning, and modern democracies. Those who aim to silence it do not speak for us.”

hooray!
Are the names/colleges of the signatories included with the letter?
excellent essay by emeritus professor in the link above. Copying again here to call attention to it:

https://archive.is/pcvgN

I have just written a post saying “hooray!” In response to the students’ letter and asking if the letter include students’ names and colleges. I received a reply saying the post would be hidden until it could be reviewed by MNHQ. I do not know why it needs to be reviewed so am attempting to write the same idea somewhat different to see if it gets beyond censors.
also wanted to call attention to the link in pp to essay written by an emeritus professor. He makes excellent points so the essay is well worth reading.

It's the archive link (which is embedded in the article, I couldn't remove it)

It triggers auto-hide. Should be fine once a mod sees it and checks it's okay.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/22/oxford-university-lgbtq-president-death-threat-kathleen-stock/

"Oxford university’s LGBTQ+ president receives violent death threat amid Kathleen Stock row"

The victim has stated on Twitter the threat has been reported to the police.

Great to see a sensible letter from some sensible students.

Do you have any inkling of how many death threats Kathleen Stock has received from trans activists?

What's really worrying is that you're supposed to be really intelligent to go to Oxford and the idiots trying to ban intellectual debate are just mindless sheep. Is this really the best and brightest that Britain has to offer nowadays? I bunch of groupthinking morons?

You condone violent threats against LGBT people?

Hateful diatribes against LGBT people isn't "intellectual debate". It's hate which increases the risk of violence.