Graham Linehan arrested on arrival at Heathrow

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Arrested again! Details on his Substack. This is beyond a joke; 5 armed officers!

https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/i-just-got-arrested-again

I'm not logged in either.

But I'm in Scotland. Maybe that's it.

@Christinapple

What do you think about ‘Decapitate Terfs’ and ‘Punch a Terf’?

Is that not the same as what Graham Linehan is accused of?

I’m asking again because you haven’t addressed the apparent double standards at work, so I thought you must have missed it.

Just in case anyone is unaware of the threats made to gender critical women over the years. Some of them are quite graphic and probably best not to open around children.

terfisaslur.com

I think they're just a bog standard TRA who applies the usual double standards, whereby a bit of hyperbole or figures of speech are heinous crimes against a trans person but a tsunami of explicit, violent death and rape threats against GC women don't matter. #bekind

Not shit tweets mate. The smell one was comedy genius as per.

Jo's hatred extends beyond trans people to anyone supportive of them, this includes gay individuals and charities.

Graham is also in the process of being sued by a gay man for defamation.

I has a feeling Christina is actually 'Christina'

Not surprised that's the class of 'humour' you think is "comedy genius". 🙄

But regarding the broader topic being discussed by some of the grown ups in the room, I think the TERF slurs that are calling for violent action - as utterly repulsive as they are - aren't getting the attention they deserve precisely because they're being made by relatively nobodies.

That doesn't make them any less of a crime, and in an ideal world every one of them would be brought to account by the law, but the simple fact is that high-profile commentary - such as that made by the odious Linehan - is obviously going to garner a high-profile response.
That said, five armed police does seem a little on the heavy-handed side...

If you mean Paisley, I don't think any of the defamation claims were to do with Paisley being gay.

Of course not, and Miss Marion Millar's stalking campaign against him was nothing to do with him being gay either.

/s

"Jo's hatred extends beyond trans people to anyone supportive of them, this includes gay individuals and charities."

Dude you come out with such crap, every post you make is lies and TRA bullshit. Every. Single. Post.

Give it up you muppet!

Yes why do TRAs get away which such horrific violent threats yet s funny 'kick em in the balls' necessitates an arrest via swat team?

'Jo's hatred' I mean has the pp even read JKR's very reasonable objections to men in women's spaces? There's no hate it's just weary, exasperated common sense.

There's quite a lot wrong in this statement, but I'd like to address a few points if I may.

"bog standard TRA who applies the usual double standards"
This is biased presumption on your part, and the direct result of your tribalistic mentality. When you 'other' people like this you entrench your ideology and diminish your ability to learn and communicate.

"a bit of hyperbole or figures of speech are heinous crimes against a trans person"
Linehan, and others, haven't gotten into trouble with the police for using hyperbole or figures of speech, have they? They've made clear, unequivocal statements that can - in UK law - be interpreted as criminal.
If they hadn't, the police would never have been involved.

"a tsunami of explicit, violent death and rape threats against GC women don't matter"
It isn't "a tsunami" in any place other than your head. And of course death and rape threats matter; they matter very deeply, and should be treated very seriously. I agree they aren't always, and that in itself is criminal, but please try to keep a sense of proportion.

"#bekind"
Ironic inclusion, don't you think?

There's quite a lot wrong in this statement, but I'd like to address a few points if I may.

"bog standard TRA who applies the usual double standards"
This is biased presumption on your part, and the direct result of your tribalistic mentality. When you 'other' people like this you entrench your ideology and diminish your ability to learn and communicate.

"a bit of hyperbole or figures of speech are heinous crimes against a trans person"
Linehan, and others, haven't gotten into trouble with the police for using hyperbole or figures of speech, have they? They've made clear, unequivocal statements that can - in UK law - be interpreted as criminal.
If they hadn't, the police would never have been involved.

"a tsunami of explicit, violent death and rape threats against GC women don't matter"
It isn't "a tsunami" in any place other than your head. And of course death and rape threats matter; they matter very deeply, and should be treated very seriously. I agree they aren't always, and that in itself is criminal, but please try to keep a sense of proportion.

"#bekind"
Ironic inclusion, don't you think?

Exactly this. Who is using our police force, who is allowing it, who is (presumably) getting paid for it? This isn’t stupidity, it is targeted intimidation. We need some answers.

'Mrs' Slater's parrot.

All that is just testimony to transactivists having the power to use the state, the police and the legal system to harass their critics.

You get the original reference, despite my slight alteration of it? That's superb! I almost never meet anyone who does.

Do you know much of their work?

I doubt it, and even if he had, Chris doesn't like to let facts get in the way of his misogyny

When I was a teenager we had police come into our girls school to talk to us all about safety on a regular basis. 'Kick them in the balls' was the standard advice. I didn't realise the police were inciting sexual violence.

Do you ever post on any topic other than our poor, downtrodden trans brethren, @Christinapple?

Waffling on again, Christin. Not really grounded in reality, are you? #SadTimes#Weird.

Oh maaate, trying to be sarcastic doesn't make you look big or clever. Or right.

Absolutely this. What a circus.