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

Ffs, you can say someone smells. You can even say a group of people smell. I say it all the time when I get home after a bus ride. Most of the bus stinkers are men 70+, I'd say, so a sub-group of men. TW are a sub-group of men (pace, Jane Russell KC) and I should be able to say they, as a group, are likely to smell bad if that's been my experience of them.

Tweets can be stupid, puerile, insulting ... whatever. Humans are like that. It's not a criminal offence. Tweeters aren't writing sublime poetry Advising women to hit transgressing men where it hurts, as I've been advised to do by many self defence trainers, is not (or should not be seen as) incitement to violence, nor is saying you hate people or fuck 'em.

The armed police didn't come or arrive at the airport, some have suggested, because they were already there. It's full of armed cops.

The Telegraph has disabled comments now, which was interesting. I wonder if they're also cowering under the trans cosh.

I do love it when posters ‘apologise for the mail link’

‘ughh i nearly vomitted whilst pressing send and then had to slather myself in the guardian to make myself feel better’ it’s the ultimate pearl clutch

I'm not a fan (he seems a bit weird and obsessive to me). But what woman did he threaten to kill at a protest? Google so far not helping.

Sorry didn't mean to offend and I'm sure you are much more knowledgeable than me.

Yes I agree that no man should be in a designated single sex space, my point was the wording of Graham's tweet. As far as I can tell the wording below would have been acceptable as that wouldn't have involved a protected characteristic as defined by the hate crime laws.

If a biological man is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the ***

Apologies in advance if I'm wrong

It wasn't at a protest, that's a common misconception - he threatened to kill Aisling Bea, Sara Pascoe & Cariad Lloyd and got banned from Twitter, the ban was later overturned.

Did the activist that shouted 'Punch a TERF in the mouth' at a crowd get the same treatment I wonder.

I thought most teachers agreed that Yr 9/10 classrooms in boys schools were particularly problematic as hormones started to surge.

No particular hate against 14/15 year old boys. It's biology innit.

I thought it had something to do with them pouring piss on themselves in "protest".

I can't even find any credible news sources for that. All I can see are posters on Twitter and Reddit saying that he did.

So you think that women should simply put up and shut up do you?

I’d happily punch any man in a dress I find loitering in a women’s toilet. They have no legal right to be there and they should fuck off.

Christinapple - an off-topic question. I've often wondered about your username and how it's meant to sound (I think we all sound out usernames in our head whilst browsing, no?). Is it 'Chris Tin Apple'? Or Christ-in-apple (akin to Jesus on a tortilla, perhaps)? or is it in fact Christina (A)pple?

Genuinely interested.

No need to apologise and I'm sorry if I came on heavy: there are more than 50 shades of grey and I try very hard usually to avoid telling someone they're wrong. But your idea that because a man might gain some protection in law in some scenarios under the protected characteristic of Gender Reassignment doesn't wash in this case.

The Supreme Court has made it clear that no matter what he says or does, a man can never biologically be female and that women-only, ladies-only, females-only means just that: no men who 'live as a woman', no men with GRAs, no men who wear frocks, no men who've had themselves castrated and had a cavity created that they call a vagina. Only men who have a lawful reason (plumber, cleaner, electrician, whatever) should ever be in there.

Many of us on Feminism: Sex and Gender have been fighting this fight for years and have had to become familiar with some fairly niche areas of the law. I don't think any of us want to sound superior, we've just had to learn in order to challenge what's going on.

Absolutely. There is no law in this country criminalising offending people. Some analysis on this point on Blackbelt Barrister.

The series of tweets that led to the ban and the ban notice can be seen here

https://x.com/ICanSeeForever1/status/1698786390232723846?t=kKGff9OR7ozz410F_ntohw&s=19

Aren't airport police routinely armed?

Looking forward to hearing that all of these tweeters have been arrested with the same level of force.

Source: The Myth Of 'Both Sides' - The Glinner Update

Is the @glinner account on here still live ?
as this was his refuge during the old Twitter ban.

Given that boundary violation can be the only way a woman knows prior to actual assault that a man is dangerous, please can someone clarify at what point it is ok to punch a dude in the balls?

Jokes obvs. Only a man with very little knowledge of women would believe that women are about to start doing this. We are usually all too aware of our weaker strength against the male sex. We know it's not safe. That's why we often don't say anything. That's why so many men get away with doing whatever the fuck they want.

Hello! Yes it is. Although I won't be posting much for a bit as I desperately need to sleep!

Question!? If he has been arrested. How come JK Rowling hasn't? They both point out inconvenient truths. Yet he's suffered the brunt of it

That was quite clearly a tongue in cheek comment rather than a serious threat

He's not as rich.

And I don't think JKR has openly advocated for kicking trans women in the nuts, has she?

I completely agree with you and wasn't suggesting that a trans identifying man is any less of a man than any other and the law regarding SSS is exactly the same for them. I was just trying to highlight the wording of Graham's first tweet which is presumably the justification the police used for their (disproportionate) treatment of him.

Btw I've also been around for the best part of a decade but have still not learnt how to express myself clearly.

Sorry forgot to quote Pluvia

That was clearly not a serious thread to kill. I'd say his clarion call yesterday (?) to kick trans women in the balls was more problematic than that obviously tongue-in-cheek tweet.

Reminds me of a scene from Crocodile Dundee.

Yes, I have even been told to do this by actual police officers on a self-defense course. Maybe I should report them!