Bristol Greens councillor quits over trans protests

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Bristol Greens' ridiculous hostile anti-GC behaviour costs them dear in the council chamber...well done, that woman! Shero of the day.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-councillor-resigns-greens-over-10654149

That statement from the Greens..... mad as a box of frogs. If the idea of women's rights and equalities even being mentioned makes someone feel that threatened and distressed, they need the care of a good therapist and not to be anywhere near positions of public responsibility. That fragility of mental health is not compatible, competency issues should mean removal.

Well done that woman, it's good to see there are some remaining people in post who have that kind of maturity and sense of responsibility in amongst the madness.

I did note too her idea that 'equality and respect' is for trans people..... but not apparently for women? She seems to be starting from the point of view that women have necessary 'equality and respect' and it's about how much should reasonably be taken away from them to give to these men.... which is not equality, is it? Or very 'respectful'. If you cannot 'respect' those men sufficiently without removing equality and respect from women, there's a very major problem with this whole demand in the first place and it's not coming from the women.

Again as usual no definition whatsoever on what she actually intends to mean by those throw away overused terms.

Bigly letters?

And there's this he/him Green councillor openly showing his dislike of women and those constituents whose views he disagrees with -

'Good riddance to her, she is a TERF who wanted to simply cause issues internally (she isn't the saint that she claims to be externally). She shouldn't have been allowed to be a green councillor candidate and I'm glad the trash is taking itself out in this case.'

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Again really confirming the Green party stand for nothing but adolescent batshit activism and are intent on driving out all members with a grain of sanity.

Just the level of professionalism that we expect from the Greens

Agree but their agenda is popular with students/adolescents and due to the change in voting age they could get more seats. It's actually quite scary. A green/lib/lab coalition could be so destructive for women's rights.

They should all be sacked, or whatever the process is for getting rid of public servants who pick and choose which section of the public they wish to serve and which section they wish to insult, ignore, and silence.

They've also fallen into the same trap as the SNP with many of their elected representatives having no real world experience outside of politics, whether that is youth, student (NUS or similar) or straight in from University.

That man is an embarrassment.

Indeed.

'“Trans activist” placards were raised during a Bristol city council meeting this month whenever a member of the public asked a question about women’s safety'

Fucking hell.

Also arguably homophobic. 'Trans women are men' or the converse denies the reality of same sex attraction.

I wonder if he used his tactic where he tries to tell the interviewer what they should be asking him, rather than answering what they are asking him. I'm glad Nick Robinson gave him short shrift.

I feel like Zack Polanski is riding the crest of a wave at the moment. However, if we were facing an election, the Greens would have to be able to address scrutiny about their policies. Soundbites and motivational speeches won't cut it then.

Hateful language. Calling people trash and vermin to dehumanise them is a tactic of hate groups.

Wholly agree.

And using such unprofessional, inappropriate language should be an immediate reason to remove someone from a post of any service or duty of public responsibility. It would not be acceptable for a teacher, nurse, doctor or police officer to announce that some of the people they serve are vermin and trash, it cannot be lower standards for those in positions of making decisions for an entire population group.

Wow, I had to stand back when I read this for fear of being covered by his frothing at the mouth lip spital. The poor woman is better off getting out of this unhinged cult. 🤮

This safe thing is really disturbing. It seems to

Had a conversation with some people at work recently, including a new Gen Z employee who is very in gender ideology. We were discussing why people might not want to come to an NA meeting in a semi-public space like a library and why the more common church basement approach is better. Her feeling was that "but some people might not feel safe in a church." And could not seem to see that some sense of discomfort in a room at a church, but not anything to actually do with a church, is not the same as people worried their employer or MIL might see them at a meeting for addicts. Because both are about feeling unsafe, right?

It's all about the feeling, I guess, in this view, not the chance that your boss might actually think an addict might not be the best person to be driving a school bus or something, and you'd lose your job.

I'm a left leaning Bristolian woman. I was never that keen on Paula O'Rourke (various reasons, but nothing major). I've suddenly become her biggest fan. Nice one Paula. Bonus that you've reduced this pathetic bunch of women hating, dangerous children to a minority too.

Whilst I agree with your post overall, I do think that you're minimizing just how much some people absolute hate being in buildings that remind them of religion, or how much some peole hate the thought of the room costs for a room they are using being paid to a religious organization.

For most people - the vast majority - of course practical concerns like not being seen by your boss massively outweigh any dislike they might have towards religion.

She is still listed on the Green Party website here:
https://bristolgreenparty.org.uk/councillor/paula-orourke/

but correctly shown on the Bristol Council website as independent here:
https://democracy.bristol.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=601

both list her council email address - I will be sending her an email of support / thanks.

Such extreme emotional reactions to quite normal things, even things one has an issue with, are not healthy and they should be minimised.

Just catching up and when I tried to view this I found that poor James has had to lock his account. Looks like not all the replies to his post were approving.

Last time I saw his post, there were 49 replies and although the posts expressed astonished disbelief that he was speaking about a fellow councillor in such a contemptuous way, there wasn't personal abuse or similar to what women would have had in response.

If it was another party, I might have suspected that someone a bit more sensible had had a word but with the Greens, I suspect he's feeling mightly triggered at what he considers the lowly proles actually having the temerity to speak to him when he's not got the chance to hold up a sign or walk out in protest.

I'm sure you're right. I wonder how old he is? Many of the noisier Greens are really quite young and inexperienced, which I'm guessing is why they seem to behave like children not used to hearing the word No.

Just because religious indoctrination of kids against their consent year in year out through childhood is normal does not mean it should be legal, let alone regarded as normal.