Grotesque effigy of the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, a woman, hanged from a tree because she criticized the proposed trans law

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[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

My Spanish is terrible, but here is the Deputy Prime Minister's Twitter for anyone who can read Spanish. Like all Twitter you can read it without being signed up to Twitter.

And perhaps the Deputy Prime Minister received other threats? In looking at other Spanish rad fem Twitter accounts it seems that gender activists in Spain are the same peaceful, non-threatening lot they are in other countries /s

https://twitter.com/carmencalvo_/status/1363089859968184326

[–]purrfect 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They are an absolute threat to feminists and they are just as vile as in any other country. However, this is not the case this time and I'm pretty sure Carmen Calvo has been made aware of this tradition by now. But in true politician style, she's taking full advantage.

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't know enough about her, and shame on her if this is political opportunism, but looking at the reaction of the US Congress people caught up in the Capitol riots (a lot of them were so shaken that they are now in therapy/ support groups) I think that maybe at some point politicians just get fed up with being threatened. This might have been the threat that pushed her over the edge.

And beyond that, this type of threat is what women who speak up about women's rights are getting all over the world. There have been other incidences of "Hang the TERF," as well as at least one guillotine brought to feminist speaking events - so if this incident forces people to confront trans activists' violent threats against women globally, well, I'm OK with that.

[–]purrfect 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I completely understand, where you're coming from, but to put your mind at ease, there was no threat involved, just mockery against her. "I'm lost... where is the patriarchy?" is the typical strawman argument against feminists, but clearly not a threat. I wish she had corrected the misinformation about this, which she must be aware of right now.

[–]BEB[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's too bad she didn't come clean, because there are so many real threats against GCers. Sigh.