UK uni lecturer accused of posting "transphobic" tweets. He posted "transwomen are not women" “women menstruate men do not” “a man cannot give birth” - Now the university is investigating his tweets. A university is investigating tweets stating basic biology. Is it the 21st century or the 16th?

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[–]emptiedriver 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It truly is amazing that every single thing he tweeted which they accuse of being offensive is the most simple straightforward fact. How can we possibly go on like this? How can people continue to pretend that it is bigoted to state the most obvious things, like that women can menstruate but men can't? It's insane. Are we really going to keep this up?

People all around me either ignore or shake their heads and dismiss the terrible discrimination of people who make these kinds of comments - people like JK Rowling or Rand Paul who do not seem to be asking terrible questions when you listen to them, but who are spoken of like heretics. This guy can't be rejected in the same way, right? These statements are so simple, so uncontroversial...

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

What's happening IMO, at least in the US, is that people who were just going about their lives, with the constant and ever-loudening hum of gender ideology as background noise from the media, their kids' schools and entertainment, are now waking up.

When confronted by the insanity that it is now considered outrageous to state basic biological truths, and as they themselves start to be affected, a huge chunk of normal Americans will push back. And vote for Trump 2024.

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

And vote for Trump 2024.

The man who welcomed "Caitlyn" Jenner into the women's bathroom in Trump Tower? I reckon he'd consider it a victory just to keep men out of women's sports.

Nobody is talking about anything else, and to me the toilets, changing rooms, locker rooms are far more an issue. Plus the redefining of basic language and totally crazy shit like AGP wanting to waste a gynecologist's time (and another woman's appointment) to have "his cervix" examined.

But the TRA have already taken hold of the narrative. "If you don't support TWAW, you are a bigot against LGBT. Stop trying to erase LGBT. LGBT rights are human rights. Only bigoted women are against LGBT rights! TERFs are responsible for thousands of TWOC being murdered!"

[–]BEB[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the tide is turning.

I also think Trump doesn't give a shit about women's rights at all. It was his administration that did all the "pro-women" things like save Title IX and that's because he stuffed it full of conservatives.

But conservative voters who don't want Equality Act-type legislation give credit to Trump, and will vote for him again partially because they give him credit, which he doesn't deserve.