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[–]BEB 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

What's really bothersome is that the commenters in the DAIL MAIL, who usually lean very conservative, have been gaslit to the point where many are using women's pronouns for Hubbard and saying things like, "While I support her right to live her life as she chooses..."

We need to scream louder, ladies. We need to let the normies know that this is the Emperor's New Clothes and that it's OK to say, "Oh hell, no, that ain't no woman."

[–]filbs111 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I wonder whether comments that don't comply are purged. The Mail comments are moderated. Possibly for legal compliance, and possibly without understanding what is required to comply. They don't explicitly mention use of "professional nouns" on https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/house_rules.html

An enterprising soul might try posting something and seeing if it gets deleted.

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

I've seen comments from people complaining that their other comments have been removed so it could well be that the Mail removes comments they don't like.

[–]filbs111 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It might be not that the Mail "doesn't like" the comments, but feels pressured to apply certain rules out of fear of legal action, boycotts etc.

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

Yes - the UK seems to have some crazy rules around pronoun usage (or am I thinking of Canada?)

[–]Omina_Sentenziosa 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don' t think those who make those comments are conservatives: I think they are leftists who are realizing that places like the Daily Mail are the only places where they can voice certain thoughts without being attacked, but they still have the conditioning of "you are a nazi if you don' t respect them".

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

I think that some of the UK posters are terrified of using the "wrong "(but actually correct) pronouns or expressing biological reality because of the legal trouble they could get into, or even just harassment from the gender mob.