DiscussionCar crash interview on national radio.

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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 26 insightful - 15 fun26 insightful - 14 fun27 insightful - 15 fun -  (0 children)

Shhh! 🤫 We need to tell Ben what a great job he did so he’ll keep going out and doing this and peaking all of the Western world for us.

[–][deleted] 30 insightful - 2 fun30 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That guy is an idiot. The discussion is about women's right to single sex spaces and he's whining about there being no trans people involved in the discussion, but makes no mention about women not being involved in the discussion. So it's fine for him to discuss women's rights without women involved, but heaven forbid there not be a trans person involved.

Of course the owner of Penis News only cares about people with penises.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course the owner of Penis News only cares about people with penises.

That’s not entirely true. Cohen does care about trans men enough to shame other gay men into sleeping with them, though he will never sleep with them himself. He also cares about normal women as surrogate mothers, although that’s where his empathy towards women ends.

[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Cohen's attacks and virtue signaling detracted from making a coherent, topical statement. This fellow lost the entire plot.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He’s lost the plot long ago, assuming he’s ever had it. What happened was that he has revealed too much about his behaviour.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Simon Fanshawe was well articulate, he answered the questions clearly and honestly, and he was cooperative with the radio host. By contrast, Ben Cohen was constantly trying to change the subject, has made himself out to be the victim, was getting loud and emotional, was incredibly rude, and he never answered any of Justin’s questions. This does not surprise me, considering what kind of person Ben Cohen is. He wants to control the conversation, and he was angry because he couldn’t this time.

Anyway, people like Simon Fanshawe are an asset, whereas people like Ben Cohen are a liability.

[–]Uranian 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course, the interesting thing is that Ben Cohen would have been well aware of what the discussion was and who else would be invited but, rather than "amplify trans voices" himself by suggesting someone trans they might approach to contribute instead of him, he decided to agree to the gig and to toddle along and make a complete arse of himself.

And anyway, this was a discussion about Stonewall and the Diversity Champions Scheme, not about trans people or their "rights".