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David Lovelace's avatar

What an extraordinarily detailed, factual, insightful and important article. I recently subscribed to The Times online partly so that I could make positive comments on Janice Turner's articles. Glad to read your favourable review of The Times generally, the only one worth reading in the UK. This article and indeed your good self = dynamite in adult female form, keep up your essential work! All the best from Herefordshire. David (XY haha)

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D.L. Lee | SISTERLY LOVE's avatar

Another thought-provoking post. This is especially concerning for women everywhere because it is a truism that must be tackled if we are to make genuine progress toward equality: "That IPSO guidance was written in 2016, before the emergence of organised women’s groups arguing that allowing men to “self-identify” as women and claim the legal status of women might well have some consequences for those born female. Even though those groups have plainly established that there is a debate here, that there are two sides to this argument, Ipso still concerns itself with just one side. IPSO’s message to editors is clear. Upset the trans lobby and you’re in trouble. Upset the women by ignoring their worries and nothing will happen." Thanks Julie.

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Betsy Warrior's avatar

How are trans people with huge fake breasts, or mastubating in bathrooms, or twerking in drag for children, or parading in womanface, or threatening women with violence and rape, “Trans people have the right to live dignified lives free of discrimination and prejudice." How is this dignified or non-discriminatory???

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Sufeitzy's avatar

Superb piece. Crisp, fast, clear, that's journalism at its best.

I greatly appreciate:

"Winterbourne is female. Graf is male. Both claim to be the opposite sex."

Not "identify" but "claim", the proper verb in a construction which should be the standard style.

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Ima's avatar

brill

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

No matter your sexual preference, having an issue with transgenderism is not cool. To claim you have license otherwise because you are a lesbian is really fucked up

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Kate Gilbert's avatar

You what? So it’s an ‘ism’ now? Doesn’t that just prove the point that we’re talking about an ideological movement? An ideological movement that is deliberately and cynically manipulating the young.

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Kate Gilbert's avatar

And by the way, gender critical feminists are way past caring about what’s cool.

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

Ginger critical anything is a self righteous pathological, way out of your lane, lack of critical thinking, intolerant and hypocritical waste of fucking time.

Who the fuck are you even think about somebody else’s labeling of themselves? You need to get a fucking life.

Well, if you actually choose to contribute, help change the corporate planet and life raping model.

As if what someone labels himself is 1/1000 of a percent as impactful to the proletariat as personal exploitation and resource capital robbery?

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

Then fucking fake middle class….

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Pearl Red Moon's avatar

Hilarious, this is the funniest parody of woke mind virus I've read all week. Thanks for sharing your great talent for channeling it, reading this will keep me tickled pink all day.

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

Agitprop sock puppet saze wut?

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

No that proves that my verbiage is incorrect. Sit down and be quiet

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Kate Gilbert's avatar

Do you even know what’verbiage’ means? Thanks for the mansplaining btw

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Terf vibes's avatar

Loving *your* verbiage here, and your Stack title: 'Think like a plant' is a contender for best Stack title verbiage ever! ;)

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

Your pseudo intellectual drivel is quite offputting. If you cannot approach this exchange from the standpoint of an honest broker, I’m through here. You’ve proven your personal and irrational pathology.

If you cannot defend your position, you should adopt a different position.

This is an about mansplaning. This is about reasoning with a fucking toddler….shame on me

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

It’s not about*

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Pearl Red Moon's avatar

You're brilliant Huddy! Do you do live performances? I'll have to attend with an empty bladder, as my old lady prolapsed one cannot take too much sustained laughter. I may have wet myself already!

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Mikalina's avatar

Trans identified males came for the lesbians, attacked our sexual preference and labelled us transphobic when the issue of same-sex attraction came up! Cool post, thank you JB xx

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Hudson E Baldwin lll's avatar

Well grow up. Take the moral high ground. Why bother to engage them, like that is the demographic holding you back? Please.

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