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1/ THREAD Over the course of the past 48 hours many of us have witnessed individuals and groups of the far right try to exploit the brutal murder of #AislingMurphy to further their own political goals.
2/ Over this time these men, particularly members and supporters of Justin Barrett's National Party, have tried to position themselves as caring about the safety of women living in Ireland.
3/ The men in Ireland pushing ethnonationalism, white supremacy, homophobia and transphobia as well as other multitudes of hate, are no friends of women, or women’s safety. The far right regularly target migrant women, transwomen and all women they deem ‘non white’.
A column I wished I never had to write: Seeing the tragedy in #Tullamore as a one off is a useful way of coping with its horror. But the attack isn’t random. The victim's gender was key to why she was selected for attack. 1/n irishtimes.com/opinion/femici…
There are patterns between events that deliver violence against women.
1. Women experience violence at the hands of men. Women are not raped or killed by invisible forces. Men kill women. #notallmen. Not even many men. But is almost always men @FixeditI will help you see. 2/n
1. Women experience violence at the hands of men. Women are not raped or killed by invisible forces. Men kill women. #notallmen. Not even many men. But is almost always men @FixeditI will help you see. 2/n
2. Men who perpetrate life-threatening violence against women tend to build up to this point of their criminal careers. Perpetrators usually start with jeering, street harassment, exposure, groping. Often this is ignored or even condoned. Rarely is it prosecuted or punished. 3/n
