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I’ve come to the conclusion I might have to wade in a bit more because of the absolute state of the culture war & its transphobia during the leadership shitshow. So for any followers/@wepbasingstoke #Basingstoke people that aren’t sure what’s happening; I’ll give you what 1/?
knowledge I have. No-one that knows about these issues will learn anything new from my views & I absolutely will not engage with trolls: I just want to summarise for those locally that aren’t familiar. The quoted tweet/its comments are a window into transphobia. 2/?
Notice: this is a row over trans men and non-binary people who are *pregnant*, yet we still predictably descend into “women with penises” territory even though it’s irrelevant - because transphobes are genital-obsessed & also daft. 3/?
THREAD: ON THIS DAY 1881, riots took place in #Basingstoke by locals who’d had enough of the Salvation Army’s weekly temperance parades & took matters into their own hands. This resulted in THE BATTLE OF CHURCH SQUARE.
It pitted church vs church, & mayor vs council. Read on...1/
It pitted church vs church, & mayor vs council. Read on...1/
By 1880 Basingstoke had a population of 6,500 who were fond of a drink or two & supporting 50 pubs & 3 breweries in the town.
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The Salvation Army decided to “save” the town and sent a couple of ladies down to settle the Old Silk Mill & bring some musicians down too. Soon weekly temperance marches were taking place in the town Sunday mornings & afternoons. They were here to “Aim fire at Sin and Satan”
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