Roll up! Roll up! Let's see @benjamincohen try to defend Pink News' appalling coverage of @JKRowling's new book. But what headline is he describing here to @NickCohen4.👇It turns out PN changed their headline after they came a cropper; yet again.
2./ At first this was their headline and it slammed the book for suggesting a "cis man who dresses as a woman" might murder women. Did you spot the rather elementary error in their ringing denunciation? Don't over think it.👇
3./ Even they soon realised if you're going to accuse someone of transphobia the fact you've just described their 'evil' character as 'cis' is in danger of undermining your accusation. Cue a quick reshuffle to this headline in which the culprit is now a man who cross dresses.👇
4./ Mmm. It's true in the new trans gospel according to @stonewalluk cross dressers ARE trans but @EHRCScotland advice is you have to be a "serious" crossdresser; living the life. No trans points for men who cross dress for stag parties. Or presumably for the odd bit of murder?
5./ Forget that many transsexuals hate that cross dressers are now put on an equal footing with them. Is Pink News now arguing that by definition guys who throw on a bit of women's clothing when they murder are channeling an inner gender identity?
6./ If this confusion is beginning to sound eerily familar that's because Pink News are so ignorant about their own favourite subject of trans rights they recently accused @jk_rowling of factual inaccuracy about this very issue of who can be trans. And lost.
7./ When she pointed out a bloke who says he's a woman can get a gender recognition certificate without any surgery or hormones they railed against her. They said she was making things up. She wasn't. They were.👇
8./ @FactCheck concluded the writer was right and these champions of gender identity didn't have a clue what they were talking about. It IS possible for a bloke to get a certificate without the slightest physical change from his previously 'cis' body. channel4.com/news/factcheck…
9./ So what's their beef now? If the character in JK's book merely puts on a dress, or according to @NickCohen4 a coat, to commit murder, how is he trans? Doesn't he have to self-identify first? Truth is Pink News are so blinded by hate they can't think straight, pardon the pun.
10./ Even idiots can be useful tho. Their shrill accusations have helped shine a light on the absurdity of the new 'trans umbrella'. Pink News, it seems, has now decided this category is so porous a fictional murderer gets lumped in there just by dint of donning a woman's coat.
11./ They've spent 5 years campaigning for GR Reform but don't get the basics and now it's not JK who's conflating transwomen with a kinky bloke who's a deadly offender. They are. Yes, Pink News has revealed a dark streak of transphobia: their own.
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