Thread by @MForstater

Open Democracy "free thinking for the world" has really lost its way @AnthonyBarnett @maryftz

Shock horror! UK government minister meets with some lesbians who think being a lesbian doesn't involve having sex with men

@ALLIANCELGB

https://twitter.com/ClaireProvost/status/1357689387430137856

“It’s completely inappropriate for the Equalities Minister to meet with the LGB Alliance" says SNP MP John Nicolson

Amnesty International don't like it either

Open Democracy please publish the approved list of groups that are allowed a voice.

Also change your name

Then there was the "dark money" expose - which involved adding up regional expenditures published in US charities annual reports.

Sure analyse the data, but calling this "dark money" is shoddy shoddy

https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1330280339521081347

Then there was the really odd "expose" on Christmas day (!) that Amazon's customer charity donation scheme Smile is open to any registered charity, not just the ones that Open Democracy's staff like

https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1342486326164262912

And this article from back in 2018 opendemocracy.net/en/5050/christ…

"There is no evidence that they are actively working together" Open Democracy says in expose, but they are "unlikely allies".

So, not allies then.

Here they smear women supporting Linda Bellos & Venice Allen when they were being prosecuted under the Communications Act as "protesting against trans rights"

We were protesting for the ability to speak openly on the material reality of sex.

You know, like an an Open Democracy

2harecourt.com/2018/11/30/gud…

They did give @kiritunks @Womans_Place_UK right to reply to that hit piece

So I hope they are going to give @ALLIANCELGB the right to respond to the latest one.

opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trans-…

This article is a doozy arguing that Twitter and Facebook are not doing a good enough job at shutting down women's speech.

They must try harder urges Amnesty International (again)

Some women with disagreeable opinions are still managing to be heard.

opendemocracy.net/en/5050/online…

They are particularly concerned about Mumsnet.

God forbid mothers might get together and discuss women's rights

Open Democracy defer to Adrian Harrop, Lily Madigan, John Nicholson, Sarah Brown, Amnesty International as arbiters of what women should be able to say on social media, who should be able to fundraise, who should be allowed to meet ministers.

What I want to know is who is funding this "Tracking the Backlash" project?

It involves an unaccountable group labelling others as "the backlash"

And then systematically working tor remove access to the public square or to democratic debate.

😢😢

This is not open democracy