Thread by @BenWlv

The UK isn't 'TERF Island', it's 'Awareness Island'. TRA's are seemingly unwilling or unable to understand what the 'problems' they are experiencing are actually about. You really, really need to understand it 1/

What the UK has is a strong feminist movement, that largely originated within the political left / unions so understands class analysis. Highly organised & tenacious, they've raised public awareness like nowhere else on earth. 2/

So TRA's problem isn't "TERFs" as such, or even transphobia, but more that British feminists have simply informed the general British public, and in turn the wider world, about what transactivists are saying and what you actually believe 3/

Your problem is that many in the general population have now heard what you believe, and have overwhelmingly concluded you're talking out of your arse. Your ideology does not map onto how most people experience reality. And it never will 4/

The general population operates on the basis that sex is a real thing, because it very, very obviously is. Arguing sport, for eg, to operate on gender identity rather than sex is insane and will never, ever get widespread public approval 5/

Arguing male rapists should go to women's prisons, simply on their say so, is similarly insane. This idea simply won't fly among the wider public. It's only got this far because they didn't know it was happening 6/

It's the same with sexual orientation. The #superstraight phenomenon was a recent example of millions of people, not hating you, but disagreeing with your view of how the world works. Many LGB people have disagreed with you for years, but now straight people are waking up too 7/

So your issue is what to do about the fact that lots of people now know that you want 'gender identity' to replace sex in law, institutions, sport & our sex lives. I'm not even slightly sorry to inform you that you're doomed to failure whatever you do 8/

You either can keep pushing these ideas & trying to sneak them into law or force them in the bedroom. This just makes more people see the problem, find out what you actually believe & see it's bullshit, and join our side 9/

Or you can try to bully people into silence. This certainly worked for the last decade when you were doing it to a feminists and / or lesbians in the shadows. It won't work as you increasingly have to do it centre stage under the spotlights 10/

Almost everyone sees such bullying as unacceptable AND THEN they see the problem, find out what you actually believe & see it's bullshit, and join our side. You really need to address that we are going to have a grown up conversation about this 11/

Your 'problem' is only going to get worse. All over Europe, so called 'TERF' movements are popping up. Millions are reaching #peaktrans in the US with the 'equality' act. There are 'TERF' movements in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, NZ and many more 12/

It isn't going to get worse because the evil 'TERFs' are persuading people to hate you. It will get worse because your worldview is bonkers & most reasonable people generally tend to not want batshit ideas written into law /13

Your chances of convincing a sexually dimorphic & sexually reproducing species that sex doesn't exist or matter are ZERO. It will fail. But many will get hurt in the meantime if we continue on this reality-denying path /14

We don't hate you. We disagree with your *ideas* because they make no sense and bear no relation to reality. We're fed up with being bullied for disagreeing with your ridiculous ideas. You need to address what is actually happening /15

Your ideas are embarrassingly bad. You only really have 3

1. Intersex conditions exist (which almost none of you have)
2. "Shut up & be kind" (which you never reciprocate)
3. Threatening to kill us or kill yourselves

/16

These are not reasonable arguments on which we should make societal changes. If you don't address this and get better arguments, but continue on this aggressive batshit path you will end up living in 'TERF World' /end