Apologies in advance – this is quite a hefty read. This article from @thetimes is a dramatic shift in the battlefield folks. We’ve gone from a handful of GC loons such as Fair Cop and A Woman’s Place to the UK’s equalities watchdog also now taking the gencrit side. (1/6) 
The point about the EHRC is it has a tricky job – to negotiate the tricky ground between competing freedoms. The new head as simply apparently thrown that out. If women are allowed to question trans identity – importantly HOWEVER they choose to do it, even abusively - (2/6)
without sanction, then with all protections being equal, why can’t a racist discuss repatriation without sanction, or a holocaust denier discuss that at every Jewish conference without sanction? See my previous thread on the pyramid of prejudice (3/8)
– where simply some prejudices are deemed worse than others. Under the new head, the @EHRC has intervened in the Forstater case to argue there are no limits on freedom of speech. But this CANNOT be the law, as it totally does away with the hate speech qualifications. (4/6)
Interesting idea on no longer having anonymous social media accounts. I agree but I don’t think the gencrits have thought that through. A cursory glance at twitter would show that trans people get a lot more anonymous abuse that the anti-trans folks.(5/6)
On a similar note, perhaps the LGB Alliance would like to look at abuse by their followers, equal playing field and all that.
The new head of EHRC has set out her agenda very clearly here and it’s worth a read. We should be prepared for when she starts to implement it. (6/6)
The new head of EHRC has set out her agenda very clearly here and it’s worth a read. We should be prepared for when she starts to implement it. (6/6)
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