How precious are detransitioners to the gender critical movement?
This week I pointed out that @ImWatson91 uses the R word to described intellectually disabled people, and to mock those who aren't disabled. She essentially told me to get fucked and she was lovebombed for it. 1/
This week I pointed out that @ImWatson91 uses the R word to described intellectually disabled people, and to mock those who aren't disabled. She essentially told me to get fucked and she was lovebombed for it. 1/
I pointed this out to @BareReality, who initially brought Sinead to prominence in a Sunday Times article. Even though she's previously shown support for disabled people, her initial response was to say, "I have him muted, lovely." When other people started to point it out... 2/
...she tweeted to Sinead that she was going to block me and all the other people bringing it up. She did.
Sinead also advises @genspect. I don't think they should be taking advice from someone who would call ID kids in their care the R word. 3/
Sinead also advises @genspect. I don't think they should be taking advice from someone who would call ID kids in their care the R word. 3/
.@genspect have completely ignored this.
The point is that there are actually very, very few gender critical detransioners. If there weren't, it would be easy for gender critical people, who I suspect find the R word to be disgusting, to cut ties with a person who used it. 4/
The point is that there are actually very, very few gender critical detransioners. If there weren't, it would be easy for gender critical people, who I suspect find the R word to be disgusting, to cut ties with a person who used it. 4/
To date, I have not found a single gender critical person who will go on record to say that Sinead's use of the R word is unacceptable to them, whereas hundreds of them are delighted by her telling me to get fucked and that she would use whatever offensive words she wanted to. 5/
Every day these people are showing you who they are. They're hypocrites. Only last week, they were saying how colourful Pride pedestrian crossings were not good for disabled people, and yet this week not one of them will criticise a person for calling those people the R word? 6/
And what if the very same people found out that a trans person who advised Mermaids, for example, used the R word in the same way? I would bet quite a lot of money that far from being ignored, ironically, it would be reported as newsworthy by outlets like the Sunday Times. 7/
It would be held up as a sign that "trans ideology," as they call it, was awful and abusive and attracted abusive people.
But when it's someone they are desperate to keep in their movement so they can say "What about the detransitioners?" they will happily look the other way. 8/
But when it's someone they are desperate to keep in their movement so they can say "What about the detransitioners?" they will happily look the other way. 8/
At the same time, I would take strong issue with anyone, no matter what their other beliefs or positions, who used the R word in that way, because principles matter. Without them, who are we?
What are we without a moral core, but opportunists and grifters? 9/
What are we without a moral core, but opportunists and grifters? 9/
The gender critical movement are telling you who they are.
Believe them. 10/
Believe them. 10/
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