@Womans_Place_UK I have a few issues with this. First, doesn’t this sound familiar to you? “We believed these tweets would contribute to a hostile environment for people from minoritised communities.” It’s the same argument used against people saying biological sex is real. 1/
@Womans_Place_UK Second, I think your statement completely omits the context of those tweets, which was the almost industrial sexual abuse of white working-class girls across Britain, but predominantly in the North. Posie was highlighting the plight of these girls, while the rest of 2/
@Womans_Place_UK ... the establishment, including the Labour Party, was silent on the issue for fear of being called racists. Which you’ve effectively done to Posie. History has proven Posie right on that, and irrespective of what you think of her tweets on the issue, what happened to those 3/
@Womans_Place_UK ...girls was shameful, and those who didn’t speak out when it was apparent what was going on should be ashamed. Third, this whole issue is too complicated to unpack on Twitter, but it’s linked to the Left’s absolute commitment to the Palestinian cause, hatred of Israel, the…4/
@Womans_Place_UK …fallout from 9/11, and a general unwillingness (partly because the Left has mostly bought cultural relativism) to criticise misogyny in other cultures (in this case, Islam). I wouldn’t have phrased those tweets in the same way as Posie, but she was expressing an anger 5/
@Womans_Place_UK ... born out of frustration of others not speaking out. That lack of speaking out created a void that others, some from the right, filled. The left bears some responsibility for that. You labelled Posie a racist or at least implied it, rather than getting her along to debate…6/
@Womans_Place_UK ... the issues, point out where you thought she was wrong. In effect, you put in place your own version of #nodebate. This is inconsistency bordering on hypocrisy. I hope you’ll reflect. End.
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