A legal thread by someone who has actually arrested and charged people with hate crimes re potential defamation of @MForstater by @docphoenix in a piece commissioned by @IndexCensorship 1/
This article about @MForstater by @docphoenix appears to accuse her of being guilty of a hate crime to a criminal degree of culpability. This thread explains why, legally, this is factually incorrect 2/
Mar 12, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
I'm 40. I'm a male copper. I'm from a left wing family. I've never used the term feminist to describe myself bcos... Well I've got male privilege to never need to think about it that much. It's only dealing with DA that's made me aware of the scale & brutality of male violence 1/
The scale of male violence against women is mind blowing. I'm not going to c&p stats but it's a pandemic that's been killing women for millenia. There are anti DA campaigns and people wearing pins etc but nothing like the scale of mass mobilisation that this pandemic requires 2/
