Brave brave brave brave brave Sir Robin
The Times also appears to take the Tory MP’s claim at face value.
A Conservative MP has announced that he is transgender and has been the victim of rape and blackmail.
Jamie Wallis, the MP for Bridgend, said he was transgender, “or to be more accurate, I want to be”, and had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Maybe he just has shlub dysphoria. Has anyone looked into that? He appears to be a shlub, and dysphoria seems likely in such cases, so maybe it’s nothing to do with gender at all.
Wallis rapidly received public support from fellow MPs. Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said: “This is a very brave statement.” Andrew Bowie, a Conservative MP, said: “Incredibly brave of you to post this mate. Proud of you. All power to you”.
What’s brave about it? When Conservative MPs flock to praise you, what’s brave about it?
Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, said: “Sending you love and solidarity from the other side of the Commons. This is hugely courageous of you to share.”
How? How is it courageous? How is it hugely courageous? When colleagues are all but licking his ear, how is it courageous?
After Wallis’s announcement [Boris] Johnson said: “Sharing this very intimate story would have taken an immense amount of courage. Thank you for your bravery, which will undoubtedly support others. The Conservative Party I lead will always give you, and everyone else, the love and support you need to be yourself.”
What bravery? What immense amount of courage?
Oliver Dowden, the Conservative Party chairman, said: “Proud of my colleague Jamie Wallis. As a Conservative family we stand together, and we will support you. I hope that your brave statement will help others.”
Godalmighty anyone would think he’s on the front lines at Mariupol.
Can you imagine a woman getting this kind of support from the Conservative Party if she tweeted to admit she had an abortion? No. Now that would be brave.
I think … The normal definition of the word is irrelevant. “Brave” is more an award than a word here, or perhaps a literal shibboleth. Calling someone who comes out as LGBTQIA+up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A-start brave or courageous is just the done thing. Saying the person is brave is not meant to mark bravery so much as it imparts something while signaling tribe membership. That is, it’s a speech act.
Just go ahead and engrage the “2022 Tory MP Woman of the Year” plaque now, why wait until January 2023 when this is a foregone conclusion?
“As an egomaniacal narcissist, I am going to bravely stand up and bask in the admiration and accolades of my peers.”
So this is an open path for Trump to follow if he still wants to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue.
I think the ‘brave’ refers to his telling us that he was raped. That does take some bravery.
Sonderval@6:
Yeah, some of the comments have glided over that part of the statement, and it’s not a good look. Hot-takes should at least include, “That was wrong and should not have happened. He deserves sympathy and proper professional support, just like any other rape victim.”
And then the asshole should be hung out to dry for his position on a woman’s shelter proposal: https://m.facebook.com/jamiewallisbridgend/posts/486763016031063
@Freemage
I totally agree that this person seems to be vile. I just think even vile people deserve some sympathy when being raped, and admitting to having been raped is somewhat brave.
That everything else in Wallis’ behaviour is despiccable is undisputed by me.