Incitement
Horrible man.
Rosie Duffield has harmed trans people by choosing to spread provocative and damaging misinformation about treatment options for young people with gender dysphoria. There should be no place in progressive politics for her. https://t.co/19D8A0sgDp
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) January 30, 2022
He posted that hours after she talked about being the target of constant abuse.
I am aware of yet more personal, libellous, nasty and fictional crap being published about me again today. All published/written by ex and current @UKLabour members who are clearly absolutely obsessed by my private life for some reason. I have been subjected to this rubbish…
— Rosie Duffield MP (@RosieDuffield1) January 30, 2022
Kent Police, Parliamentary Security team and the Speaker's Office have been helpful but it is the Labour Party that have offered me no support at all since I unexpectedly became an MP 5 years ago. I am today considering my future in the Party very carefully…
— Rosie Duffield MP (@RosieDuffield1) January 30, 2022
This is a really unacceptable Tweet. You now have a long list of women you consider should be removed from public life. I doubt you have the self awareness to consider why that might be but I certainly hope the lefties sniffing around you think it through.
— Ruth Serwotka (@ruthserwotka) January 31, 2022
Horrible man.
The science on those medical treatments is not settled. The only reason they’re being used is because the condition they address is supposed to be life-threatening. There is no consensus that anything other than full endorsement is spreading “provocative and damaging misinformation.”
That said, Maugham doesn’t seem to be guilty here of attacking her personal life. The tweet falls within the category of criticizing policies and politicians.
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I didn’t say anything about Maugham attacking her personal life. His tweet came after hers about attacks on her private life. I’m objecting to his augmenting the bullying, and in such venomous terms.
Ok. Though I still don’t agree with Ruth Serwotka that it’s an “unacceptable tweet.” Wanting politicians removed from public life is bog standard.
So is the “you’re harming trans people” trope.