Thought MUST be compelled

So now the LibDems have a new definition of transphobia and the loonies are Leaving the Party.

A number of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats are quitting the party after a formal definition of transphobia was leaked online. A statement, later formally released during Trans Awareness Week, said it was revised due to “greater clarity to the interpretation of the law in this area.”

That is, two lawyers told them their definition is illiberal crap.

Available on the Liberal Democrats website, the new definition rejects “prejudice and discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, caste, heritage, class, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation.” However, the new statement added that “Holding and expressing gender critical views, whether in internal debates or publicly, is protected by law”, upsetting many LGBT+ Lib Dems, according to PinkNews.

It’s not illegal to think men are not women, and people who call themselves liberal are upset by this. You couldn’t make it up.

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7 responses to “Thought MUST be compelled”

  1. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    That is, two lawyers told them their definition is illiberal crap.

    So, will the Greens think to hire themselves a lawyer, or will they just wait for the lawsuits.

  2. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    I think the two lawyers telling them is the reason they have a new definition. See previous post for more information.

  3. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    Oh you already did, never mind.

  4. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    Sorry, I should have made it clearer. The Lib-Dems have had a warning from people who actually know the Law; will the Green Party follow their example? Weren’t they suspending one of their members? One who had actually engaged in environmental activism? They need to read the Forestater decision, stat, otherwise they’re going to see their coffers going to legal fees.

  5. Omar Avatar

    It’s not illegal to think men are not women, and people who call themselves liberal are upset by this. You couldn’t make it up.

    Well, some would clearly like it the other way round and have it made illegal to think that men are not, cannot be, and never will be, women.

    This bullshit was all refuted in that glorious old German folksong, Die Gedanken Sind Frei.

    ‘”Die Gedanken sind frei” (Thoughts are free) is a German song about freedom of thought. The original lyricist and the composer are unknown, though the most popular version was rendered by Hoffmann von Fallersleben in 1842.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQuF-afPWM

  6. Colin Daniels Avatar
    Colin Daniels

    Would be willing to bet that very few, if any, LGB members are upset by this new definition. Just the T+ and, as we all know, they will never be satisfied with anything other than total submission to their doctrine.

  7. Ophelia Benson Avatar

    And even total submission won’t do because their doctrine is always changing, to add new demands and rules and punishments, so that we’re always behind.