Not letting women speak

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Ophelia Benson

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Well. It seems that in Auckland, there was such a huge loud screaming mob that KJK wasn’t able to say anything, and was at one point afraid she and the people around her were going to be crushed to death.

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    Papito

    Co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw, issued a statement following the violent rally, saying the party stands with trans and non-binary whānau.

    “Aotearoa should be a place where everyone can live their lives without fear of hate or discrimination,” he said.

    “The Green Party’s commitment to nonviolence is at the heart of our founding values.”

    “Unless it’s women,” Mr. Shaw continued, cheering the violent men who beat up women trying to speak in Auckland.

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    latsot

    I know some women who were there, I was seriously worried. They are safe, though! My friend spotted there was going to be violence and managed to take her group away from the crowd before it happened.

    One of her friends was beaten, though. I found myself typing “thankfully it was not serious” and while I’m indeed thankful it’s not serious, it appals me that that’s the sort of thing I have to be thankful for.

    She reports:

    A 70 year old woman being punched in the face.

    A child being pushed over so that a trans rights activist could scream more closely in another woman’s face

    Two women or one woman and a girl lying on the ground in the middle of the crush as KJK was helped away from the crowd

    No police manning the barriers

    No police anywhere in the crowd, only a few on the periphery.

    A TIM repeatedly flashing his moobs at a young lesbian and seeming to move to occupy the women’s toilets

    All of this and more has been corroborated.

    And this is what one woman saw with her own eyes.

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