Relentless bullying for dinner
John Boyne has expressed gratitude after a comedian apologised publicly for the “relentless harassment” that caused the novelist great distress.
In a statement published on Twitter last week, Aidan Comerford issued an apology and retraction for suggesting Boyne “has engaged in transphobia [and] implying that he is transphobic, on a number of occasions”.
Comerford, the author of Corn Flakes for Dinner, a comedy about family life, said he had wrongly tweeted that no transgender person would appear with Boyne on an RTE radio interview with Ryan Tubridy in 2019. “I have been informed that, in fact, no transgender person was invited to appear; therefore, I retract and apologise,” he said.
Comerford also admitted falsely accusing Boyne of creating a “sock puppet” or fake account to tweet himself supportively. The comedian concluded that it was never his intention to harass Boyne and he was sorry for doing so. “I have deleted these tweets about John, and I will not tweet about him, or his work, in the future.”
But will he continue to harass people he perceives as being insufficiently deferential to trans ideology? Yes indeed, he will do that very thing. Today for instance…
He certainly does think he’s the boss of everyone.
And righteous.
As a block? No, I really don’t, and you don’t get to demand I do. Men staying out of women’s protected spaces doesn’t threaten men’s safety, security, or lives AT ALL, so you can bugger off with your lies along with your thought policing.
But not the rights of any Ls, Gs, or Bs, and anyway you’ve also pointed out that LGB are “transphobic”, so you can bugger off with your “T+” forced teaming and stolen valour too, while you’re at it.
What cost have men who want to force themselves into women’s spaces paid to advance women’s rights? What cost have they paid to advance the rights of those who prefer same-sex sexual partners? I won’t hold my breath waiting for an answer.
Finally – UK women have been without female-only spaces since the Gender Recognition Act of 2004. Twenty one years!
Conversely, this means the UK is tumbling up the European table of support for women’s rights.