Well, that’s…modest.
TERFs: If we admit trans women are women we'll have no away of referring to females!
Trans people: You could try the term "cis woman" or "AFAB" – we're cool with those
TERFs: NO! Those are bad! We must be able to refer to females!
Trans people: But…you can. We just told you how— @rachelwilliams@hachyderm.io (@rach_a_williams) May 31, 2019
And then this pile of fetid dingo’s kidneys by “t philosopher”:
To the academic philosophy community:
I am a trans woman and a philosophy grad student, and I have decided to leave the discipline and seek a non-academic job because of transphobia in the academy.
t p has been at it a long time, t p has published research, t p has taught undergraduate classes, t p is the real deal.
… Read the restI have not chosen to quit philosophy because I have fallen out of love with the work, or I want something else to do with my life. I am leaving academia ONLY because of TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) — so called “gender critical feminists” — and those
Ahhhhh now that’s worse. The Trump people did more than just tell the Navy to hide the name McCain.
… Read the restAlthough Navy officials insisted they did not hide the ship, the John S. McCain, they did give all of the sailors aboard the day off on Tuesday as Mr. Trump visited Yokosuka Naval Base.
Two Navy sailors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said that the McCain sailors were not invited to hear Mr. Trump speak that day aboard the amphibious assault ship Wasp, while sailors from other American warships at the base were.
A Navy service member based on Yokosuka said that all of the American warships in the harbor
This question about rights again…
That SNP Students tweet –
At SNP students, we have one simple belief. Trans rights are human rights. No ifs, no buts.
It’s a simple belief, yes, so simple that we don’t even know what it means.
What, exactly, are trans rights? Specifically trans rights? SNP Students says human rights, but if that really is what they mean there’s no issue. The controversy isn’t because trans people want the same rights everybody else has, because no one questions their right to that. The controversy is because trans people want new rights special to trans people, that in fact, however loudly they deny it, conflict with the existing rights of non-trans people, especially women.
What … Read the rest
Use loaded titles much?
Transgender women’s right to use Hampstead Heath ponds acknowledged
There definitely is a definite right for men who claim to be women to use the women’s pond at Hampstead Heath. Definitely.
They do it all over again in the subhead.
The rights of transgender women to use a women-only pond in north London have been acknowledged in a new policy.
What other “rights” are going to be “acknowledged” in this peremptory way? The rights of men to take over all women’s teams, win all women’s prizes, be 1-10 on all-women shortlists, be top officers of all women’s organizations, talk over women at every opportunity, require sexual access on demand, impregnate at will, walk away at will … Read the rest
He’s both stupid and a lunatic.
President Trump on Thursday attacked Robert S. Mueller III as “totally conflicted” and “a true never-Trumper” and claimed that the special counsel would have brought charges against him if he had any evidence — a characterization directly at odds with what Mueller said in a public statement Wednesday.
Mueller said very very clearly on Wednesday that bringing charges against Trump was not an option – his words. It was not an option because of Justice Department policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted. It’s becoming ever more horrifyingly clear that that policy is a disastrous mistake, but policy it is. Trump is lying when he says Mueller … Read the rest
The vice-provost for education at Imperial College London, Professor Simone Buitendijk, has apologised for sharing anti-trans content on social media.
Buitendijk first offered her apologies to the university’s student newspaper Felix last Friday (May 10) in response to a letter by 86 members of the university’s staff and student body raising concerns about her “engagement with transphobic material and social media accounts.”
The letter referred specifically to Buitendijk following and ‘liking’ content from Twitter accounts belonging to anti-trans groups such as Transgender Trend—who campaign against supporting young trans people in their transition—and individuals.
That’s tendentiously, aka unfairly, worded. An alternative wording would be: “who campaign for supporting children and adolescents in rejecting gender stereotypes without … Read the rest
One of Trump’s people told the Navy to hide a warship from Trump when he was in Japan, because…
…because it is named USS John S. McCain.
Not an Onion story. Repeat, not an Onion story.
President Trump on Thursday defended as “well-meaning” a White House official who directed the Navy to obscure the warship USS John S. McCain while Trump was visiting Japan, but he said he had no advance knowledge of the action.
“I don’t know what happened. I was not involved. I would not have done that,” Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House for Colorado, where he is scheduled to address an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.
He “would not have done that” … Read the rest
There’s a petition to prevent women from talking.
We are members of the University of Edinburgh staff and student community concerned about the rise of transphobia on our campus. As a collective of PG students, we write this statement to unequivocally condemn transphobia.
The recent announcement of a transphobic ‘Women’s Sex-Based Rights’ event hosted by Edinburgh University Moray House on the 5th of June is unacceptable.
But was it in fact an announcement of a transphobic event? I’m betting it wasn’t. Let’s ask the Google.
Nope, that’s not what it’s called.
Women’s Sex-Based Rights: what does (and should) the future hold?
by The University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education
Nothing about transphobic. Let’s read the details.… Read the rest
Over Memorial Day weekend, everyone who cares about the future of women’s sport saw their worst fears become a reality.
Transgender woman CeCe Telfer, who was born and raised as Craig Telfer and competed on the Franklin Pierce University men’s track and field team during her first three years of college, won the women’s 400-meter hurdles national title at the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Telfer dominated the competition, winning in 57.53 as second place was way back in 59.21.
Let’s all give CeCe a great big hand!
… Read the restPrior to joining the women’s team this season, Telfer was a mediocre DII athlete who never came close to making it to nationals
Again with the issue of truth versus free speech: Think Progress on Facebook’s breezy indifference to truth:
The latest instance of Facebook doubling down on its failure to avert the spread of misinformation came after an altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) went viral on the social media platform last week. Facebook was widely criticized for refusing to take down the video — even after admitting that it had been doctored to make her look like she was slurring her words or drunk.
What was particularly shocking is that in defending this move, Facebook told the Washington Post, “We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true.”
We … Read the rest
This kind of thing.
SNP Students puts out a Statement (or Declaration or Affirmation or Prose Poem) on Twitter that is full of…no one can tell what.
At SNP students, we have one simple belief. Trans rights are human rights. No ifs, no buts. #TransAlly pic.twitter.com/8qEn1XWtfr
— SNP Students (@SNPStudents) April 17, 2019
Trans rights are human rights.
Ok, fine, but what are we talking about? What are trans rights exactly?
We believe that regardless of someone’s sexuality or gender identity they should be respected.
Ok, fine, but what are we talking about? “Respected” how? Not bullied or persecuted? Well, agreed, of course. Not disagreed with? That’s not “respect” and it’s not a “right.”
… Read the restSNP Students will stand up for
… Read the restMueller’s 10-ish minute statement came after a nearly two-year-long investigation into Russia’s attempted interference in the 2016 election and whether the President, or anyone close to him, had obstructed that probe. Mueller’s words on the charge of collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign largely comported with the 400+ page report released by the special counsel’s office this spring, making clear that there was “insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy.”
But it was Mueller’s words on the possibility that Trump had sought to obstruct the investigation where Mueller clearly wanted to leave his mark. He emphasized two things of real importance — both of which, with a bit of reading between the lines,
To the surprise of no one, Steve Bannon says Trump is a crook. You don’t say.
The former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described the Trump Organization as a criminal entity and predicted that investigations into the president’s finances will lead to his political downfall, when he is revealed to be “not the billionaire he said he was, just another scumbag”.
Well the two are not mutually exclusive. He would still be a scumbag even if he were a billionaire.
… Read the restThe startling remarks are contained in Siege: Trump Under Fire, the author Michael Wolff’s forthcoming account of the second year of the Trump administration. The book, published on 4 June, is a sequel to Fire and Fury: Trump
Boris Johnson has been summoned to court to face accusations of misconduct in public office over claims that he lied by saying Britain gave £350m a week to the European Union.
This stems from a crowdfunded private prosecution.
Johnson lied and engaged in criminal conduct when he repeatedly claimed during the 2016 EU referendum campaign that the UK handed over the sum to Brussels, Westminster magistrates court was told last week by lawyers for a 29-year-old campaigner who has launched the prosecution bid.
The judge in the magistrates court has ruled that there’s enough to go to trial. There will be further hearings before a trial. By the time it goes to trial BoJo could be … Read the rest
Trump’s tweet about hur hur Kim Jong Un agrees with him about how dumm Joe Bidan Biden is hur hur (and he’s not worried about those little weapons) was bad enough, but he repeated it in a press conference with Abe. Yes that’s what I said, he repeated it in a press conference with Abe.
… Read the restHis latest comments — which came over Memorial Day weekend — departed from precedent that presidents leave domestic political tiffs at home while traveling abroad and were condemned even by members of Trump’s own party along with Biden’s fellow Democrats.
Trump’s Biden barbs were coupled with a downplaying of North Korea’s recent missile tests, which broke with concerns expressed by his national security adviser
Not actually new; just tweaking the date.
Time for a new one.
An item or two I want to look into further.
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1064565119101865989
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1064556378054905856
We have never in American history seen an administration with such contempt for the Constitution, from Trump's launch with blatant violations like emoluments & the first Muslim Ban, to this continuing assault on @acosta & @cnn — and so the First Amendment. https://t.co/7TNdfpVirH
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) November 19, 2018
Okay four. We live in interesting times.… Read the rest
Ladies-only public pool in London made fully accessible to trans women. A GOOD MOVE. https://t.co/4HHkALmsrV
— Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) May 28, 2019
A GOOD MOVE, shouts Peter Tatchell about a move that takes a women-only pool away from women, because Peter Tatchell doesn’t think women should have any right to get away from men in public places.
https://twitter.com/Docstockk/status/1133419636819714048
… Read the restPeter, this is so sad. Do you not see that women's rights to protection on the basis of their sex is important? You have been a campaigner all your life, you live for it & are respected for how you devote yourself to it. You have not & can NEVER lived the fenced life of a woman.
— AquatintDeliberatelyDefiantandDistasteful (@Aquatint) May 28,
Huh. Jon Ronson’s squalid betrayal of Graham Linehan to the trans army yesterday wasn’t his first rodeo.
In case you were in any doubt about Jon ronson here he is yucking it up with transphobes underneath the women's march defending inclusivity pic.twitter.com/YUjXZgRis9
— Ewan (@jelly_pack) January 21, 2019
“yucking it up with transphobes”=joking with Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman. How very dare he. He must have told “@jelly_pack” to fuck off, right?
Uh – I am not transphobic and the only stuff I have ever written about trans people has been extremely positive, like this: https://t.co/MhpThlbX2G
— jon ronson (@jonronson) January 21, 2019
Hadley who? Never heard of her.
Another Twitter cop wasn’t going to let him get away with it … Read the rest
Brief philosophy.
https://twitter.com/rachelvmckinnon/status/1132976462800121856
Remember, McKinnon teaches philosophy.
What does the poster communicate? “A person of a type claimed to be a potential threat was here at this toilet and nothing bad happened.” What does McKinnon want us to think it communicates? “A person of a type claimed to be a potential threat was here at this toilet and nothing bad happened, therefore nothing bad ever will happen when any person of that type is at any toilet anywhere.” I think that makes the problem reasonably clear? You can’t get from “this one incident involving one person at one place” to “all incidents involving all similar people at all places.”
It’s the so far so good fallacy – no that’s not … Read the rest
