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Marion Millar faces homophobic and transphobic charges
Do journalists/headline writers get no training these days? They don’t mean the charges were “homophobic and transphobic” but that’s what they said.
A feminist activist has appeared in court accused of sending homophobic and transphobic tweets.
Marion Millar, 50, allegedly behaved in a threatening or abusive manner between October and June within the Glasgow area and in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire.
Prosecutors state she repeatedly posted content on social media that was of a “homophobic and transphobic nature”.
Bollocks.
Joanna Cherry told the court why she wanted “to continue without a plea”:
“The first is practical. Miss Millar only saw the complaint, with charges from the Crown, 10 minutes prior (to this hearing).”
“The second is that the communication charges are not compatible with guidelines, so it’s not appropriate to plead with.
“The third is it raised serious questions about Miss Millar’s European human rights.”
We have a human right to say that men are not women and that we have the right to say so.
The way Marion Millar has been hounded is really, really shocking.
Since there are excellent arguments that gender identity doctrine stigmatizes same-sex attraction and cuts off our ability to explore different lines of treatment for the gender distressed, I think the headline is accurate. Marion Miller IS facing homophobic and transphobic charges.
Oh yes, so do I, but we all know the BBC doesn’t think that, or at least that it pretends not to.
Richard – isn’t it though? I cannot get used to it. I don’t understand what is possessing so many people.
More generally, is Thought Crime now something punished by the legal system? Is it CRIMINAL now to be homophobic, racist, classist? We may all agree these are bad modes of thought, but are they crimes? It reminds me of Hitchens’ “Celestial North Korea” in which the Gods of Wokedom now monitor every word, every thought. That is even more disturbing than this awful individual case.
Well, no, because this is still about public statements as opposed to internal states of mind.
It’s also likely that this is targeting more than just Marion Millar. People who see her hounded might hesitate to speak up. The old SLAPPs technique.
True. But pretty soon any word or expression can be turned against one. There is a degree of purity demanded of everyone these days that is a bit frightening. I read that a person lost their job because in elementary school they were considered a “bully”
Yes, it’s very clearly meant to terrorize – but of course it’s also enraging, so it may turn out to be not so good for The Cause as they hoped.
@Brian M:
I read the same thing, or similar, for the man in question lost his job after writing a story or column where he confessed (not, I think, bragged) that he had bullied some children back when he was in elementary school. It wasn’t even a matter of being exposed.
Marion Miller is being framed as a bully. She bullied people on Facebook, she bullied her way into that bar, she and other TERFS “got what they wanted, to provoke and disturb other people and get in the news with their brand of indignant hatred.” Once the label of “bully” is applied, the matter is settled. We know who’s the Bad Guy.
I suspect a combination of anti-bullying campaigns, Donald Trump, and hypersensitivity has lead to a lack of discernment by far too many people. As you say, it’s a desire for purity, and it’s combined with black and white thinking.
Marion is an outspoken, working class Glaswegian woman. I suspect there’s an element of class bullying and snobbery on top of everything else.
Which, I meant to add, makes it all the more enraging. Especially for me, being common as muck.