Equalities officer
But it’s the right-on kind of misogyny.
So lets read about this charming young fella. [Updating to say: probably not a fella; see comments.]
An SNP equalities officer has apologised for a series of social media outbursts including one threatening violence against women. In now deleted posts, Cameron Downing, 23, said he wanted to “beat the f[uck] out of some terfs and transphobes”.
The old familiar a man wanted to beat the fuck out of some women.
In another, he claimed: “I f[ucking] hate terfs and transphobes with such a passion they make me want to SCREAM!”
Not Putin, not Nazis, not Trump, not rapists, not femicides, not men who rape and murder women, but women who don’t believe that men are women. Those are the people he singles out for rage and hatred.
Downing has been an equalities officer for the SNP’s London branch since August 2022 and previously worked in the same role in 2021. When confronted about the Twitter posts, he said: “I apologise for these tweets and for any offence caused to the LGBTQ+ community and have long since deleted them.”
Hmm. So if he’d said he wanted to beat the fuck out of some Jews he would apologize for any offence to the LGBTQ community?
Never mind, he wears nail polish, he must be a wonderful person.
Yeah I caught that notpology. In other words, he is not sorry for any harm or offense caused to the feminist community. Which we know anyway, even if he says otherwise under pressure.
Are we sure this is a male human being and not a female human being with gender thetans? I ask because Cameron Downing appeared in a 2017 portrait series by photographer Craig Dowell, dedicated to showcasing “queer masculinity” and of course showcasing many obviously FtM individuals (among other flavors of gender-havers). In the 2017 portrait, Downing wears a pink sweatshirt reading “TRANS” and appears to have breasts. Downing’s Twitter icon shows Downing posing in front of a neon sign that reads “BOYS BOYS BOYS,” which is not probative of anything but is very, very FtM-esque behavior. Also, I’m gonna be That Terf and say that while the face is ambiguous, the total lack of brow ridge is also suggestive.
If Downing is FtM (which I think is likely but not certain), then this is a case of a female person who wants to be male imitating maleness by threatening violence, which is a disturbingly common phenomenon.
The Facebook page that I think is for the correct person, all the information lines up, shows a feminine person using masculine pronouns, who on January 1 started a birthday fundraiser for Edinburgh RapeCrisis, saying “Frankly, I don’t know where I’d be today without the support and guidance Edinburgh RapeCrisis gave to me when I needed it”. I think your hunch is correct in #2.
I know a woman who was sexually assaulted and decided immediately afterward that she was nonbinary and trans. I’d imagine there have been a fair number of such instances, women responding to sexual assault or rape by running away from being female. It’s very sad.
No, now you mention it I’m not a bit sure. I think I hesitated for a second over the photo but then thought the threats must be male.