Bringing people together, minus women
From the Department of Easy For Him to Say:
Keir Starmer has pledged to end the Tory culture wars if he becomes prime minister. In an exclusive interview, the Labour leader told HuffPost UK that people are “exhausted” by the political battles over issues such as trans rights. And he said he wanted to focus on “bringing people together” rather than creating further division.
Man blows off women’s rights as “culture war” and thinks that will “bring people together.” Is it 1968 again? Are men of the left really still sneering at pesky women and our pesky insistence on our pesky rights?
Starmer has been criticised in the past for shifting his own position on transgender rights. However, the Labour leader said his government would look to bring an end to those controversies on day one.
He said: “I think people are exhausted by culture wars. My clear view is that the vast majority of the public in general in the UK are reasonable, tolerant people. Live and let live is a very British thing, and what culture wars do is force people into taking sides that they’re not instinctively inclined to do. And it’s exhausting because you’re constantly having a battle about this and a battle about that.”
Defending women’s rights is not unreasonable, nor is it intolerant. We are allowed to have rights, and we are allowed to defend them. Keir Starmer does not get to throw them away while telling us to give up. We didn’t ask for this “battle” but we’re not going to submit just because Starmer says “live and let live.” Easy for him; his rights are not being stomped into the mud.
He adds:
“That’s why I’ve said that politics needs to tread more lightly on people’s lives.”
Well. Some people’s lives, he means. Not women’s, of course. Go right ahead and tread on those, as hard as you can. Thanks, maaaaaate.
Imagine blowing off any other victims because it “creates division.” Imagine looking the other way at, say, the Nazi s’ annexation of Germany’s neighbours, and then the death camps, because talk of such things “creates division.” That was a not uncommon sentiment among some people. Thankfully most politicians in charge could see that some wars actually have to be fought in order to be justly ended. Keir Starmer is a Neville Chamberlain figure.
FTFY Keir.
How does he think he’s going to do this? Are women going to stop defending their rights? No. Are transactivists going to stop making unreasonable demands? No. He’s either going to impose some sort of settlement, or he’s going to ignore the issue and try to move on by yelling “SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!” at anyone who tries to bring the subject up.
If there were justice and sanity, he would confirm and defend women’s rights, and tell genderists to take a hike, but given his record, he’s more likely to do the opposite.
Quite. He’s ready to appease the
Nazisgenderists by selling outCzechoslovakiawomen. Are you so sure you’re on the “right side of history” Mr. Starmer? You might want to get yourself on the right side of reality first. You could try some basic texts on human anatomy for starters, or you could maybe have a talk with your mum about the facts of life.You do realize that the trannies are saying the exact same thing… “Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!” is probably the smart move.
I’ve never understood why division is a bad thing.
“Divisive”, I believe, is a term used by politicians and political operatives as a rallying cry to get their team in the tent.
It’s this horrendous division that gives us war and peace, as well as Country n Western and RocknRoll, painting and sculpture, sports teams we love and those we despise.
Imagine a stadium filled with the supporters of just one team, a rock concert crammed with Opera lovers, or a Trump rally with an intelligent audience.
Viva la difference!! and long live the difference.
But but but whatabout?!