How best to proceed
It never stops.
You couldn’t make it up. A woman is invited to give a lecture, and a man takes to Twitter to wonder how he can “proceed” in this tragic emergency.
Yes, bub, it is indeed a matter of freedom of speech and no-platforming, as well as a matter of sexism and misogyny, a matter of bullying and silencing, a matter of meddling and shutting down.
I wonder how much Christopher Lloyd would like it if he were invited to give a lecture at a university and another academic denounced him on Twitter and mused aloud about how to prevent him from giving that lecture. Would he think that was perfectly all right because he still has “numerous platforms” which he “uses daily”?
Note the unconscious sexism of that bit. He’s repulsed that Kathleen Stock has ways to say things in public and that she uses them, daily. The hussy! How dare she! Why doesn’t she know her place?!
It just never stops.
I read that oddly constructed thread and saw some great responses. I never did find a continuation of the thought after the ellipsis of the second tweet you posted here. Maybe he saw her wasn’t getting the uniform support he expected.
Yes there are many excellent responses.
I particularly liked this response, by Ben:
I feel your pain, brother. I too feel anxious & concerned by women who are clearly smarter & more articulate than me having opinions I can’t rebut. This needs to be made illegal, stat. I, for one, am sick of cooking my own tea while my wife is busy having opinions. Slippery slope
late to the twitting, but currently at least half of the responses seem to be “look at me”/”read my piece”
Apparently this lecture will happen anyway. >> https://mobile.twitter.com/Docstockk/status/1225417156692729857
Keep up the good fight.