Amazing turnout
This is the place where all the gears grind, isn’t it.
Ok she didn’t see that particular sign. But it’s not just that one sign, now is it. It’s the threatening woman-hating rhetoric of the whole movement, and she can’t claim she’s never seen that. She can’t claim that goes on behind her without her awareness. Why not? Because it doesn’t! It’s out in the open in full view of everyone, and given her job and her trans fandom it’s not possible that no one has ever told her about it.
Why doesn’t it bother her more? If she really does think the sign is inappropriate and offensive, why doesn’t she think the whole trans movement is also inappropriate and offensive?
I’d really like to know. The short answer is cognitive dissonance, but I’d still like the long answer. I’d like to know how she manages it.
The plausible deniability approach. Each instance of violent rhetoric is met with disapproval if it is pointed out, but will never be noticed unless it is pointed out.
Ok, so is Alison Thewliss willing to say, “Trans and Trans Allies, DO NOT attend any rallies or protests carrying signs of guillotines, bats, bullets, blood, or depictions or threats of violence of any kind against those who disagree with us. Those kinds of signs are offensive and inappropriate. You shouldn’t have them, and if you have them, get rid of them. We don’t want any signs like that in our events.”
Are you willing to say that, to prevent photos like the one that raised the issue? Are you willing to police your own?
Trans activist: “But the so-called “threats” our side makes are totes legit because the Trans is SO FUCKING OPPRESSED AND MARGINALIZED, YOU BIGOT! IT’S SELF DEFENCE!! You’re demanding UNILATERAL DISARMAMENT IN THE FACE OF IMMINENT TRANS GENOCIDE!!! SHUT UP!!!!
Feminist: Nobody’s killing you. More women are murdered every week than trans people have been killed in years!
GEEZ, CAN”T YOU PEOPLE TAKE A JOKE? SHUT UP!!!!!