They compiled a dossier
More on the Newcastle United craziness:
A female football fan was banned from matches over social media posts that were deemed transphobic after a “Stasi” spying investigation by the Premier League.
A special unit set up to root out racism in the game was used to comb through comments made by Linzi Smith, a gender-critical Newcastle United supporter, even though the posts had nothing to do with football.
And even though knowing that men are not women is not racism.
Ms Smith, who is gay and promotes lesbian, gay and bisexual rights and women’s rights, was put under investigation by the police, the Premier League and Newcastle United after expressing strong views on trans ideology on her personal account on X, formerly Twitter.
“Strong views” on the fact that men are not women. What kind of strength are we talking about here?
The 34-year-old was shocked to discover that the Premier League had compiled a dossier detailing where she lives, works and where she walked her dog. The 11-page “target profile”, marked confidential, included data on “associated aliases” and “vulnerabilities”.
How is any of this any of their business????
She was interviewed under caution by police after the dossier was handed to officers by Newcastle United. Officers took just two hours to inform her that she had not committed any crime, but the club, which had spent four months looking into her background, revoked her membership and banned her from games until 2026.
Because the club dislikes the fact that she knows men can’t become women.
It’s as if everyone had to submit a thousand-item questionnaire before attending a play or a concert or a movie. What next, a questionnaire and 6 hour interview before you can buy a quart of milk?
The Premier League had trawled through her social media posts to find her date of birth, where she lives, the area where she works, and discover that “they do appear to walk their dog by [XXXX] Church which is just off [the street where she lives].”
The intelligence was accompanied by a picture Ms Smith had posted on social media of her dog, Chester, which has since died, being walked near the church, and two screenshots of the church and its environs from Google Street View.
Who needs Big Brother when we’ve got Big Football?
Completely untroubled that their ownership ties directly to those who ordered the murder and butchery of Khashoggi. Not for nothing have supporters of other clubs started calling them the Bonesaws.
Did the Premier League ask Smith for her pronouns? If not, they could well be committing the sin of misgendering. They may have to ban themselves for transphobia.
Ah no, pronoun crime becomes pronoun virtue when it’s an evil woman they’re tormenting.
In an amusing plot twist, the woman who oversaw the Premier League’s surveillance operation is the woman who provided the karaoke machine for one of Boris Johnson’s lockdown parties, and was fined £50 for her breach of covid regulations. Her name is Helen Macnamara. The London ‘TImes’ published a lengthy piece about her today, though sadly the snooping story hadn’t broken when they interviewed her.
This goes beyond snooping and into stalking. It’s the way legitimate authorities deal with suspected terrorists or people who have written about shooting up a school or murdering their ex. It would be no great leap for someone to use both the specific information and implied encouragement to retaliate against the dangerous, dangerous woman.
I have no idea how the Reasonable Trans Ally steeped in Humanism sees this sort of thing. Is it “well, every movement has its lunatic fringe” or “yes, there are consequences for attacking vulnerable minorities?” Or both, depending?