Speaking of people speaking of “vermin”…
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The V word
Nov 16th, 2023 9:30 am | By Ophelia BensonTrump is calling us vermin now.
Vermin.
At a campaign event Saturday in New Hampshire, Mr. Trump vowed to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.” He then said his political opposition was the most pressing and pernicious threat facing America.
Vermin.
His daddy was a slumlord, so he knows damn well what vermin are.
He’s telling us “Yeah I’m a Nazi and you can’t stop me.”
Of course one of his spokies denied it.
… Read the rest“Those who try to make that ridiculous assertion are clearly snowflakes grasping for anything because they are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” a campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, said,
Assertion to the rescue
Nov 16th, 2023 9:11 am | By Ophelia BensonIs that right?
Trans women are not men https://t.co/bw0P4Mmjvn
— Anne Fausto-Sterling (@Fausto_Sterling) November 16, 2023
What are they then? Stallions? Bulls? Bucks? Roosters? Rams?
If trans women are not men then what does the “trans” in “trans women” mean?… Read the rest
But that will not make it so
Nov 16th, 2023 5:59 am | By Ophelia BensonOh golly Jolyon slipped up. Psssst dude you’re not supposed to admit that people can’t change what they are just by saying so, except in the case of purely social or cultural or legal types of “what they are.” As in, profession or political leaning or music preferences, yes; species or age or sex, no. You’re not supposed to admit that a law can’t make you literally the sex you are not.
Yes, Maugham, just like how Parliament decided that a piece of paper makes a man a woman.
I’m glad you get it now. pic.twitter.com/vLsoPvDn8y
— 🦖Leonora Christina 🦕 (@JammersMinde) November 16, 2023
Psychological torture by cop
Nov 15th, 2023 4:35 pm | By Ophelia BensonPolice harassment continues:
Northumbria Update!!!!
The officer who unlawfully questioned our client for saying ‘transwomen are men’ turned up at her house overnight to post a handwritten envelope. The enclosed letter contained no apology, no acknowledgment of the alarm & distress, but simply stated that…
— WeAreFairCop (@WeAreFairCop) November 15, 2023
The officer who unlawfully questioned our client for saying ‘transwomen are men’ turned up at her house overnight to post a handwritten envelope. The enclosed letter contained no apology, no acknowledgment of the alarm & distress, but simply stated that there would be no further action PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION. The level of inappropriateness is breathtaking. This is stalking. @CCJardineNP @NPNland
… Read the restWe have taken immediate action and sent this directly
The fix was in
Nov 15th, 2023 11:19 am | By Ophelia BensonAnd speaking of that man and the woman who appointed him…
The Endometriosis charity founder who this week decided to engage an AGP as CEO was nominated for a ‘gender award’ in September by none other than the same AGP. pic.twitter.com/CVl0nNwANS
— Overton Window (@cecinestpaspipe) November 15, 2023
He scratches her back, she scratches his.
Women lose.… Read the rest
Huge respect for lies and appropriation
Nov 15th, 2023 11:16 am | By Ophelia BensonLabour MP. Formerly a BBC reporter.
https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw/status/1724740528825110605Charming. Women who question putting a man in charge of an endometriosis charity are bullying, while the man put in charge of an endometriosis charity and the woman who put him there are their victims. Welcome to Backwards World.… Read the rest
Muh muh muh pronouns
Nov 15th, 2023 10:11 am | By Ophelia BensonFollowing the resignation of a member of a Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assembly (NPA) over another member’s unwillingness to use preferred gender-related personal pronouns, the Burlington City Council Monday night approved a resolution to redraft NPA bylaws preventing ‘gender discrimination.’
You mean discrimination against women?
Hahaha of course not, don’t be so silly.
Lee Morrigan is a biological female who identifies as non-binary. Jeff Comstock refuses to use assigned pronouns at the NPA meetings because he considers them an effort to impose an agenda on individuals and society at large.
And, let’s not forget, to burden them with the duty to keep in mind a counter-intuitive use of language, which would mean being hyper-vigilant about everything … Read the rest
Surprisingly stupid
Nov 15th, 2023 8:00 am | By Ophelia BensonKenny Farq is miffed that his staggeringly banal and clueless “let’s you compromise” column is attracting contempt and derision.
I'm astonished, I say astonished, to find that my call for compromise in the trans debate means I'm getting pelters from both sides. I mean, honestly, who could have predicted that?
— Kenny Farquharson (@KennyFarq) November 14, 2023
Who could have predicted that anyone would write such an absurdly clueless column for a serious newspaper?
“Women, accept men as women” isn’t a compromise. It’s literally what we’re fighting back against. pic.twitter.com/dep6cXEeSU
— Sall Grover (@salltweets) November 15, 2023
… Read the restYou are telling women to 'compromise' by unilaterally accepting the demands of men. Have you considered that since you are not the one
Backfired enough yet?
Nov 15th, 2023 7:07 am | By Ophelia BensonEmma Barnett on Woman’s Hour surprises us all by telling Steph Richards and Jodie Hughes (founder of Endometriosis South Coast) some harsh truths.
Starts at 22:15.… Read the rest
Guest post: Surrender is not peace
Nov 15th, 2023 6:26 am | By Ophelia BensonOriginally a comment by tigger_the_wing on Let’s give your rights away.
The result of giving in to the demands of narcissists and sociopaths is never peace. It always leads to another round of demands, and so on and so forth until they have absolutely everything; and then what?
First they came for the lesbians, now they’re coming after women and children simultaneously. It was ‘just’ preferred pronouns, now they’re mandatory wrong-sex (or illogically plural) pronouns if you want to keep your job. It was just “We want to live our lives in peace” and now it’s “You have to let us into ALL women’s spaces, shelters, toilets, sports, changing rooms, jobs, BIGOT”
Surely this bloke isn’t so full … Read the rest
Let’s give your rights away
Nov 15th, 2023 5:00 am | By Ophelia BensonOh how I love it when men say let’s do a compromise on women’s rights.
How the trans row will end in compromise
By comparison, debates about Brexit and Scottish independence are akin to a chorus of Kumbaya at Brownie camp. There is something about the trans issue that brings out the irrational, the visceral, the absolutist.
Ooh I bet I know what that “something” is. I bet it’s the crazy irrational brainless stubborn wacky stupid mindless unthinking daft witless nature of women. Stupid bitches need a big patronizing man to show them how to do a compromise.
… Read the restWe are close to a compromise on the trans issue that will satisfy neither side of a deep divide. In fact each
Centering the centrism
Nov 14th, 2023 4:14 pm | By Ophelia BensonThis is where centrism gets you, especially radical centrism.
I use whatever third person pronouns seem more appropriate to me on a case by case basis, which means sometimes I go along with "preferred pronouns" and sometimes I don't. In this case, "she" happens to make more sense to me than "he," but of course you decide for yourself.
— the radical center (@JLeslieElliott) November 14, 2023
Split the difference, yeah? Call him “she” if you like him or think he’s a centrist or want to annoy some non-centrist pedant who knows what pronouns are. Call him “he” if he veers too far to the left or the right. Either way you’re obviously better than everyone else.… Read the rest
The organisation needed an activist
Nov 14th, 2023 9:37 am | By Ophelia BensonThe new CEO of Endometriosis South Coast issues a “statement” i.e. a tweet.
My statement in regards to media interest in my appointment as CEO of Endometriosis South Coast
Endometriosis South Coast (ESC) are a small local charity with an annual income of around £8000. Our team consists of six trustees and five volunteers, all of whom were assigned…
— Steph Richards: (She/her). (@PompeySteph) November 14, 2023
… Read the restEndometriosis South Coast (ESC) are a small local charity with an annual income of around £8000. Our team consists of six trustees and five volunteers, all of whom were assigned female at birth and myself.
None of us are paid a salary; we do it to improve the lives of those who suffer
Amongst them screaming
Nov 14th, 2023 8:52 am | By Ophelia BensonJulie Bindel on the latest calculated insult to women:
When the announcement was made, by Endometriosis South Coast on Monday, many of us considered it to be a parody. “We are excited to share with you all that we welcome Steph to the team as our new CEO. Supporting to move forward with our missions as a charity – we are all grateful to have Steph on board” read the announcement on X.
You know who can never have endometriosis? Men.
… Read the restSteph Richards is well-known as a trans-activist, often leading the charge of protesters at feminist events, such as one I attended in 2021, in his
Change your definition, sluts
Nov 14th, 2023 7:29 am | By Ophelia BensonTrans “activism” can never get enough punishment of women; it always wants more more more.
Two University of Wyoming sorority alumni have been callously removed as members after more than 50 years by the national organization after supporting a lawsuit to oust the first transgender member.
Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters at University of Wyoming alleged earlier this year that the 6ft2, 260lb trans member would ‘peep at (the other girls) while visibly aroused’
Patsy Levang and Cheryl Tuck-Smith, who had been with Kappa Kappa Gamma for more than 50 years, were expelled after they allegedly fundraised for the lawsuit contesting the sorority’s admission of a transgender woman.
That’ll show those evil bitches.
… Read the restA district court judge found in favor of the sorority
Try being aware of women for once
Nov 13th, 2023 5:04 pm | By Ophelia BensonThis guy is so infuriating.
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1724107499437994305He’s the one who booted Joan Smith from her unpaid role as co-chair of his commission on violence against women and girls, without a word of explanation, and without ever replying to her questions or anyone else’s. It’s disgusting and he’s disgusting. Ungrateful, unfair, cowardly, sneaky, contemptible…and he’s a misogynist.
He turned off replies, but he can’t turn off quote-tweets, which are very angry. He ignores women and slobbers over trans people, and tries to shut us up when we object. He needs a very serious talking-to.… Read the rest
When they present that way
Nov 13th, 2023 9:29 am | By Ophelia BensonWhat does that mean though?
In my view it’s irrelevant whether a man can become a woman or vice versa. What’s relevant is whether individuals tormented by the desire to be the opposite sex are happier when they present that way, and whether or how much the majority of society is willing to accommodate this.
— Ray Blanchard (@BlanchardPhD) November 13, 2023
What does “present that way” mean though?
It can’t mean dress up as the other sex in private, because obviously anybody can do that any time. So what it means is dress up as the other sex in public, i.e. involve other people, including total strangers, in one’s “desire.”
People don’t get to do that. I don’t care … Read the rest
Calendar notes
Nov 13th, 2023 9:13 am | By Ophelia BensonIt’s never not Trans Awareness something – month, day, year, week, century, decade, whatever – they’re all Trans of them.
Enough already. pic.twitter.com/7bwrMmPdoJ
— Fred Sargeant (@FredSargeant) November 13, 2023
No no Fred, it’s never enough, never never NEVER.
… Read the restEach year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face.
Trans Awareness Week takes place the week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence
Section 3 of the 14th amendment
Nov 13th, 2023 8:45 am | By Ophelia BensonConservative lawyer says why Trump is disqualified.
[Michael] Luttig, however, has a plan to stop him. In August he joined with the liberal constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe to publish an article in the Atlantic magazine under the headline “The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again”.
The pair argued that section 3 of the 14th amendment automatically excludes from future office anyone who swears an oath to uphold the constitution and then rebels against it. Irrespective of criminal proceedings or congressional sanctions, they contended, Trump’s efforts to overturn the election are sufficient to bar him for life.
It makes sense. If you, as president, swear an oath to uphold the constitution, and then rebel against it, you’ve pretty … Read the rest