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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis This is good too. Tangent in here, but interesting in terms of discussion around mobs etc.

It's ironic because the right-wing shitheel grifters are, more often than not, pro-capitalism and vehemently anti-socialism - so the logical play for any of them who have been no-platformed/ "silenced/censored" from conferences, Youtube, Twitter, Paypal etc. would be for them to set up their own channels. Presumably Breitbart are still going.
Predictably, nearly every single effort they've made has fallen to pieces either through technical ineptitude or one of the grifters running off with the cash (or both).

I'd love to see the right-whingers like Breitbart etc who bang on about "free speech" all the time provide space on their platforms for ISIS to do some of their free speech.

When you’re using the video tags, just use the eleven digit identifier, not the full url.

https://twitter.com/Vanessa_ABee/status/1170752431468306434?s=19

2 quick screen grabs from an nyt article. (I think it's nyt)

A good example of why I grow warier and warier of "the accuser is crazy/unreliable" narratives.

Confirmed: Andy can be arsed with imgur and/or is on laptop.

Cheers.

https://twitter.com/thegenderfairy1/status/1176647051758583808?s=19

"New paper smashes “transantagonistic” theories

“We are experiencing a surge of new and renewed arguments being mobilized in opposition to trans youth care. These arguments aim at bypassing the existing scientific literature”

https://t.co/KDLFIgBgJ6"

I think I'm starting to see the trees in the forest on trans stuff.

Err...

why modern feminist and queer movements embrace intersectionality and oppose trans exclusion is so they can avoid the schisms and infighting that tore apart the earlier movement

I don’t think this is ever really ever feasible in perpetuity because eventually individuals really set aside their commonality when they see their individual ideals threatened. Surely the motivation to act has to come from some individual pain and if that isn’t being soothed the. you get splits?

Even when there are collective agreements or ostensible harmonies there are always background frictions and agitations.

Haha.

That is entirely a question of framing. Look at the numbers of people accessing the one NHS centre, how fast it is increasing, and ask the question - have we left enough time to assess the consequence? The cautionary remarks by those who left that centre also referred to these numbers - the utterly low number of people who choose not to transition who access the service, which when you consider the age of the children is out of step with all expectation or research. The fear is that children who might just be experiencing growing fangs, or who might simply be gay, are being processed as trans.

Either these stats are right and HOLD up, which will take years to assess (possibly 1 decade), in which case the prior research /theory is demonstrated to be false, or the numbers will swing. Next year it'll be 10, then 30, 90, 300, 1000.... And that is just people who respond. How many will make it to answer a survey if they experience regret at losing a sexual organ?

So there you are. If you are a social conservative of sorts, you'll worry. If you think more power to you, you won't. What we can surely all agree on is, this is an important question and what mermaids does in that tweet - associate all criticism with transphobia in an emotionally charged tweet - is I'll advised.

You've ignored my point entirely, I can't be bothered.

Clue: the data you linked to. How long has it been. How long before it can be seen to be reliable.

1-7 year is not long enough, or if it is long enough then elective surgery (even hormone therapy) should be restricted to those who have waited for those 7 years without any changing of their mind, no?

edit: especialy if part of that period is as a child, whatever happened to informed consent??

Got a feeling our man Jeff goldblum about to be metooed.

There's a reporter actively looking for women to come forward. Sounds like she already has the beginnings of a story and is piecing together.

I'm guessing and it's random twitter shit hence I'm not even gonna link to it. I could be wrong.

Don't hold me to it.

As far as marketing campaigns go, I don’t think starting rumours that you’re a sex pest is the right way to go.