As @PatrickStrud has blocked me on here (we've never, to my knowledge, interacted on Twitter or anywhere else) I can't challenge him directly about the claim he published in iNews (see below) that a Let Women Speak event in Australia 'staged a mass Nazi salute'. This is a lie so brazen, so easily disprovable and so libellous, I'm amazed it was allowed into print by a supposedly reputable news source.
For years now, women and gay people concerned about the erosion of their rights, the dismantling of safeguarding and the escalating threats and violence of trans activists have been called 'fascists' and 'Nazis' by people like Strudwick for holding what, until five minutes ago, were solidly left-wing/feminist political positions.
Nobody but useful idiots can be genuinely surprised that REAL fascists have spotted a glorious opportunity in trans activism. The homophobic, anti-feminist far-right has long held that the left is degenerate, foolish, immoral and authoritarian, and now they can point to the incoherent arguments of the gender ideologues, the bullying tactics of the no-platformers and the swarms of masked men threatening violence against women for wanting to retain single-sex spaces, and crow 'we told you so'.
Actual Nazis have turned up on the fringes of Let Women Speak events for exactly the same reason aggressive, narcissistic trans activists are there. These groups closely resemble each other. Both are rife with misogynistic opportunists who're using a clash of rights to push their own agendas, both are there in the hope of violence, and neither gives a damn about the women who're there to speak out in their own voices, about their own lives, on their own behalf. It's high time those peddling lies like Strudwick's are held accountable and I sincerely hope @ThePosieParker takes action.
Compare and contrast.
JK Rowling saves 100 women from death squads.
Nicola Sturgeon let's convicted rapists into women's toilets, changing rooms and prisons.
Whose side are you on?
@Independent TRAs: We're taking over women's services
Women: But we made them
TRAs: If you want women only services, you will have to make your own.
Women: Again? OK, we shall.
TRAs: That's bigotry. How dare you. Nails in coffins etc etc.
Have you simply had it with the patriarchy? Sick of placating the delicate feelings of entitled males? It's time to get organised! Plan your days in style and record those subversive thoughts with the help of a feminist planner.
https://t.co/WYQS0KBmo5
Man: I'm wearing a dress
Women: that's nice, good for you
Man, 30 years later: also, I'm going to switch into girl mode and use all your stuff whenever I feel like it
Women: that's a bit offensive
Man: I can't believe you won't let me wear my dress
Then the rest of the world needs to keep saying her name. #MahsaAmini died aged 22 in police custody because she violated hijab regulations. Solidarity with all Iranians currently protesting.
After a weekend of intimidation and abuse of female protesters in the UK resulting in three arrests, a gay rights icon is beaten to the ground by a mob of gender ideologues in the US. Violence is not a bug, but a feature of this authoritarian movement. ๐งต