Ernie

Man. PT writer / author / ex SoA member. Boggled at what gender ideology has done to publishing. Men and women are different and you all know how.

[Rachel Rooney @RooneyRachel]

Along with his wife Robin, David Stevens was one of my chief hounders. They both fundraised for Mermaids.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@PeterTatchell Trans adults are not the same as other adults. They're different but equally valid. Two types of adults: One based on age & the other on maturity identity.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@Ferocactusemory @dilanesper Exactly. Some men want the word 'woman' — that's the crux of what this is about. And the ease with which others are prepared to give them that and dismiss the concerns of those who recognise the dreadful consequences remains deeply concerning.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@dilanesper You are unable to define the words 'trans' and 'woman' consistent with the statement 'trans women are women'. Nobody can. That should tell you something, but you have to be prepared to see it.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@dilanesper You're wrong. Pairs of words representing mutually-exclusive binaries cannot change their meaning because the line between them is fixed and immutable. Odd cannot ever mean even; dead cannot sometimes mean alive; on cannot occasionally mean off.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@AdoraZephyr Will you be serving coffee that you claim is tea?

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@KirstiMiller30 There are two systems of mammalian reproduction. Binary means two. 'Traits' themselves, however you wish to measure them, are on a spectrum. Sex itself by definition is not.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@newt_kiters "Embrace diversity but don't embrace diversity of opinion because that's vile"

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

Here's an example of transphobia in your own city — trans women being excluded from women-only gym. Why is the muslim woman quoted permitted her 'emotional safety'? What will you be doing to tackle it? https://t.co/RVKn4QpC6b

[Carla Denyer @carla_denyer]

Great to be at the Trans+ Solidarity Alliance event in Parliament today and to speak to so many amazing folk who took the trouble to come down and meet their MPs.

I will never stop fighting for the rights of my trans siblings and the whole LGBTQ+ community.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@SamanthaNiblet4 @JournalistJill "Having 'knows what 2 + 2 is' in your bio does somewhat suggest you're stuck in your ways"

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@SVPhillimore They can never explain why this definition 'reduces people to their gametes' but never to their agegroup or their species ....

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@JoeMurphyLondon The definition of 'man' is not based on feeling, sincere or otherwise.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@charlesmurray If the initial request had been 'cut us some slack' (e.g. pronouns) we may now be in a different place. But instead it was 'we are literally women; you must agree in all depts' (sport, prison, loos), and many women are (rightly imo) now refusing any slack at all.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ It's unsustainable for these words to have dual meanings which are mostly but not fully overlapping. Journalism and medicine, to give just two examples, rely on precise words being used and understood. Something will have to give.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ So the words male/female refer to sex and sometimes gender, but the words man/woman only refer to gender?

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ So is your position that a 'female human' is a 'female' - ie that the word 'female' serves as both adjective to denote sex and a noun to denote a person of that sex?

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ Do you believe we need two words for the two types of reproductive systems found in all humans? If so, what should those words be, and what words should be given to adults with those reproductive systems?

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ No, but words representing binaries cannot and have not, because there is a distinct line between them. E.g. on/off, dead/alive, odd/even - they are mutually-exclusive and cannot change.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@Anne_on_gd Such a profoundly stupid argument, isn't it. Like saying adulthood is 'reduced' to age or comedy is 'reduced' to humour. I suppose it's hardly surprising coming from people who don't understand how words work.

[Ernie @ProblyNoThanks]

@brookelynn74 @CharlieWalsham_ Words are defined, not people. And the words 'man' and 'woman' refer to adult humans' reproductive systems. Nobody is limited by these words, because *other words are available* to describe us all — in your case 'writer' and 'mum' being just two.