The Looking Glass

News and analysis on covid and more with a New Zealand focus.

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@ResistanceKiwi they have a death wish

[Paul Litterick @fundypost]

203 comments were made; RNZ deleted all but 21. Only two permitted comments were critical. Then RNZ closed comments.

Our national broadcaster manipulates responses to its news.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

There's no difference between those who hushed up paedophile priests to protect the church and those trying to make it unsayable that some trans-identified men are sex offenders. Both prize an ideology more highly than acknowledging risk and preventing harm to women and children.

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@Geopolitics_Emp theosophy = lucerfarian? Ridiculous.

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@mikejbain it's actually the opposite of racism

[Paul Litterick @fundypost]

It all falls down.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Most of Scotland is upset and offended by Yousaf’s bumbling incompetence and illiberal authoritarianism, but we aren’t lobbying to have him locked up for it.

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@TheZeitgeistNZ @1NewsNZ they should never have even been considered, they are an abomination and can never be justified

[Hermit Kingdom @kingdom_hermit]

@SpiderCatNZ @ProfAnanish demolished Baker's claim as "inaccurate and meaningless". It's telling that even after the estimate was revealed as "deeply problematic" Baker still feels free to reference it today.
https://t.co/SbmG7raKtQ

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@yourownresearch @hakanzjp2 @Mark47723848 @BrutalNz @Filhab3 yep, that's right, women made up all these violent threats: https://t.co/L6H2t9gF4z oh, and all these violent sex crimes and sports victories too: https://t.co/stlBn0XzVo

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

'Our daughters stayed quiet because they are afraid. We tried to speak up for them, and we were shut down... name-calling and the threat of mental health is being used as emotional blackmail to keep us all quiet while women are harmed and devalued.'
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights

[Jan Rivers @swannieriv]

Will @rnz_news republish the latest news that @jk_rowling has effectively check-mated Scotland's new hate speech legislation. https://t.co/12maDsCcSU

[Ro Edge @rosey_nz]

I sometimes wonder what it'll take for sporting & political leaders to stop this utter nonsense.

Young females are not only losing out & being injured in sports, but forced to share changing rooms & overnight accommodation with perverted males like this 👇.

Enough already!!!

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@RachaelWongAus https://t.co/mr4eEFG6Jk

[Rachael Wong @RachaelWongAus]

🙅🏼‍♀️ Imagine having to raise half a million dollars to defend against a human rights claim simply for knowing men can’t be women?

Sall Grover doesn’t have to imagine. This is her life since refusing to allow Roxy Tickle, a man who identifies as a woman, to use her female-only networking app, Giggle.

🗓️ NEXT WEEK, Tickle v Giggle, one of the most critical cases for women’s rights Australia has seen, will be heard in the Federal Court.

Meanwhile, crickets from the Australian mainstream media.

💪 If you haven’t already, please consider supporting @salltweets in this LANDMARK FIGHT to reclaim sex-based rights and protections for women and girls: https://t.co/YC7QkNuWHA

Men - no matter how they identify - do not belong in female-only spaces, services and sports.

#AusPol #IStandWithSallGrover 💗

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@dshensmith @jk_rowling she's pretty fabulous

[Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister) @dshensmith]

Scotland spent 3 years considering the laws on hate crimes before the Bill was introduced in 2020.
4 more years, after being voted into law and police training to deal with complaints, it came into force.
It took @jk_rowling less than 24 hours to demonstrate why it is ludicrous.

Free speech and women’s rights must be protected
Re-post if you agree.
#freespeech

[Talking Risk @JodieBruning]

Council debt - should Taurangas commissioners hold off from LTP sing-offs for 3 months, until the elected council is in place? Important interview for Tauranga residents.

https://t.co/97yIv12B5p

[The Looking Glass @TLGreports]

@damienmgrant Seriously, you could keep better company

[Toby Rogers @uTobian]

This is the weirdest era in human history. By far. Nothing else even comes close. Billionaires trying to kill everyone. Civil society unable to form a coherent thought. Institutions lie in smoldering ruins. Poison handed out like candy. We are Neanderthals with iPhones.