Kevin Scally

“Either the communication system is controlled or it is free…it must be free or there is no democracy. There can be no argument on this point.”

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth...without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, SEX, language, religion, political or other opinion..."

In 1948 sex and gender meant the same thing. They still do.

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@MsMelChen I remember her phoney posturing at the time. The last flutter of Empire from the goddess of middlemen and wheeler dealers. A solid legacy in the COVID medical supply scams.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Amnesty is no longer the organisation that defended all who were persecuted for their freedom of speech. It has become a self-appointed, vainglorious policeman of wrongthink. It tweets out ideological slogans. It demonises those who disagree with those slogans. It intervened in FWS v Scottish Ministers, on the side of those determined to keep men in women’s prisons and rape crisis centres.

Some of us haven’t forgotten that Amnesty stopped supporting the since-murdered prisoner of conscience Alexei Navalny because they deemed he’d said unacceptable things in the past. They reversed that decision due to public backlash, exactly as they withdrew the recent defamatory report, before I or anyone else had responded to it, because they panicked on seeing the reaction. A cynic might think they changed their minds on both occasions, not on principle, but because they were afraid of losing money.

You cannot be simultaneously an impartial defender of freedom and speech and a wealthy international witch hunter that publicly vilifies and intimidates small campaigning groups with whom you disagree. As for ‘silencing’ Amnesty, I have neither the power nor the desire to do so. I want them to explain as loudly and extensively as possible why they are using their might and formerly lustrous reputation to attack small non-violent campaigning organisations with legally protected beliefs.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I’m often tickled by press articles asserting that I’m furious about things that actually gave me a proper belly laugh. This time, though, knock yourselves out. Amnesty’s attack on Beira’s Place has left me burning with the kind of fury that mounts with every passing hour.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Another letter to add to @AmnestyUK's overflowing mail box, this one from women-only rape support service, Beira's Place. 1/3

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@TheAkoFiles @USSR2Europe Another way of saying ‘some children don’t have the words’ is: ‘some children haven’t been conditioned by an adult to rattle off meaningless cult jargon’.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

And what do you propose women’s rights should be based on instead of our sex, dear guru? Special lady feels? Spinny skirts and lipstick? Candyfloss coloured souls?

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I was a big supporter of Amnesty when they fought political imprisonment and torture

Now I renounce them entirely

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@WomenReadWomen As long as these logic-challenged and cranky children are kept far from any source of political power, it can be quite entertaining to watch them puzzling about the number of trans angels on the head of a pin.

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@bilgibilgi_1 1. It takes the same amount of time to complete either task. The minimal difference at the end could be accounted for by a number of variables, like running speed, height, balance, natural athleticism.

2. Someone is drinking far too much sugary Coke.

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@nonregemesse Ham sandwich.

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

And another letter, an absolute howitzer from the legends at For Women Scotland

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@paddyjogorman What studies? If you plan to base public policy on some claimed research then references are necessary, including research funding bodies and researchers’ affiliations.

[Kevin Scally @kascal]

@Rjanepifanio @MorEdge_Insight Shatner was just as bad. And he was paid more than the Gorn.

[james fahey @jamesfahey15]

From Brenda Power the Irish Daily Mail. Spot on.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Maybe they’ve decided to belatedly seek legal advice. Unless they’re even more reckless and arrogant than Stonewall, they must surely have anticipated that the organisations they targeted would do so.

[Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser]

My communication today to @AmnestyUK. You can send your views to [email protected]

[MurrayBlackburnMackenzie @mbmpolicy]

We have written today to the Chairs of Amnesty International UK's Section Board and Charitable Trust.

[ViragoWomensWorkshop @ViragoWomen]

It's been brought to our attention that @AmnestyUK have honoured us with a place on their "hate list" alongside other evil entities such as lesbian groups and dv refuges.
We would like to thank everyone who has made this journey possible, and my mum&dad, husband,kids #SoProud

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I was once a major fund-raiser for Amnesty

But in those days it was about preventing torture

Not about sexual identity

I disown them

[The Countess @TheCountessIE]

https://t.co/RKp1JQbdZK

McSharry claims “trans people are not hurting anyone.”

Self ID has enabled men in women’s prisons/refuges/sports, the erasure of sex-based language in policy and law e.g. people with uterus/chest feeders/people with a cervix.

Forced trans ideology in schools against parent’s wishes.

Ireland’s GRA was rushed with little debate & “under the radar.”

A Countess poll showed little support for pure self ID & only 17% agreed with the current law allowing birth certificate changes. Public opinion is more cautious than activists claim.

Gender affirming care isn’t “healthcare.” It’s body modification of healthy tissue (blockers, hormones,surgery) with weak evidence & risk of permanent harm.

Trans people have equality under the law. What they often lack is unrestricted validation of their identity at the expense of other people’s rights, especially women & children.

No one has the “right” to rewrite biological reality or compel others to ignore sex.

Sex is binary & immutable. Safeguarding must be protected.