Lisa Shimmin

Harm Minimisation Practitioner based in Dorset. Annoyingly opinionated. Mum of two. Views are my own.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

7) to help.
Bournemouth University need to reflect on the message this platforming sends. We need intelligent, compassionate, and evidence-led solutions to drug use that focus on public health, education, and harm reduction, not archaic and harmful criminalisation.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

1) Absolutely astonishing to see @bournemouthuni hosting a conference on teen drug use, only to feature our Police and Crime Commissioner, David Sidwick, who is actively campaigning to reclassify cannabis as a Class A drug.
This isn't just a difference of opinion,

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

"no apparent correlation between the toughness of a country's approach and the prevalence of adult drug use." In fact, countries that have moved towards decriminalisation, like Portugal, have seen reductions in drug-related deaths and even usage rates.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

6) system, and disproportionately target and criminalise Black children and other minority youth. This perpetuates systemic inequalities, creating lifelong barriers to education, employment, and mental health support for the very young people this conference is supposedly meant

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

5) not just disappointing, it's a betrayal of those academic principles. It legitimises a punitive, failed approach that has devastating real-world consequences.
We know that "tough on drugs" policies don't deter use. What they do is fuel organised crime, overburden our justice

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

4) A university, of all institutions, is supposed to be a bastion of critical thinking, academic rigor, and the pursuit of truth through evidence. Platforming a speaker whose policy proposals fly in the face of established public health and criminology research on drug policy is

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@elonmusk Similarly, in the UK, the only over represented race in child abuse perpetrator stats is White British. But you aren't interested in that, are you?

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@cjchristensen2 @AshleaSimonBF It's just non white kids. Stop being so triggered. White children still exist. Snowflakes honestly.

[Akhi Potter @Akhipotter_]

Far-right Tommy Robinson supporter blames immigrants to why he cannot get a job. However turns that he was convicted for molesting a 7 year old girl.

#UKriots #FarageRiots #England #Breaking #Islamaphobia

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@mrjamesob That's because of the two-tier outrage that the far-right have.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@greedyasapig11 @dorsetpolice Well one of the men pictured here was previously convicted of downloading images. So I'm happy he is off the street. Weird that he was on the 'protect our children' side. 😳😬 https://t.co/vUkZjM1qZf

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

https://t.co/23VCqEiV12

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@Realheadcase1 These people don't care about our community or our children. Just last year a 15 year old local girl was subjected to racial abuse on the bus. "Are you here for the barge?" She was asked. When I highlighted it with the well known anti-barge racists, crickets.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

When I attended the Stand Up to Racism demo in Weymouth, the 'Enough is Enough' thugs snarled, threw rocks at us and told us we are pedo apologists. Now it turns out one of their thugs that got arrested, is a convicted sex offender. Downloading images of children. Gross.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@I_amMukhtar This guy that was arrested in Weymouth is a convicted sex offender. And yes, he was on the "protect our children" side. Gross. Bunch of hypocrites had the gall to call us anti-racists pedo apologists when they have one in their ranks.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@byewig1921 But whhhhhhy are they terrified of they aren't going to incite violence or riot. I don't understand. I'm not terrified, and I'm one gobby bitch. I just don't threaten people or make up lies so others harm them. It's quite easy.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

If you want to see how racism works, take a look at @StanCollymore account. As a victim you have two choices. Shut up and put up. Or challenge it and receive even more racism. I can't begin to imagine what this feels like.

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

This app is disgusting. Not sure why I'm still on it. Morbid curiousity? Because I like arguing with fascists? Horrible.

[Sean Biggerstaff @Seanchuckle]

I reported this and @X just told me it doesn't break any rules:

[Lisa Shimmin @lisashimmin84]

@LozzaFox Have you tried not inciting violence and lying about minorities?