A general one from @humzayousaf & one from @liamkerrmsp which covers many of the topics women feared might result in prosecution - thank you!
Back in the mists of time, we suggested that the proposed Scottish Hate Crime bill might be used as a stick to beat women who wanted to discuss the GRA, sex-based rights, & welfare of gender confused children.
We were told we were being silly: no one would do that.
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A general one from @humzayousaf & one from @liamkerrmsp which covers many of the topics women feared might result in prosecution - thank you!
She's also furious a Labour MSP has the temerity to suggest that advocating for women's rights should not carry penal sanction.
Thank you @RhodaGrant for this amendment
And Tristan is really hitting his stride now...
No one suggested removing transphobia from hate crime, they are merely saying that it is not covered by women arguing that sex exists &we have rights, and that we shouldn't be punished for belief in science. Tristan clearly wanted to use this to persecute women.
He also thinks the amendments now legalise hate crime.
Not sure reading & comp are a strong suit!
Hate crime "doesn't protect" them. Well, it really doesn't protect women, but Engender's guest "feminist" thinker isn't really stopping to think about us...
She was also hoping to use the stirring up offence to prosecute Joanna.
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Don't be like Gregor.
Saying women might be able to talk about rights = "bowing to terfs".
"Horrifying"
Apparently this means "transphobia is permitted". It's pronouns (again).
This is the monster this bill has fed, and all MSPs should be very wary.
They want a new blasphemy law. At least the old one wasn't used!
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People have seemingly confused our amendment with Liam Kerr's amendment on Freedom of Expression clause in relation to Transgender Identity. For avoidance of doubt his amendment is not one Govt will be supporting
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) January 27, 2021
I believe our FoE clauses (all four of them) strike right balance
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No matter how this trial plays out, the US will remain divided between those who choose truth, Democracy, and rule of law and the millions who reject these things.
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Wouldn't he just use this to repeat his Big Lie and have GOP echo him?
— Thel Marquez (@theljava) January 31, 2021
The question is how to move forward.
My mantra is that there are no magic bullets and these people will always be with us.
Except for state legislatures, they have less power now than they have for a while.
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The only real and lasting solutions are political ones. Get Democrats into local offices. Get people who want democracy to survive to the polls at every election, at every level.
It’s a constant battle.
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Maybe I should tell you all about Thurgood Marshall’s life to illustrate how hard the task is and how there will be backlash after each step of progress.
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Precisely. That's why Thurgood Marshall's life came to mind.
We are still riding the backlash that started after the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
That's why I keep saying there are no easy
Yep. My relatives continue to support Trump and make false equivalencies as justification. I\u2019ve found it impossible to present factual information that changes minds. Trump\u2019s emotional appeal registers with them: that things were better before civil rights advances.
— Martha Brockenbrough INTO THE BLOODRED WOODS (@mbrockenbrough) January 31, 2021
New out 🤯 A review which says lots about the academic context in which it was written - with its embedded behaviorist fixations on just implementing *better* - with complete disregard for the unintended consequences of treating "agency" as a dirty word
In all #becausehuman fields, we see justifiable professional kick-back at reductionist agendas driven by a focus on #obesity & nonsensical CMO guidance of 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day for healthy growth and development
If we're going to "Bring the Early Years Expert out of the Shadows" we might start by linking #ECSDNConference2021 practitioners with @greg_dryer / @meaningfulPE in critique of the nonsensical CMO "60 minute" guidelines. PLEASE review @fhcappg session \U0001f447https://t.co/CFC61gNrsG https://t.co/I2mO6BwcZ0 pic.twitter.com/KFC65fSKco
— Greg Spencer (@SingleBlade1) January 22, 2021
What's fundamentally missing is not just a respect for complexity. It's respect for Homo-Narrans - for the ordinary, everyday story-telling folk all around us whose aspirations & dispositions provide the context in which we find meaning, purpose & value
We don't need spurious arguments against initiatives... but let's consider ethics & unintended consequences - on which, see @snowded (especially around epistemic justice) #becausehuman
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