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Could not believe this one. Even the Times comments section (normally quite sensible really) were blithering on about him being brave and living his truth. Eh? It's quite obvious he was drunk driving and has compromising photos knocking around, not to mention years of corruption and sleaze behind him, and some panicking Tory whip has suggested he acquire some trans armour. Being "upset and/or traumatized by one's gender identity" covers all manner of sins, apparently. I feel for his wife and daughters.

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Yep, grifters are attracted to the trans card for how it prevents people from challenging them or even investigating them. If you do, you're "transphobic" and can be shut down on that basis alone.

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None of the people publicly congratulating the 'courageous' MP have wished his wife and daughters well. Their existence is ignored. He has readily admitted to sex with men and to being blackmailed as a result. Of course that is awful, and the rape too. But not a single word of apology to his family for what he has put/is putting them through.

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Once you are accepted into The Church of Transgender, you are absolved of all your sins.

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Mar 31, 2022Liked by ripx4nutmeg

Rip, you are a bloody marvel. I live in hope of a journalist doing a job even half as good as you.

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I wish Julia Hartley-Brewer (with whom I generally agree on THIS topic) would stop with the dewy eyed nonsense over 'true trans' people. Gender dysphoria is not the holy grail - it's a hotch-potch of symptoms that rely upon societally imposed gender stereotypes, and in some cases are the result of entirely different problems (such as trauma or abuse). It's also really easy for a male paraphilic cross dresser to fake.

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uses the word 'trans' to describe himself because he can't spell the word 'charlatan'

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Mar 31, 2022Liked by ripx4nutmeg

I understand there's bugger-all point in asking logic-based questions about gender ideology (or unicorns) but anyway here goes;

If he's claiming he's got gender dysphoria, why is he also saying he "wants to be trans?"

How is "trans" the treatment for a mental condition like dysphoria?

By being "trans" does he mean 'remaining exactly the same' but getting supportive tweets from idiots and getting to use the women's toilets?

Is he not even slightly embarrassed about being a pimp? Or has his (gendered) soul been saved by the Church Of Tolerance and Inclusivity?

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If 'coming out' as trans is considered 'brave and courageous', perhaps we need new words to describe the unarmed Ukrainian civilians who blocked the progress of Russian tanks.

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Hes completely unfit for this highly paid role and for once im with Jess Phillips. Im so disappointed that JHB said how brave this entitled grifter is and if hes married why is he bumming men?

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"But this never happens!!"

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What is it about trans identifying males & prostitution?

They seem to go together like lies and The Johnson.

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He's not even a MIFAWOW (man in female attire with or without surgery), what is he? Is he the first trans-trans-women! Doctor, I feel like I should have been born as a trans woman.

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Mar 31, 2022Liked by ripx4nutmeg

I knew Nutmeg would excoriate the chancer 😂

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What? Using trans as a distraction? I was told that never happens.

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He truly is the People's Pimp, the Pimp of People Hearts, and it seems to me he lived his life like a candle fleeing the scene of a car crash.

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