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"Could we finally be seeing consequences for these women-hating lunatics?" Oh I do hope so. I'm still not quite sure I am witnessing this utterly bizarre moment in human history

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I am worried about swathes of young men not getting any in real life, and getting it from internet (and now virtual reality) porn. I think violence against women is going to be on the increase. But I am being a pessimist.

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And it's only going to get more bizarre as all the pigeons come home to roost: climate catastrophe, endless war, new and better pandemics [sarcasm]!

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I don't know who called identity politics the left wing of Neoliberalism, but it just nails it. It's a gigantic diversion from actual problems and their actual causes and has just about destroyed the Western Left.

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I loathe identity politics. Putting people into smaller and smaller boxes. 'Stay in your lane'. Reductive and almost totalitarian.

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Not just almost... When you analyze it, you'll find how much it overlaps with classic fascism. No wonder it has a liberal and a right wing. The latter is known as the "Identitarians". I usually refer to both wings as Liberal Identitarian and Right Wing Identitarian.

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The people I have met who buy into identity politics (and I do not include race and sex in that category) don't seem to be at all in touch with traditional left-wing issues or history. What they want is to go to a demonstration, carry a sign they think is clever, and go home to smoke some more marijuana. A lot of them are trust-funders and they certainly don't want to endanger their source of income!

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My trans ex-H had me arrested for "assault" after a scuffle which he initiated at a house which represented all of our joint savings. I had just persuaded him to show me a psychiatrist's report about him. I was about to leave when he realised just how damning the report was (premeditated marriage fraud - I had only glanced at it). So HE attacked ME, and caused minor grazing and real shock (he was not previously violent). The following morning he went to the police wearing a dress and basically forced them to press charges against me. I was a novice to DARVO and manipulation then. I crumbled and admitted assault. I learned later that my police record says that I am a victim. And I now have a completely clear DBS record, and was employed as a Covid vaccinator, so the NHS thinks that I am a responsible and trustworthy person. HE DID NOT WIN!

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I am very happy to hear that this horrible situation is over for you and that you didn't let it break you. You seem to be off to a new start and that is very, very good to hear.

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So many stories like this from former wives of these AGPs. So dangerous.

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I fear for the future too !

So much anger and frustration, hatred spewing from their diatribes !

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😊👏

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Paisley is a menace who needs arresting.

I am furious. I am sure many are.

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Somebody is really reaching to find anything illegal on Ceri's Twitter feed. I hope that the actions by the police in this case, and the prosecution service in Marion's, means that the decision-makers realise that not only the complaints themselves, but the law as it stands, is unsustainable. The cases against Paisley, Spear et al should be very easy to win, if anyone wants to take them on.

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Truth be told, it sounds like about time to seek criminal charges against police and prosecution officers in these cases as well. It IS police harassment, it IS a violation of very basic human and civil rights to be dragged into court for what police themselves call "non crime" incidents. They are abusing their police and prosecutorial discretion and power to harm people who obviously committed no crime. It is intimidation and nothing else. And I have a hard time thinking that it is legal for British officials to abuse their offices to intimidate perfectly legal political activism.

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I have a little sympathy with police and prosecutors - most of the people at the bottom don't buy into the TRA rubbish, but they are given their priorities by the captured management,and they are backed up by the law as written. Ceri, Marion, and Graham's latest "invitation" give me hope that there is a quiet revolution going on in police forces and prosecutors offices around the country. Seeing the wokey managers in the dock would give me a warm glow, though.

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Why wouldn't you seek criminal charges against Paisley himself?

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One thing does not rule out the other... But I think the greater problem is not a weirdo calling the police for nothing but the police and prosecution actually acting on these complaints.

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And it's been a bit woolly about reserving the right to continue a case or cases against these women, which feels unreasonable and threatening in its vagueness. It's hanging over you; a possible indeterminate sentence for who-knows-what. Being on notice that at any moment the glitter police might swoop in on any of us. Those cases were/are not in the public interest. Unless these lose spectacularly and show the house of cards for what it is which appears to be why they eventually stopped the ribbon one. Or unless someone somewhere is redefining who counts enough as 'the public' and therefore in whose 'interest'.

On the other hand, taking some cases forward over these apparently malicious or vexatious claimants trying this on would absolutely be in the public interest. Not many have the thick end of tens of thousands in spare change willing to take them on though. Maybe the Hacked Off lot would help with how to go about it? That's taken years to get to just this point.

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Glitter police is a great phrase. "The glitter police, blinded by the rainbow..."

It should go on something. Can i steal it please?

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Of course Ceri, with my love :-)

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At best he could be described as a vexatious litigant.

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For a man in the public eye, that would be quite embarrassing. It might make him think twice before picking up the phone again.

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We are all living in Animal Farm now that the Police investigate and arrest people for "non crime" activities, relating to whether something posted on Twitter might imply expressing "hate". Wasn't the whole concept of "hate crime" devp in legislation about 20-30 years ago to protect homosexuals from being attacked by heteros?

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Would it be better to bring any complaints via UK law rather than Scots/N I as they seem to be so thoroughly captured & are making shit up as they go along?

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Getting the right jurisdiction/forum is going to be complicated. It's based on a lot of different factors, including residence/location of the two parties etc. I don't know what the ultimate answer will be, but there will almost certainly be lawyers with more knowledge of how to take things forward. It will tend to slow proceedings down, though, because there will have to be preliminary hearings about what can be heard where. This will make it more expensive, and increase the risk of losing.

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I imagine the whole making shit up as they go along would be be useful for the litigant . It doesnt strike me as being difficult to prove in court , Scottish or otherwise . I would dearly love to see Parsley face Marion in court though like everybody here.

If Marion Miller is reading this , quick observation re my above whitterings ; you have done more than enough in the fight and have nothing to prove . Sometimes strong support can seem like a huge weight of other peoples expectations .

Hopefully you'll be rested now before you make the decision about what to do next re Mr Parsley. Whatever the decison is it'll be the right one for you and no one else . As I say this is an observation and hope it doesnt sound like advice or mansplaining .

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I'd be delighted to donate to a crowdfunder if Ceri or anyone else takes action against these litigious bastards.

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I had a case years ago where my attorney took the case on contingency. We won, but prior to winning a young attorney get media exposure.

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The Paisley illustration is perfect and fitting. He seems to be relentless in his harassment of women who have opinions on themselves and womanhood that he doesn't approve of. He's a bit obsessed, and surely, according to him and Jones, etc, GC feminists are the ones who are obsessed with this issue. There's a very good reason for that, we've lost too much and are being threatened with losing more. What motivates him? Love, inclusion, being passionate about trans rights? It looks more like good old fashioned misogyny that's been tweaked a bit.

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Sad thing is, he has probably convinced himself that he is being progressive and inclusive. And a gullible public go along with it.

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I think he has a fairly good idea about what he's doing and what he is. Like other misogynists he realised that he can hide in plain sight and bully women, deriding them as bigots for eager consumers desperate to show how *unbigoted* they are. I think a lot of the public are more in the dark than gullible; when the lights go on there's going to be a definitive reaction, and it won't put a smile on Paisley's face.

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Never underestimate the power of autosuggestion. Besides, we have plenty of recent examples where people committed fraud out in the open, for everyone to see, and still found millions of followers. Look at the Mormons, look at Jehova's Witness, look at the "New Age" esoteric movement - of which, btw, trans ideology is as much an offspring as it is of queerfeminism and Judith Butler.

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I think that definitely applies to the people who've been seduced into adopting a cult like mentality. They're doing what they're 'supposed' to be doing, alternately affirming and agreeing or hating when they're asked to. I'm referring to the huge number of people for whom these issues are peripheral or entirely unseen.

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Just want to say that I know some Mormons and they are lovely people, hard-working, kind and very sincere. Just don't get invited to any of their meetings ;)

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Oh, I have no problem with individual Mormons. It's just that their religion started out as an obvious fraud by Joseph Smith.

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Ah. Have to confess I don't know that much about their religion. But it does seem less cult-like than, say, the Moonies or Scientology.

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Mormonism is very much a cult, but I must admit as individuals they are some of the kindest most decent people I’ve met, with no exception. They have no army of male allies fighting viciously for their inclusion. In fact they’ve done what trans should do—build their own damn temple, literally. They don’t target any group of people to colonize.

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Many men have hitched their wagon to “trans rights” which is code for men’s right to punish women. With Paisley I think on the surface it’s pure attention seeking (he is an actor after all) on a deeper level he certainly has disdain for women.

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I do hope cases will be brought against their complainants if only to see these issues hauled out into the light of day and into public scrutiny. I for one would chip in whatever I could to back such cases. These women deserve justice and for the wider public to know what they've been put through.

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“Someone’s having thoughts I don’t like. Time to have them arrested.”

Yeah, not a tyrant at all.

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Genuinely interesting about Spear. Maybe she was pushed? I have less than no time for Sturgeon et al, but they do regard themselves as canny political operators. They may have ignored both of their consultations on self ID in Scotland, and obviously self ID is pretty much all the Scottish Greens care about, but I wonder if a reverse ferret might be starting to happen…

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This poll conducted by James Kelly of 'Scot goes Pop' blogging fame might be a game changer.

As an aside, Spear has been closely involved with Sturgeon's push towards Queer theory. As well as promoting the Scottish Schools Inclusion 'guidance (transitioning away the gay), promoting the position that Sex work is work and not exploitation and much worse promoting Scottish schools sex education policy which includes children being taught about anal sex with Primary school children actively encouraged to masterbate and encouraged onto a pornhub. It's grooming pure and simple.

Sturgeon keeps her friends Very close so to be honest I'm highly suspicious that Spear has stepped down as an SNP Councillor. Hope I'm wrong but could be Sturgeon's got another more influential post to offer her? Wouldn't put it past her.

Anyhoo....results of poll.

https://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2021/10/exclusive-scot-goes-pop-panelbase-poll_28.html

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Mhari Black is another one who seems to have gone dark . I'm not on twitter though so maybe I'm wrong but since Wi Spa Nolan Report Lowbridge BBC article Edinburgh RC and Marion Miller decison she seems to be strangely ( and pleasingly ) absent .

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Question 2 -James Kelly Poll support for women only spaces.

https://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2021/10/scot-goes-pop-panelbase-poll_31.html

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If they police say that these are "non crime hate incidents" - why the heck are they getting involved at all? What part of "non crime" don't they understand? Any behavior that is not criminal is, by definition, legal. Harassing people for legal behavior is police state tactics. So is withholding vital information like complaints and complainants from an accused, by the way. (Accused in what the police say is an incident not criminal even by their definition.) What world are we living in?

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The law on hate crime / non-hate crime needs to be radically revised or even repealed, in my view. I wonder if any legal-minded person has/could set up one of those petitions to parliament?

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From an outside perspective it seems both Orwellian and Kafkaesque. Quite scary, actually.

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Sorry, I meant hate crime / hate non-crime 😳

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Don't worry. It seems just about impossible to use this Orwellian terminology.

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One the other hand I did hear of one case (sadly I can't substantiate) of the police trying to persuade a man whose car had been vandalised that it was a civil matter. Although they called it 'criminal damage'. Jesus wept.

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I am of course no expert in British law, but in most jurisdictions it would be illegal for police not to pursue - or even accept - the complaint. But then again, unfortunately we see exactly this kind of behavior quite often when police still persuade women not to charge their partners with domestic abuse.

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In New York police have to pursue domestic violence incidents even when the victim says she doesn't want to press charges. The law was changed because many women fear doing so for a number of reasons. Domestic violence is now considered a crime against the public.

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The Weird and Wonderful World of Woke. Personally I'd prefer the Shire - or Azeroth.

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Aye possibly, but I'm not that fond of closets.

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Fair enough :)

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Aye, but Mr & Mrs Murrell seem pretty keen 🤣😅😂

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It’s been suggested that it’s an over-reaction to the McPherson report/Stephen Lawrence case and the establishment of Prevent.Presumably to keep records to step in if they think you’re becoming radicalised and are going to commit crime.Surely meant to lookout for those tending to violent right-wing or radical Islamic extremism but not to be abused by targeting women who refuse to lie or shut up!

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And what about the 'hate' against the autistic man arrested for asking an innocent question about a trans police officer's sex? Where did he show 'hate'? I only see hate against someone with a disability. Clearly there is a hierarchy of offence/hate and the genuine victims seem low down the list.

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Harry Miller of 'Fair Cop' fame has a case currently under court review. Even though he successfully took Humberside Police to court regarding his alleged 'Hate Crime' and found 'not guilty', he still has a 'hate incident' logged on his record.

In other words a 'thought crime'.

Turns out this is not a legal requirement and in fact unlawful but instigated by the (captured) Police College and adopted nationwide.

Courts to deliver a verdict early in the New Year.

This is right up there along with ex Scottish Justice Minister Humza, removing protections against perceived hate speech uttered in your own home.

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I truly cannot comprehend why Paisley has not been charged with/ arrested for filing false reports, making blatantly false accusations, wasting police time, etc., etc. It is OBVIOUS, even from across pond, that he is going out of his way to actively harass and have women falsely arrested, imprisoned, canceled, lives ruined, ruin good reputations. He needs to be stopped & he needs to pay for his crimes.

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Not to mention starting a hate campaign against LGB Alliance!

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Utter gobshites…! Stay strong Ceri!

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The charges against Ceri are ridiculous. What I don't understand though is why the police aren't telling whatsisface to stop wasting their time? They don't have to pursue this, so why are they?

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Not charged... ykwim.

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Off topic... just listening to BBC Radio 3, it's a programme about people who are active at night time. They have the obligatory transwoman who claims that they prefer working (as a graffiti artist) at night because 'It is when I am safe'. I genuinely wonder -- are transwomen really so 'unsafe' when out and about, as so many claim? Are they delusional? (No examples were given apart from 'I am so noticeable'). And... so sad R3 has also signed up to this agenda ☹️

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no 8 yes EIGHT hate crimes against trans people last year of stats

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Sorry for each one who was targeted. Nevertheless, these figures show that they are by far among the safest minority groups, if not the safest of them all.

What drives me so mad about the phrases of "not being safe" without ever substantiating is isn't only that they are successfully used as propaganda to influence public policy to harm other people, most of all women. It is also that this is very unhealthy for transsexuals themselves.

When your self appointed representatives and their allies hammer this into you every day you can't help start getting scared of your environment. Particularly when you have other mental health issues to begin with.

This is just irresponsible. And while we know that suicides among that group are not nearly as high as TRAs would have us believe, I wouldn't be suprised if it weren't bloody transactivism that were largely to blame for suicidality in that group being above average.

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I wouldn't be surprised if it WERE bloody transactivism...

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Interesting correction! Either option seems to mean the same thing in your sentence. I love the English language :)

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What woman doesn't feel safer once the sun goes down?

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OMG so true!!

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Sorry to be a pedant, but those trapped in their own homes with those who want to do them harm. And it's less easy to switch off if you're being harassed online. For some almost nowhere is safe, which is why the principle and delivery of refuges is vital.

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I think he was being sarcastic 😉

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What you say is absolutely right, of course.

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Ah yes, thank you! I'm having a sense of humour bypass. I seem to spend my days pointing out water is wet and it's addling me :-)

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I think it's on topic as there seems to be a strain of demands from some people to do whatever they want, whenever they want, to what or whomever, with no consequences and claim it as some kind of need and human rights advancement. Yes, of course, we do want people to be safe when they may be trespassing, and causing criminal damage that costs thousands to rectify. And now apparently graffiti artists 'work at night' because they're trans? Oh please. Nothing to do with illegal behaviour and hugely dangerous environments they choose to enter, also illegally? It's not a right! That's not about freedom of expression! Glad I didn't listen as I may have switched over in a huff. Grrr.

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Can we make complaints against Paisley for stalking and targeted harassment? Thought not.

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Hold my beer

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Yesss! ♥️

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Hi Ceri!

Three words:

Murum aries attigit.

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Jfc this guy. The Wi-spa Guy was outed as a serial sex offender! And yes, random fucking men getting their dicks out in front of children/teens is a fucking child protection issue! Surely the police must be like wtf now? You want us to arrest a woman, the victim of childhood sex abuse, for making a child protection reference about a man flashing women and children, who was then exposed as a serial sex offender? YEAH OKAY THEN!!!!

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Just to point out, in my pinned tweet @femmeloves, i called that man out as a predator days after the incident.

If you are swinging your dick in a women's changing room, you are not a dysphoric trans person. Dysphoric people, like my beautiful wife, want to hide. Anybody waving their cock at women and girls is a flasher. It's safeguarding 101.

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Particularly if said organ is erect/semi-erect at the time

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Yes! *faux muses* 'When did we get so weird about other people's bodies?' When they belong to opposite-sex strangers and they are swinging their semi-lobs around us and our children HTH

Sending love Ceri xxx

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