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Nov 2, 2021Liked by Graham Linehan

"They are men arguing that their fellow men are not a danger to women, despite the reams of evidence to the contrary. "

I can provide reams of evidence that I would not be a danger in women's changing rooms. The difference is that I absolutely don't want access to them for the simple reason that I understand one simple fact.

Women and girls in changing rooms or similar places have no way of telling the difference between me and a rapist. The question is not whether they are safe but whether they feel safe and the simplest way to ensure they do is to exclude men. That's a principle that is known, understood and agreed the world over.

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"Time to escalate". Well that's a sinister threat. The Kathleen Stock shit show already showed that these activists are really terrorists. Misogynistic and homophobic brown shirts of Queer Theory. Well done to the BBC on this.

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Excellent piece. I would also compare this lot to the Wokies who refuse to back the father in the Loudon county school board rape scandal and cover-up. Instead of standing up for the girl who was raped, they still back the 'trans' boy in a dress who raped 2 girls. SMH, liberals/lefties have gone off the deep end.

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John McManus is correct to draw comparisons to Savile. There are many accounts of senior staff at Auntie tolerating and covering up his abuse. I remember being told by a member of Children in Need production staff in early 2000s he was "a child molester" so barred from involvement.

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This is giving me the absolute RAGE. How many of those rape apologist privileged white male pricks have ever been sexually assaulted or coerced into sex? Oh but also how many of them busily tweeted about what happened to Sarah Everard and how VAWG must end and what can we doooooooo? Well how about not give men open access to women and girls spaces and don't fucking defend and justify rapists and abusers who want to force their dicks into places they aren't wanted (ultimate invasion of single sex space: lesbians' vaginas!!!!!)

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TRAs: the BBC won't take the cotton ceiling article down = the BBC is siding with the women in the article. A warped view of journalistic impartiality. They've had it all their own way for so long, they've forgotten what impartiality looks like.

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Thank you so much for posting this, Graham. What a Rogues' Gallery! Remember their names and faces, remember their tweets. A time of reckoning is at hand.

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Another positive take.

James Kirkup

@jameskirkup

The BBC reported the stories of women who suffered sexual trauma. Thousands of people complained. /

My Times column on why the BBC must continue to resist pressure from the online mob.

https://thetimes.co.uk/article/25f08100-3b4e-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d?shareToken=c5b471c7dc42d4546ae6abb1793537f8

https://twitter.com/jameskirkup/status/1455466587671175172

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I hope the BBC has forwarded the most vile messages to the police.

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Tweet has been deleted 🙄

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Was it 80 ppl in bbc survey?

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"Time to escalate" = "Repent motherfucker".

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FYI, someone has made OJ aware of this article already and he has tweeted about it.

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I find these endless comparisons between Saville and the trans community to be baseless, offensive and incoherent. It seems GL likes to find the worst human beings on the planet and fashion a tenuous link between the nature of their crimes and the transgender community. The evidence so far suggests trans people are no more of less likely to commit crimes than any other people and are in fact far more likely to be victims. These comparisons are harmful and need to stop.

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Errrr. The tweet has been deleted?

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