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It's why a formal definition of 'transphobia' would be useful. At the moment mentioning or stating that women exist is termed as 'transphobic'. Stating views or facts about women and girls, or men and boys, or putting any focus on anything other than someone who identifies as something else is. Anything is. That this has gripped the entire world defies explanation. Refusing to indulge this is also 'transphobic'. Commenting that this is happening is 'transphobic'. Asking if this is happening is 'transphobic'.

The very word 'woman' is being decried as bigoted and hateful. It's viewed as targeted harassment. Being or mentioning, or writing it. That women (or men) may wish to have sex-segregated spaces, services or activities or choice is automatically deemed to be exclusionary, and termed as offensive and 'against' or attacking diversity. It's declaring motivations that aren't present. Some women and men are 'identifying out' of describing themselves as women or men, and instead are 'queer' 'enby' or a range of terms to reject how they wished to be viewed. To state that is also declared 'transphobic'. That the police are attempting to enforce such a waffly concept leaves me baffled.

It's like saying the word 'green' and red activists outraged and reporting to the police en masse that this is bigoted and hateful against the colour 'red'. To have conflated 'trans' with sensitive subjects like mental health is another way that those conflated areas like mental health treatment and public debate over it are being undermined yet again.

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I don't think the madness defies explanation at all. Joe Biden on his first day in office changed the wording from sex to gender identity in federal policy, reinstating Obama's obscenity. I think it's quite clear what's going on, it's just that we cannot see all the particulars of the shenanigans that occur behind the curtain. This nonsense is serving certain people's interests and I think the money to be made is only the frosting on the cake.

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Sure I get that and watched that in horror. I support those fighting this in the US but Joe Biden is not my President and I live in the UK. The UK police are fudging and delaying and coming up with excuses as to what their response will be after being called out again and again. They are dragging women and those who disagree with what is happening through quasi-official processes and creating an atmosphere of fear.

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You do understand that the U.S. controls Western Europe, don't you? Why else does it go along with wars started by the U.S. and you all end up with the refugees from said wars? We were spying on Merkel, she found out, was upset for some reason, and then all the upset evaporated. I think it's a lot like what Caitlin Johnstone said about Australia: the Australians agreed to buy nuclear submarines from the U.S. not because they're scared of China but because they're scared of the U.S. It's the only explanation I can figure out for Europe's utter abject stance toward the U.S.

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Yes I am aware of UK, European and wider geopolitics. I think it's a stretch that NATO manoeuvres are behind Gwent police incompetence. Or who buys which nuclear parts or tech from whom which is a farce, but again, it's a stretch to link that to Gwent police. I also don't believe TPP is pulling Gwent police strings but open to being wrong.

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I'm not talking about NATO, though it is the epitome of evil. What I am talking about is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNcDiuJysWw

State-sponsored cultism with the power of the U.S. behind it. No, some particular organization isn't telling the Gwent police what to do, but they know to do what their government desires. I mean why in all that is sane did your police departments contribute to Stonewall? Our police departments may contribute to a fundraiser at Christmas for food and toys, and even that would be individual contributions, but they're certainly not giving hefty contributions to private charities. ?????

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