Good on you! I remember as I was reading the first couple of pages of his statement, thinking that in some ways he's shot himself in the foot. If wanting to create a dialogue with a child that he wouldn't be willing to have in front of their parents isn't grooming, then what is? Not necessarily a paedophile, but certainly a very dangerous individual willing to intentionally influence children behind the backs of their parents.
Also strongly dislike the welding of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in his tirade, of which you have been a staunch supporter of throughout. By the last page, with the accusation of "far-right bigotry" I kind of pictured him straining with rage as all reason is abandoned. The very fact he would make such a broad statement about your overall political position based on your view of this issue, suggests to me that he knows he has to create these cartoony distortions of character to prop up the little credibility he has left.
I knew what you meant Graham, I should think most people paying attention did.Lavery is being disingenuous AND dramatic.Trouble with queer theory is that it’s part of post-modernism and that is at least part of the approach in teaching many mainstream subjects in college. I remember,I’m sure many do,being given introductory material to it and other theories,in my first few months at Kings,London ,English Lit. in 1993.And it’s such a negative,dead-end way of looking at the world, I feel - no meaning can be agreed upon,thus we cannot understand each other,so we may as well give up,in an ironic way.Not very left-wing and hopeful,is it?
Lavery is a manipulative man. He's got this far on deceit and unfortunately he is unlikely to stop. This is his modus operandi. Bullshit merchant extraordinaire. Stay strong Graham and thank you.
its really worth listening to the end when susan starts talking about orwell's '1984' and the 'reversals' in language, which for some reason reminded me of 'queer hero'(employer of rent boys) oscar wilde and the way he played with words.
Who is the diva writing to? As if anyone gives a toss about his musings, never mind an official bloody statement 😁 That is priceless! He must think he's J-Lo (or whoever the new J-Lo is, lol)
Still, not the first delusion he's experienced. It's obviously become a habit for the geezer. I personally think he's right on the edge; a breakdown is imminent. Meh. Shit happens 😕
And yeah, definitely grooming shenanigans going on there. Apparently nonces try and isolate their target from their family so they're more pliable to grooming.
Nobody could accuse Lavery of only using one word where 500 would do. He's made a close study of how academise (cf Butler!) can obfuscate shallow argument to disguise it with bogus authority and faux substance.
And of course it fails, fails utterly. The epic narcissism of another trans extremist is enough, almost, to blast the senses out of the reader. Blithely placing himself in the very living rooms of other people's homes, in the minds of young people as the 'hung-girl' arbiter of what constitutes 'harm'. The monumental, sneaking, treacherous arrogance of it! The reality? He's a lethal mind-fucker of gullible, trusting young people, insinuating himself between them and their parents. Grooming is exactly the right word for it. He knows fine well he wouldn't be let through the front door with that agenda if he dared to show up in person.
'Transwomen are women' indeed! In any other context the denial of material reality would be referred for urgent, professional psychological help, with anti-psychotics rather than puberty blockers being the appropriate form of medication. But nope, instead, they must work the ruthless denial out on the rest of us, and on women and children in particular. And fuck, too, what that does to everyone else. The world must be turned upside down to accommodate this almighty collective, red-faced, tantrum which is being endlessly rewarded by a cowering body politic. Would somebody for Chrissake shove a soother in this bawling child's mouth! Putting up with this insanity is not 'being nice', 'tolerant' or 'inclusive', it's raising up a monster.
Here's the simple fact of it: This guy is not a woman and never will be. He has no idea what it is to be a woman, not the first clue. He is a man who thinks of himself as a woman - a trans identified man - which is fine and dandy for himself and any man who sees himself that way. We could respect and appreciate that perspective - that verifiable lived reality, which has a lot to tell us about ourselves - an actual truth which has yet to be universally acknowledged, least of all by many trans identified men, apparently. If they would stop the outrageous nonsense claims to OTHER PEOPLE'S* reality, to have actualised the impossible - and the colossal harm which that lie is doing - some real good could come of this. But so many of these men are motivated by hatred of women in fact, so much so that they wish to usurp our status as a class of people to be respected for what we actually are: real, material, biological WOMEN. How did one of their leading lights put it? 'The asshole is the universal vagina', he said. 'Detransition, Baby!' Keep your dicks, because the power and meaning of male and female existence are all men's for the taking. Talk about disappearing up your own fundament! Men get to have a penis, and a vagina-cum-asshole. Where does that leave women?
*We know, you find it very hard to think about this.
Good on you! I remember as I was reading the first couple of pages of his statement, thinking that in some ways he's shot himself in the foot. If wanting to create a dialogue with a child that he wouldn't be willing to have in front of their parents isn't grooming, then what is? Not necessarily a paedophile, but certainly a very dangerous individual willing to intentionally influence children behind the backs of their parents.
Also strongly dislike the welding of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in his tirade, of which you have been a staunch supporter of throughout. By the last page, with the accusation of "far-right bigotry" I kind of pictured him straining with rage as all reason is abandoned. The very fact he would make such a broad statement about your overall political position based on your view of this issue, suggests to me that he knows he has to create these cartoony distortions of character to prop up the little credibility he has left.
Well said!
I knew what you meant Graham, I should think most people paying attention did.Lavery is being disingenuous AND dramatic.Trouble with queer theory is that it’s part of post-modernism and that is at least part of the approach in teaching many mainstream subjects in college. I remember,I’m sure many do,being given introductory material to it and other theories,in my first few months at Kings,London ,English Lit. in 1993.And it’s such a negative,dead-end way of looking at the world, I feel - no meaning can be agreed upon,thus we cannot understand each other,so we may as well give up,in an ironic way.Not very left-wing and hopeful,is it?
Lavery is a manipulative man. He's got this far on deceit and unfortunately he is unlikely to stop. This is his modus operandi. Bullshit merchant extraordinaire. Stay strong Graham and thank you.
A man calling himself Grace, with a smirking face, calling you a charlatan. It's worthy of a Dickens novel.
I love that one-word "grooming" tweet! Perfect!
Less is more 😉 Especially when it's so sweet and succinct.
The Susan Cox and Derrick Jensen interview is the best explanation of queer theory I've ever heard. Thank you for linking to it.
oh, cheers, Natasha!
its really worth listening to the end when susan starts talking about orwell's '1984' and the 'reversals' in language, which for some reason reminded me of 'queer hero'(employer of rent boys) oscar wilde and the way he played with words.
He reckons you're trying to "revive" (eh ?) your career by picking fights with him 😂
That would be an ill-advised strategy; attaching yourself to *that* to improve your lot in life ain't gonna end well ... or start well, tbf 😜
Nowt wrong with the dude's self-esteem though. To even suggest what he did takes balls 😏 (Double entendre intended. Up yours Twitter!)
Who is the diva writing to? As if anyone gives a toss about his musings, never mind an official bloody statement 😁 That is priceless! He must think he's J-Lo (or whoever the new J-Lo is, lol)
Still, not the first delusion he's experienced. It's obviously become a habit for the geezer. I personally think he's right on the edge; a breakdown is imminent. Meh. Shit happens 😕
And yeah, definitely grooming shenanigans going on there. Apparently nonces try and isolate their target from their family so they're more pliable to grooming.
The unsavoury Zoom business is exhibit A 👍
Nobody could accuse Lavery of only using one word where 500 would do. He's made a close study of how academise (cf Butler!) can obfuscate shallow argument to disguise it with bogus authority and faux substance.
And of course it fails, fails utterly. The epic narcissism of another trans extremist is enough, almost, to blast the senses out of the reader. Blithely placing himself in the very living rooms of other people's homes, in the minds of young people as the 'hung-girl' arbiter of what constitutes 'harm'. The monumental, sneaking, treacherous arrogance of it! The reality? He's a lethal mind-fucker of gullible, trusting young people, insinuating himself between them and their parents. Grooming is exactly the right word for it. He knows fine well he wouldn't be let through the front door with that agenda if he dared to show up in person.
'Transwomen are women' indeed! In any other context the denial of material reality would be referred for urgent, professional psychological help, with anti-psychotics rather than puberty blockers being the appropriate form of medication. But nope, instead, they must work the ruthless denial out on the rest of us, and on women and children in particular. And fuck, too, what that does to everyone else. The world must be turned upside down to accommodate this almighty collective, red-faced, tantrum which is being endlessly rewarded by a cowering body politic. Would somebody for Chrissake shove a soother in this bawling child's mouth! Putting up with this insanity is not 'being nice', 'tolerant' or 'inclusive', it's raising up a monster.
Here's the simple fact of it: This guy is not a woman and never will be. He has no idea what it is to be a woman, not the first clue. He is a man who thinks of himself as a woman - a trans identified man - which is fine and dandy for himself and any man who sees himself that way. We could respect and appreciate that perspective - that verifiable lived reality, which has a lot to tell us about ourselves - an actual truth which has yet to be universally acknowledged, least of all by many trans identified men, apparently. If they would stop the outrageous nonsense claims to OTHER PEOPLE'S* reality, to have actualised the impossible - and the colossal harm which that lie is doing - some real good could come of this. But so many of these men are motivated by hatred of women in fact, so much so that they wish to usurp our status as a class of people to be respected for what we actually are: real, material, biological WOMEN. How did one of their leading lights put it? 'The asshole is the universal vagina', he said. 'Detransition, Baby!' Keep your dicks, because the power and meaning of male and female existence are all men's for the taking. Talk about disappearing up your own fundament! Men get to have a penis, and a vagina-cum-asshole. Where does that leave women?
*We know, you find it very hard to think about this.