My search for 'devotion'
Unfortunately, I’ve become used to this kind of dishonesty from people like Sarah. I am not looking for devotion from anyone. Sarah was part of a Whatsapp group of journalists and cowardly ‘sceptics’ who were “working in the background” on fighting gender ideology to absolutely zero effect. They decided they didn’t like me embarrassing their timid mates, so they decided to pile pressure on me with manipulative finger-wagging emails when I was well into my third year of suffering harassment campaigns for standing against this nonsense. They had no empathy for what I was going through and I had done nothing but support all of them.
One of the group, Helen Lewis, in one of the most malevolent moves I’ve seen in this whole fight, pretended she didn’t know about the cotton ceiling so she could condemn me as ‘cruel’ to her readers in The Atlantic. Once again, I think the cruelty lies with people like Lewis, Singal and Herzog ignoring the plight of lesbians so they can continue to sit on the fence. This is who they ignored while throwing me under the bus.
Devotion? Just stop stabbing me in the back and I’ll stop responding.
Oh what absolute bullshit. "Women he thinks owe him some kind of devotion..."??? EH?? If I had 5 BAFTAs and had written Father Ted & The IT Crowd etc etc I'd demand to be carried everywhere aloft in a golden litter. But you're one of the most modest and unassuming people I've ever met! (Not to mention how patient & kind you are to me!) I'm quite baffled by this attitude and I'm so so sorry you're having to put up with this sort of nastiness. I hope you know that they're in a tiny minority and there's an army of us who see and appreciate your courage and integrity.
Really moved by this thread by Karen Actually. And I think she nails it https://twitter.com/karen_actually/status/1442808486908334085?s=20