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Wonderful piece. Thanks so much.

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Jan 18, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Thank you: very timely. I've just completed two more Complaints - one about the use of the term 'people with a prostate' - once on the BBC news website, and once by Dr Xand van Tulleken, BBC TV doctor (including on children's programme Operation Ouch) and UCL Associate Honorary Professor of Public Health on a BBC Morning programme.

Separately, the Sports Dept referred to male-with-a-DSD sprinter Christine Mboma as 'female' and with 'naturally occuring high testosterone'.

It's blatantly obvious the BBC is STILL making Editorial decisions on the basis of virtue-signalling to Stonewall and Global Butterflies. Their involvement in propagandising about social and medical transition directly to children via their CBBC, web, and education materials is unforgiveable. I simply won't continue to support them if they lie, or lie-by-omission about basic facts. They deserve what they are getting at the moment. Never thought I'd say that, but here we are .

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Jan 18, 2022Liked by mole at the counter

Well done ,Malcolm. MOHAN should read "A hunter gatherer's guide to the 21st century " by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein ,evolutionary biologists ,who were more or less driven from their university professorships by the woke brigade !! It's totally fascinating and very readable. In the book they explain the well evidenced history of evolution ,including the proof that binary sex has existed for at least 500 million years and probably as much as 1-2 BILLION years ,long before the human race existed !!

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"Vandal" is spot on. " one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public". Our public broadcaster in Canada is totally captured too. It is heartbreaking, because I once loved and supported the highly ethical and rational CBC.

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It is utterly ridiculous that a tiny minority have the power to wage war on concepts that are, to be honest, probably thousands of years old.

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I enjoyed working for Auntie too. In my experience as an employee, & then a member of t'public, the BBC is very brittle and defensive in the face of criticism. It can't handle it! I've concluded this is a basic characteristic of the corp'. Of course this adds to the already difficult task of persuading the BBC to get a grip on reality.

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It must have been about 20 years ago when I saw Malcolm Clark's film about body integrity dysmorphia. It was so shocking I have never forgotten it. Malcolm is now one of my favourite accounts on twitter - every thread is a goldmine.

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If you pay for a TV licence, stop doing so immediately.

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Won't pay for my licence until they sort this out which I have already told them

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The "list of recommendations" is a masterful work of social engineering and a blueprint for inclusion, which I salute, as being extraordinarily effective. The whole time I was reading it, though, I wanted to substitute "Women" or "Female" for "LGBT+", and "Post-Menopausal" for Transgender. Gives a whole new perspective on useful ways of eliminating discrimination, bullying, ageism and sexism in a corporate culture.... I wish that had been their agenda, instead of this gender nonsense.

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Can I make another suggestion. If the BBC paid all male employees at the same rate of pay as most of the women it employs, it will be quids in. Surely men are worth the same as women in this day and age. Same conditions too?

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I thought Graham was calling Malcolm's thread hogwash for a second 😬

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“Daft” is a great word to use. Well done again to journalists on Nolan Podcasts - hope you do more. Agree a great piece, thanks!

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'A rainbow-coloured omerta has gripped the corporation.' Hasn't it just.

For BBC Sounds to fail to spotlight the Nolan podcasts in any way – one of the only recent examples of proper prideworthy investigative journalism on any subject, let alone on a damagingly ringfenced yet centrally important issue – and instead to display corporate effort to hide Nolan's damning findings? Clearly the Saville-protecting reflex still rules.

Meanwhile Queertopia, as Clark contrasts? 29 episodes and counting.

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That hogwash has spread all over the western world, be not mistaken! It is being taught outside of the UK all over the world in anglo schools, universities and distributed via national media, driving the young into the genderhole of non-binary navel-gazing while making tons of money for a medical establishment of frauds

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They're not trans activists are they? They don't give a shit about the backlash to the trans community or they wouldn't do things to harm it. There was a comment by Caitlyn Jenner - she doesn't understand why the trans swimmer would take a female place and risk harming the trans community. It got me thinking.

They aren't trans activists, not really, not anymore. They're men's rights activists, aren't they?

I wrote a post about it. Please read it and consider this idea. If we start calling them men's rights activists, their behaviour becomes really clear. Don't care about kids or women, just indoctrination and taking power about from women. It might be a way to crack the thing open!

https://thepennyproject.substack.com/p/trans-activists-or-are-they-mens?justPublished=true

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