I was unofficially banned July 18, 2020. I had retweeted three of Glinner’s posts which I deleted at their request. I appealed the third one. They told me I was not allowed to use Twitter until they had processed the appeal and they would let me know when they did that and they still haven’t done it. I’m 76 years old so there are a lot of other things I should’ve been able to do, if only I could. This is the post: “@Glinner So when TRA's say "women rape too" they mean males who identify as trans-women!!” This is their comment “Please note that while we review your appeal, you won’t be able to access your Twitter account. We’ll take a look and will respond as soon as possible.
If you’d rather just delete the content, you can cancel your appeal.”
I still have to pinch myself when I read things like this. I was brought up in apartheid South Africa, and when I arrived in England I was blown away by the idea that people with radically different opinions could and would talk to each other and share ideas. Several decades later and here we are, looking at a list of men and women who have been cancelled for voicing opinions that the vast majority of people agree with, but a small vociferous movement don't. It's heartbreaking. But it will end. Lunacy always does.
Wow. That's a long thread. I've seen people on Twitter in last few days saying they have their account back so... hopefully see you guys back there soon.
I haven’t gone through the whole list as there are so many, but the few I checked are still on Twitter eg 1066cariad and 1984Translation. Perhaps their accounts were reinstated.
Not entirely off-topic but I was very interested in this tweet today by Owen Jones (I know, first time for everything):
"I'm on the receiving end of a very coordinated campaign to drive me out The Guardian, as its only LGBTQ columnist, from both within and outside the newspaper.This isn't small violin campaign: it's not about *me*, they want all trans allies out of public life."
Maybe not everyone at the Guardian is enjoying the Kool-aid? I'm not holding my breath but stranger things etc
Frankly if you're not on this list are you really terfing hard enough?
Whoa. This is like the Stasi files.
I was unofficially banned July 18, 2020. I had retweeted three of Glinner’s posts which I deleted at their request. I appealed the third one. They told me I was not allowed to use Twitter until they had processed the appeal and they would let me know when they did that and they still haven’t done it. I’m 76 years old so there are a lot of other things I should’ve been able to do, if only I could. This is the post: “@Glinner So when TRA's say "women rape too" they mean males who identify as trans-women!!” This is their comment “Please note that while we review your appeal, you won’t be able to access your Twitter account. We’ll take a look and will respond as soon as possible.
If you’d rather just delete the content, you can cancel your appeal.”
They didn't get us all.
I still have to pinch myself when I read things like this. I was brought up in apartheid South Africa, and when I arrived in England I was blown away by the idea that people with radically different opinions could and would talk to each other and share ideas. Several decades later and here we are, looking at a list of men and women who have been cancelled for voicing opinions that the vast majority of people agree with, but a small vociferous movement don't. It's heartbreaking. But it will end. Lunacy always does.
Was personally deeply flattered to be on the list and irked that I have not once been suspended.
you can see the google doc in full here: https://twitter.com/_HeartofGrace_/status/1519495155744661505
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-4Rk-ynHC0MrG5FyuDZsYp743w0WFiO6caY80Yg4Y8/edit#gid=1489030622
maybe the creator detransed and forgot about it? I expect it will go "poof" before too long.
Wow. That's a long thread. I've seen people on Twitter in last few days saying they have their account back so... hopefully see you guys back there soon.
I haven’t gone through the whole list as there are so many, but the few I checked are still on Twitter eg 1066cariad and 1984Translation. Perhaps their accounts were reinstated.
List should go to journalists - not normal behaviour surely
I'm on the list and have never (yet) been banned so I'm not sure that the list has been *entirely* successful despite the obvious scalps.
Not entirely off-topic but I was very interested in this tweet today by Owen Jones (I know, first time for everything):
"I'm on the receiving end of a very coordinated campaign to drive me out The Guardian, as its only LGBTQ columnist, from both within and outside the newspaper.This isn't small violin campaign: it's not about *me*, they want all trans allies out of public life."
Maybe not everyone at the Guardian is enjoying the Kool-aid? I'm not holding my breath but stranger things etc
Graham
Can you collect screenshots of the "crimes" that resulted in banishment?
I think that would be a powerful document.
Most people outside of the GC Twitter users have no idea.
Or examples of all of the safety warnings/truths erased with banishment?
As you know banishment was a technicality based on pronouns etc whereas goal was to suppress other information.
Truly disturbing.
This is interesting. Did they also have other lists in categories that are also wrong think or were they specifically targeting trans related issues?
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