(I'd post a link but it's a locked thread and the screenshot is the whole entire thing so nah)

  • Randomdog [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Hmm I mean if it's to shut down TERFy nonsense then maybe it's a good thing? But yeah you're totally right about this being a major Streisand Effect. The drama this has kicked up has made a lot of people more aware of it.

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I don't know, Brits are blaming her for closing down the TERF subs, which was a very good action. However, she showed very poor judgment by nuking the article & mod. And on the other hand, really her husband is the problematic one, not her.

      But "strangely" the Brits seem more pissed at her than her husband. So after my reading last night I'm going with TERFs mad, so fuck them, but I wouldn't let her husband babysit my kids.

      • JonathanKington [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        But it shows poor judgement of her to stay with him knowing he's a pedophile. On top of that, she had previously made her father her election agent after he -

        CW: SV

        spoiler

        raped and tortured a 10 year old girl

        - so, like yes, people should be more mad at the husband and the father for being massive pieces of shit, but it's kind of an issue that she seems fine with that type of behaviour. To me that definitely says something about her character. It sucks that TERFs are jumping on this but I don't think this is a situation where she's entirely innocent either.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          What the fuck. How can her father do that and not be in prison for the rest of his life? Especially when people know about it?!

          Edit: He is in jail...why did she do that?

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          She's a Reddit admin, she's definitely not innocent.

          But yes, overall everything about this situation is awful.

          • JonathanKington [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            I'm not talking about how she's a reddit admin. I'm talking about her association with pedophiles and child rapists.

            • disco [any]
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              4 years ago

              Pretty sure that associating with pedophiles and child rapists is par for the course if you’re a Reddit admin. See violentacrez.

            • DresySupremacy [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Lol trying to downplay that a 10 year old was tortured and raped. Not the time or the person to defend buddy

              • JonathanKington [none/use name]
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                4 years ago

                Yes, I am clearly downplaying the actions of this POS in posts like this and this. Just look at how much I'm defending the child rapist.

                Or maybe, just maybe, I was making a comment about how some folks care a lot less about child rapists when they happen to be members of the royal family.

                Give me a fucking break.

      • Saint [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I have a friend who's involved with the Green Party, where there's a constant struggle between trans allies and TERFs. The TERFs had a field day with Aimee.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          4 years ago

          Pretty much the same shit happened during the gay rights movement in the 90s/00s.

          A handful of creeps and sickos would get dragged out by the religious right as poster-cases against gay marriage. And the frighteningly insular political/media community trying to cover it up would only inflame the convictions of the bigots.

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, let's be serious here: she lived with her father...

        CW: SV

        spoiler

        ...AT THE SAME TIME THAT HE HAD A CHILD SEX SLAVE DUNGEON IN THE HOUSE...

        ... so she's either the dumbest woman on the planet, or she's complicit. Given that she also married a nonce, I'd put money on the latter.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        And on the other hand, really her husband is the problematic one, not her.

        It's very difficult to talk about Famous Person's Husband without so much as mentioning Famous Person, as someone will inevitably ask "Who the fuck is Husband?" and then a dozen people will get insta-banned trying to provide an answer.

        This doesn't benefit the Trans-Community in any meaningful way, either, as it absolutely screams "Pedophile Coverup".

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Hmm I mean if it’s to shut down TERFy nonsense then maybe it’s a good thing?

      Like, this isn't simple TERF shit. The Reddit response is draconian in the extreme. And, as sites like Parlor demonstrate, you don't really "shut down" TERFs. You just create 4chan-esque communities that use these insane policies as proof of even more insane political attitudes.