Maya Forstater

Anyway, this is what i said to my friend. People mock and belittle each other on the internet all the time. I don't think Graham mocks a particular class of people, he mocks specific people who are being arseholes.

Trans people who are 'allied' w him include @DebbieHayton @KJ_Harrison @Rose_Of_Dawn @FionneOrlander @Jenny_Randles @Kinesis @LTranssexual Miranda Yardley, Seven Hex (the last two thrown off twitter for 'misgendering').

Until @Martina, @Glinner has been one of the few people with a public profile to stand up to the bullying and silencing of women on this. At considerable personal cost. He is not playing this for laughs.

Take a look at people such as Alison Moyet, Rose McGowan & Jenni Murray who have tried to publicly disagree or challenge the ideology of gender identity have been bullied off the internet or into capitulation. And within organisations, privately, this is happening all the time.

Take a look at the Anthony Watson trying to bully Graham Linehan and then turning his sights on The Economists' @HJJoyceEcon after publicly complaining about her views to her employer last week https://twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1107031217952776192 …

Calling people names, saying "you can't align with them, they are evil" or it might make you unemployable, is a strategy used to isolate and silence people, and to make it too costly for others to even take the time to think about the issue.

This is a serious policy and legal issue, and we should be able to talk about it openly, carefully and compassionately. It shouldn't be being battled out in twitter spats and personal insults (although there is always a place for comedy and disrespect in keeping democracies open)