Among British left-of-center political pundits he's *almost completely alone in this* Trans discourse in UK media is this all out war of vicious TERFs with staff writer bylines vs. embattled trans activists who don't and regular liberals awkwardly on the sidelines
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Owen Jones deserves a fucking medal for being like the only cis person at a major publication who sees the Lovecraftian horror the TERF hive has become and repeatedly consistently says something about it instead of just closing his eyes hoping it will go away
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Because more than all the other things they are, TERFs are a clique with massive power in the halls of traditional UK media and they can and do make anyone miserable who crosses them They're doing their best to make Jones miserable every single day
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Yeah I'm not saying cis allies should be elevated or centered above actual trans people, or that Jones is more vulnerable than actual trans people are On the other hand he's got people going to some lengths to *impersonate his dead father online to intentionally traumatize him*
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I've been through a fair share of shit myself but holy shit, just, fuck It's another level They really won't stop at anything once they've decided you're fair game (And the "YOU MADE ME SELF-HARM" shit is just as shockingly abusive)
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I don't really like the term "misandry" even in this context - even when the people espousing it actually openly claim they're misandrists Transmisogyny really isn't misandry - I don't just mean because trans women are women but also they really don't treat all cis men badly
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Yeah, I've retired that term as it plays into their hands ("call us terf!" became "terf is a slur!", "we're Gender critical!" is now "gender critical is a slur!"). I just go with dangerous anti-trans extremists and/or transphobes personally. Accurate & can't be claimed is a slur
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When I attended a Guardian Live talk on being Trans and happy, he came up afterwards to shake my hand. It still makes me warm inside to remember that evening.
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