I've disagreed in the past with Owen Jones about a lot of things, but I don't even care anymore It's really obvious at this point that the one position he holds that would save him the most grief by far if he just shut up about it is trans rights, and he still refuses to do so
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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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It is something I routinely fret about now every time I see a British journo or politician or media personality or actor. The reminder that they're not *all* gobshites is occasionally a balm.
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The really frustrating thing is the knowledge that it's absolutely the rational, selfish thing to do for any cis Brit who feels sympathy for trans people to keep their mouths shut in public The degree of punishment for anyone who doesn't is horrifying
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