Who said that they do? They are however more likely to make informed choices based on digestion of the facts presented to them rather than diatribes and accusations made across social media. A forensic mind is usually a requirement to sit on the UK high/supreme court.
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“I have no idea how a billionaire Children’s author lending her name and clout to spreading transphobic propaganda would have any influence on anyone.” - someone who is absolutely, definitely arguing in good faith, totally
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You think three high court judges have had their legal opinions shaped by the twittering of a fantasy author? I don't. I think they might influence you in whatever direction, but not them. That's not to say they don't have opinions, just that twitter et al is not an influence.
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I think JK Rowling is a latecomer to this discourse and to a certain extent is the foam on the tide, but I think that the massive influence TERFs as a class have over UK media -- *not* just on Twitter, but in articles, op-eds, TV appearances -- have obviously had an effect
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheWorthingRed and
And this kind of dodge you're playing is very much the last refuge of scoundrels Disclaiming that expressing your opinion could have any impact on anything and just saying you have the abstract right to say it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheWorthingRed and
I mean, sure, maybe JK Rowling's tweets have no impact on anything and don't matter at all In that case maybe she should still shut the fuck up, because the impact I know they do have is it's very unpleasant for trans people to see them and hear about them
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I can't agree. She has the right to an opinion. I think it might be better if people don't conflate the author in question with the recent UK court case because they have no bearing. This was an individual challenging the treatments they received as a child. That's their right.
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Replying to @TheWorthingRed @arthur_affect and
it was the pervasiveness of anti-trans rhetoric like Rowling's that helped turn a case of "this treatment was wrong for me personally" into a case of "this treatment is now banned for everyone" imagine handling any other medical treatment this way
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Replying to @itsSupercar @arthur_affect and
Where’s the evidence to support the idea that the court's decision is swayed by social discourse? I personally have nothing to lose/gain from the issue, but to undermine the court's decision this way just allows those who disagree to use the same tactic if the finding swings.
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Replying to @TheWorthingRed @itsSupercar and
Well sure if you base your idea of truth and falsehood on what some fucking judge thinks in the first place then yeah I guess this would be a very disturbing line of discourse wouldn't it
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Can't wait for Roe v. Wade to be overturned in the US and people to say "Well look Amy Coney Barrett is a Supreme Court Justice and she cast her vote based on her understanding of the biological realities of pregnancy and childbirth"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @itsSupercar and
I think the methodology behind court appointments is relevant. In the US system judges appear to be purely political appointments in the expectation of partisan decisions. I've yet to see that type of judicial outcome in the UK in my lifetime. Quite the opposite recently.
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