I hope people realize that this plan to take UK kids off of puberty blockers is almost certainly a direct consequence of the sway that the likes of the fucking wizard billionaire has over politics
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @Jazzmodeus2
You think she influences how judges interpret the law in the UK? Does she have a spell for that?
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What if I told you that judges are not immune to propaganda and do not, in fact, retire to a hermetically-sealed sensory deprivation tank as soon as they leave the courthouse?
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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
It's pretty much crowd-sourced conversion therapy as a social movement, implemented via all media. 1. Remove access to support networks. 2. Create a hostile environment as aversion. They've taken what was previously done in the Doctors office and the home, and made it public.
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Well, I mean Society has historically always been the main "aversive" and they only added more on top when it didn't seem to be working
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheWorthingRed and
I'm more familiar with signalling, feedback loops, information processing, etc. in electronics & microbiology, but the same principles apply to society. Except there's no ECC, no postreplicative DNA mismatch repair. Just free speech. A road to hell, paved with good intention.
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