Amazing that you can say trans-affirming parents are abusing their kids, then act shocked, wounded and offended that an actual trans-affirming parent might have negative feelings about you having said so
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ZombieTron and
It's kind of shocking tbh that TERFs really think Thorn was "uncivil" here (he was *absurdly* civil) I guess the idea is you think all trans allies must secretly know they're talking bollocks and should have the decency to act ashamed of this when challenged by sensible people?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @alexrubner and
I never said he was civil. I wasn't shocked. None of what you are replying to me here applies to me. But keep making up your own mind about what people think without actually listening to them hey.
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Replying to @ZombieTron @arthur_affect and
"uncivil" that should have said "uncivil" obvs. Him losing the interview at the end had nothing to do with him being uncivil and everything to do with him holding on too long to a topic his guest had responded to and made clear he didn't want to talk about. OK? good.
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Replying to @ZombieTron @arthur_affect and
Persisting on topics of public interest even when your interviewee doesn't want to talk about them?Generally considered good journalism. An interviewer who's "tough", "doesn't pull punches", "doesn't let things slide", &c is valued.
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Replying to @AsaZernik @ZombieTron and
Ahahaha it's a mediocre podcast about culture mate, he's not Larry King.
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Replying to @alexrubner @AsaZernik and
I wouldn't say a deleted 3 year old tweet was in the public interest.
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Replying to @ZombieTron @alexrubner and
It wasn't just the one tweet, it was a whole rant about being "gender critical", and he hasn't actually remained silent in the years since then (he came out of the woodwork to defend JKR, for instance)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ZombieTron and
And in the original rant he was very explicit he'd held these beliefs for a long time and just didn't talk about them "as much as I should" Thorn has every right to have just as emotional a reaction to this as Webb originally had to "kids being transed"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @alexrubner and
I never said Jesse didn't have the right to be as emotional, personal, or pushy on this topic as he wanted to be. And Robert has the right to not talk about it.
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And then the public has the right to call Robert a bellend See how that works (Every time this conversation gets framed as being about "rights" it becomes pointless - yes, Webb has the right to do whatever he wants, no one is calling for his arrest)
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