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Honesty & integrity have a cost. Lib Dem Home Affairs lead in House of Lords. Ran for Mayor of London 2008 & 2012. Met Police 1976 - 2007. m. Mr Petter Belsvik

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    1. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26

      Is there a feminist or group of feminists who is/are prepared to sit down with me & have a discussion about the issues surrounding trans women? I really don’t want to misrepresent either side in this.

      96 replies 45 retweets 177 likes
    2. #RosalindFranklin4FiftyPoundNote‏ @miss_s_b Mar 26
      Replying to @brianpaddick

      Do you mean any feminist, or specifically an anti trans feminist? Because the latter are by no means all of the former (Indeed I know many trans feminists). Brave of you to offer yourself up to the lions den tho.

      9 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26
      Replying to @miss_s_b

      I need lions! Of course, I realise the difference but I need to understand those feminists who deny the existence of trans women.

      8:09 AM - 26 Mar 2018
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      39 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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        2. Charlotte‏ @CharlotteB1 Mar 26
          Replying to @brianpaddick @miss_s_b

          Sounds like you might have already decided. No one is denying the existence of anyone.

          2 replies 1 retweet 35 likes
        3. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26
          Replying to @CharlotteB1 @miss_s_b

          People who deny trans women are women, who use the pronouns he and him when they use the pronouns she and her.

          3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Charlotte‏ @CharlotteB1 Mar 26
          Replying to @brianpaddick @miss_s_b

          Not believing trans women are literally women and denying they exist at all are two very very different things.

          1 reply 2 retweets 63 likes
        5. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26
          Replying to @CharlotteB1 @miss_s_b

          What does literally mean? I’ve heard feminists say trans women are men. That sounds to me like saying trans women, in one sense, do not exist.

          8 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Karen VodkaVixen / Foxbase Alpha‏ @renarde Mar 26
          Replying to @brianpaddick @CharlotteB1 @miss_s_b

          I don’t think Twitter is the best medium for this - if you are genuinely interested in what gender critical feminists think, and are willing to set aside the preconceptions that you obviously have, I think an offline discussion would be really fruitful.

          1 reply 0 retweets 24 likes
        7. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26
          Replying to @renarde @CharlotteB1 @miss_s_b

          “...preconceptions you obviously have” You maybe right in your views on gender politics, you may be more knowledgeable than me but you’re not bloody mind readers!

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Karen VodkaVixen / Foxbase Alpha‏ @renarde Mar 26
          Replying to @brianpaddick @CharlotteB1 @miss_s_b

          No, and it’s possible that you’re accidentally straying into the use of phrases which are frequently levelled at us in an attempt to paint us as bigots. It’s an unbelievably thorny area, no doubt about it. And like I said, Twitter isn’t great for things like this :/

          1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
        9. Charlotte‏ @CharlotteB1 Mar 26
          Replying to @renarde

          Thanks! You’re right, and thanks for being reasonable. That whole denying existence language gets to me!

          0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        10. End of conversation
        1. New conversation
        2. Quetiapina xx  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿‏ @quetiapina1 Mar 29
          Replying to @brianpaddick @miss_s_b

          No feminist is denying the existence of Transfolk Brian

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 29
          Replying to @quetiapina1 @miss_s_b

          I’m sick to death of “all” this “no one” that. It’s simply not true. For the umpteenth time, this is what someone DM’d me: “Hello Brian, I'm a feminist, a lesbian and I don't acknowledge the existence of trans. Contact me if you fancy a chat Regards ...”

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Karen VodkaVixen / Foxbase Alpha‏ @renarde Mar 29
          Replying to @brianpaddick @quetiapina1 @miss_s_b

          It’s quite possibly a question of semantics. For eg, I do not believe in Christ, but clearly Christians exist. I think the term is based on a false premise - some might potentially express that as Christians “not existing”.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 29
          Replying to @renarde @quetiapina1 @miss_s_b

          I accept that but my point is different. People should speak for themselves. Unless they’ve asked every woman, feminist, man, whatever, they cannot say “no feminist thinks x” or even “the majority of feminists think x”. “I’ve never met a violent woman” ✅ “Women aren’t violent”❌

          7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Quetiapina xx  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿‏ @quetiapina1 Mar 29
          Replying to @brianpaddick @renarde @miss_s_b

          Also, I have yet to see any violent threats from so called TERFS to Transfolk or Transactivists. I have seen dozens and dozens of death, rape and violent threats against women. This has spilled over into real life on at least 3 occasions.These are all personal observations/ views

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 29
          Replying to @quetiapina1 @renarde @miss_s_b

          See pinned tweet

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Quetiapina xx  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿‏ @quetiapina1 Mar 29
          Replying to @brianpaddick @renarde @miss_s_b

          I understand

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 29
          Replying to @quetiapina1 @renarde @miss_s_b

          Thank you

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        10. End of conversation
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        2. Florence Rattle‏ @florence_rattle Mar 26
          Replying to @brianpaddick @miss_s_b

          No existence is denied, but the hyperbole and accusations of bigotry have led to this view. I personally believe gender is damaging and limiting nonsense. Few female spaces we have r there for a reason, as some women are vulnerable, and because of male violence. @Womans_Place_UK

          1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
        3. Florence Rattle‏ @florence_rattle Mar 26
          Replying to @florence_rattle @brianpaddick and

          And http://terfisaslur.com  is worth a browse to see the abuse aimed at gender critical women. Plus of course actual harassment and violence.

          1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
        4. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 26
          Replying to @florence_rattle @miss_s_b @Womans_Place_UK

          And there are examples of violence and intimidation in the other direction, I am told. To say there is no violence other than male violence is not credible. Overwhelming it is male violence but not exclusively.

          21 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        5. Janice‏ @Janice5e Mar 27
          Replying to @brianpaddick @florence_rattle and

          "I am told" Well, if you're going to behave as if it exists - shouldn't you check first? Relying on what you are 'told' is a risky way to proceed. Did you never fact-check when you were the police?

          1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
        6. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Mar 27
          Replying to @Janice5e @florence_rattle and

          Pathetic

          3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Emma E8‏ @E8Emma Mar 27
          Replying to @brianpaddick @Janice5e and

          Several instances of violence and intimidation from trans activists. The idea that there is violence on “both sides” is wrong. You might want to look at the assault at Hyde Park and incidents on the Bectu picket line, the anarchist bookfair, etc. Venues are threatened.

          1 reply 3 retweets 11 likes
        8. Emma E8‏ @E8Emma Mar 27
          Replying to @E8Emma @brianpaddick and

          In the US, transactivist Dana Rivers, who played a part in having the women’s festival Michfest closed down for not allowing pre-op ‘transwomen’ in, is facing the death penalty for stabbing and shooting a lesbian family. The murdered women were Michfest attendees.

          1 reply 4 retweets 10 likes
        9. Emma E8‏ @E8Emma Mar 27
          Replying to @E8Emma @brianpaddick and

          We have archives of death threats, threats of sexual violence, fantasies of killing feminists and our children and using our body parts. http://Terfisaslur.com  is a start. Here is some of the milder stuff.pic.twitter.com/ZpbCvZ7g7k

          1 reply 3 retweets 10 likes
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