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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 May 2

      Scenario 1: man is caught in a terrible fire, is permanently scarred so as to be totally unrecognisable but is unaffected psychologically. Ask his wife "is this the same man as before the fire?" and she would say "of course he is. He's the same man - he just looks different.

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    2. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick May 2

      Scenario 2: man suffers severe head trauma, his wound heals but his personality has completely changed & he suffers permanent memory loss of everything before the accident. Ask his wife and she will say: "He's not the man I married. Everything about him has changed."

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      Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick May 2

      Where does a person's true identity lie - in their mind or their body?

      11:14 AM - 2 May 2018
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        2. Fodo Higginson‏ @fodohpf May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick

          How do you know how the wife will react to either scenario? Maybe look not where the man's identity falls in each scenario but how others react. I suspect that will tell you far more about personality, expectations, tolerance from a range of people.

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        3. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick May 2
          Replying to @fodohpf

          Well, now you come to mention it, I know a gay couple who suffered the head trauma scenario and it’s exactly how the partner reacted.

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        4. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick @fodohpf

          As Fodo has said, that tells you only about that couple. I know more than one couple where one partner has suffered brain injury, and, amazingly, and with heartbreaking loyalty & love & dignity, their partner has stood by them.

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        5. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @fodohpf

          They’re still together

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        6. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick @fodohpf

          OK, well assuming that they're treating each other well, the point of your anecdote seems to be pretty much a semantic one, then.

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        7. Matthew "Forward-facing urinator" Greenfield‏ @doormatt134 May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @brianpaddick @fodohpf

          A man wakes up one morning, insists he cannot remember who he is. He is subjected to various psychological tests by experts and they cannot prove he is lying. His personality is now different. He asks to be released from prison, hes not the man who killed his wife and family.

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        8. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @doormatt134 @brianpaddick @fodohpf

          And...?

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        9. Matthew "Forward-facing urinator" Greenfield‏ @doormatt134 May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @brianpaddick @fodohpf

          Would you release him purely on the basis of his own claim that he is a different person?

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        2.  🎃Frau Hu!dohle 🦇‏ @FrauHupfdohle May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick

          how can a female identity be *defined*? How does it "feel to be a woman"? Is there a possible answer that does not consist of sexist stereotypes women are fighting for vital reasons? How can it be acceptable to enshrine these stereotypes now as an identity?

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        3. Bibi Jaspert #FBGC‏ @hogotheforsaken May 2
          Replying to @FrauHupfdohle @brianpaddick

          I don't necessarily agree with all your points Sonder, but they're worth exploring/debating - this is exactly the sort of debate that we need on trans/women's rights. And it's exactly what we cannot have whilst anyone who questions trans ideology is branded a transphobe "terf".

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        4.  🎃Frau Hu!dohle 🦇‏ @FrauHupfdohle May 2
          Replying to @hogotheforsaken @brianpaddick

          exactly. I'm just afraid Brian isn't *really* interested in these counterarguments, what I can see in his tweets, he's quite on the side of trans activists and hopes he can "calm" feminists. No offence.

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        5. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick May 2
          Replying to @FrauHupfdohle @hogotheforsaken

          I’m very interested in the counter arguments

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        6. Bibi Jaspert #FBGC‏ @hogotheforsaken May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick @FrauHupfdohle

          Bibi Jaspert #FBGC Retweeted Bibi Jaspert #FBGC

          Counter argument 1/ The info in this thread comes from a US gay website. It asks whether trans ideology is encouraging violence & hostility to women, feminists and lesbians & why the liberal/left politicians & media are silent and even supportive of this.https://twitter.com/hogotheforsaken/status/991610534666625024 …

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          Bibi Jaspert #FBGC @hogotheforsaken
          Is trans activism the new Incel? (thread): San Francisco Public Library hosted an exhibition this week encouraging patrons to “punch” feminists & "terfs", featuring blood stained t-shirts & baseball bats covered in barbed wire, axes etc painted pink. https://www.datalounge.com/amp/thread/21111618-san-francisco-public-library-hosts-transgender-art-exhibit-?__twitter_impression=true … 1/ pic.twitter.com/iSsD3NMbUT
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        7. Bibi Jaspert #FBGC‏ @hogotheforsaken May 2
          Replying to @hogotheforsaken @brianpaddick @FrauHupfdohle

          Bibi Jaspert #FBGC Retweeted Kristina Harrison

          Counter argument 2/ This thread by brave trans woman @KJ_Harrisonhttps://twitter.com/kj_harrison/status/990696691442634753 …

          Bibi Jaspert #FBGC added,

          Kristina Harrison @KJ_Harrison
          Replying to @DebbieHayton @ManFRIDAY_ and 4 others
          1) It’s surreal & frightening to see people who’ve never attended wpuk public meetings, tripping over themselves to declare it as a violent hate group. In their haste they show deliberate ignorance, perhaps even their own projected hatred of women who refuse to know their place.
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        2. FeministRoar‏ @FeministRoar May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick

          People who identify as trans face discrimination & prejudge because they are perceived as breaking gender rules not because of their identity. Laws based on gender non conformity would protect them & many others & would not interfere with the sex based rights of female people.

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        3. FeministRoar‏ @FeministRoar May 2
          Replying to @FeministRoar @brianpaddick

          Right now what is being pushed is 'we have to affirm the sex/gender a person believes themselves to be to protect them' which is an ideological claim many people disagree with and, because female people are oppressed based on their sex, potentially impacts on our rights. >

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        4. FeministRoar‏ @FeministRoar May 2
          Replying to @FeministRoar @brianpaddick

          Why not 'a person can believe what they like about themselves but it is irrelevant to law, we'll protect all people who break gender rules to present & live as they like & be safe & free from prejudice/discrimination'? Benefits everyone & supports not clashes with female rights.

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        2. artemis prime‏ @artemisprimed May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick

          I think that ‘true’ identity is a misnomer and perhaps does not exist. And when it comes to oppression and society a person’s own identity is unimportant. It is how they are treated by others that matters. And others don’t act based on what’s in your head. They can’t see that.

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        3. Bibi Jaspert #FBGC‏ @hogotheforsaken May 2
          Replying to @artemisprimed @brianpaddick

          Yes, Artemis, spot on. Oppression doesnt work on "true identity" - it groups humans together according to traits of its own choosing - often physical eg skin colour, disability, biological sex.

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        2. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @brianpaddick

          Thinking this is even a question for everyone shows what a privileged viewpoint you're taking here, Brian. It'd be lovely if we all lived in some kind of amorphous bundle of lovin' joy where anyone can 'identify' however... Reality is that.... 1/2

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        3. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @brianpaddick

          Most of us are defined *daily* on the basis of our biological sex, race, physical abilities, etc. We can't 'identify' out of that. Existing equality legislation and protections are therefore essential to those of us who aren't born into a group so privileged that.... 2/3

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        4. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @brianpaddick

          ... it enjoys the luxury of believing it is, and can be whatever it says it is, or can treat 'identity' like a journey where you can go on a little tourist jaunt into being 'the other' when you feel like it - and scurry home to the privilege you've always enjoyed,,, 3/4

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        5. HH‏ @TheaGardO May 2
          Replying to @TheaGardO @brianpaddick

          ... or just carry on exerting that privilege while also trying to vaunt your 'chosen' identity, whilst never experiencing the actuality, and the disadvantages of that identity. #justsaying

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