FGM is what she campaigns against and rightly so, it’s her expertise and lived experience. Denigrating her success because m.circumcision campaigners apparently prefer to abuse Nimco on Twitter rather than fight their cause in a meaningful way is what’s disgraceful.
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Replying to @Northernbutnice @ReyosB and
I’m glad she campaigns against fgm. But when her campaign includes downplaying the harm caused by mgm to make her message more palatable to people who might practice mgm i think she rightly deserves to be called a disgrace and a coward
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Replying to @peaceniky @ReyosB and
When a charity focuses on raising money for MS are they ‘downplaying’ the harm caused by cancer and vice versa? No both are worthy causes which deserve their own (separate) campaigns. Harm, re. death/serious injury, if you want to go there, the statistics speak for themselves.
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Replying to @Northernbutnice @ReyosB and
No but if during your charity for MS you say that cancer isn’t as serious your part of the problem. Thats what nimco has done. I do want to go there. Lets talk about harm, deaths caused by circumcision of males snd femsles in both medical and non-medical settings.
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Replying to @peaceniky
Ok, show me the stats. What is the death rate, per 100 for circ vs. FGM? I’m assuming the stats for FGM will also include those who die in childbirth (women and infants) as a result of FGM complications (not just in the aftermath of the procedure itself).
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Replying to @Northernbutnice @peaceniky
Id' love to, I'd love to compare circumcision in a US hospital to FGM in a singapore clinic, I am honestly willing to bet the male rate is worse. I'd love to compare Somalian FGM III with say Xhosa circumcision or aboriginal subincicsion complication rates, they'd be pretty close
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What I don't want to do is what the anti FGM campaign is always doing, which is crossing those two, comparing only FGM III with US hospital circumcision. I have no problem with being against FGM, what I have a problem with is her effectively supporting male cutting while doing it
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Replying to @ReyosB @peaceniky
Well you’ll have to address that with
@peaceniky who wanted to go there. I’m genuinely interested to learn of your activities campaigning against male circ and the success you’ve had so far as a result of those activities?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Northernbutnice @ReyosB
I know for a fact that i have changed the minds of 5 people. Who knows how many more. I aldo know that when i started 15 years ago it seemed like I was alone. Not virtually everyone i know is against circumcision. And those who still promote it sound more snd more like fools
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Replying to @peaceniky @ReyosB
That’s great, and do you genuinely believe the obstacle to banning male circ are anti-FGM campaigners, or do you think it’s the ingrained cultural and religious values? You’re always going to have more difficulty with male circ due to the religious aspect, FGM mostly cultural.
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Fgm campaigners are not the problem fgm campaigners like nimco who downplay the harm og mgm ARE. I’ve said this a number of times now
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Replying to @peaceniky @ReyosB
And I’ve said this a number of times. I believe you are conflating ‘downplaying harm’ with ‘not actively campaigning against’.
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