The Times reports on a separate letter signed by a 100 different Labour MPs, so the rebellion could be bigger, though the article says ministers believe the rebellion will still be confined to dozens.
Also, it's 83 MPs that need to rebel to defeat the govt.
This link only works for you and admins. Others will just see an error page.
Btw, don't down vote the same comments with your alts, some instances run scripts to look for this behaviour and ban people.
I also don't get why you're feeding the trolls like this, a simple report like 'Cell me Leni alt' would suffice.
The comments in question were removed last week and our internal position has been clarified, that there's no need to change our working definition of transphobia, albeit with some new considerations to allow people to talk about the transphobic actions of the British state. We want to make a statement, but the others seem busy with things outside of Lemmy.
I'm currently working on some guidelines for c/uk_politics to help potentially less informed users navigate the current situation without inadvertently being transphobic.
Hopefully they're more attentive to this than they are for their Lemmy instance (lemmy.one).
TERFs don't want trans people using any toilet. TERFs want to push trans people out of public life, and ideally to stop existing all together, by making existing in it as difficult as possible.
“So we pointed out, secondly, that this claim was based on entirely unfounded speculation, which also ignored factors that might result in lengthening the lives of Gazans, given the public health situation existing in Gaza prior to the war, including the extent of obesity. These factors include the possible reduction in the availability of confectionery and cigarettes.
What a ghoulish thing to say, really speaks to how nasty this man is.
Sorry if it came across that hostile, I tend to be snappy after waking up and we've had a lot of transphobia lately.
Are the terms afab/amab still okay? I try and use them as opposed to “biological women” as I heard that one could be a dogwhistle before
AFAB/AMAB are fine, encouraged even. 'Biological women' is generally used by gender critical types as a dog whistle to mean that only cis women are real women.
My warning was very pointed and specifically about rhetoric, not the actual underlying opinions.
Give me examples on why I shouldn’t use the term “cult” here, yet how it’s okay for other users of this instance to claim a large amount of the British population is in a cult simply because of their religious beliefs..
The trans cult thing is a common talking point by transphobes to discredit the idea of being trans, that it's nothing more than brainwashing. I really don't know how you expect "I don’t know who’s leading this movement, but it starts to seem like some weird cult" to come across, but it reads like you saying anyone with a more progressive opinion to you is in a cult. It's very easy for someone to make the jump from that to believing you think trans movement more broadly is a cult, especially given you're a transmedicalist.
Also, that comment by Hossenfeffer is clearly made in jest and, unlike trans people, Christians aren't a marginalised identity in Britain.
Thirdly, this place is where I get to hear the other side. Do you really want to force me to use an echo chamber by banning me?
No, that's why I gave a warning. I don't think you appreciate how much more leeway you get because I understand you come from a conservative background. You constantly say you're bad with this and when I try to clear up the boundaries of what I consider acceptable, you accuse me of engaging in cult-like tactics. Maybe I was too curt, but I'm trying to help you. I'm trans myself, so I hope you can appreciate why I'm sensitive to this stuff.
There’s no need to read between the lines here. I barely know what “dogwhistling” is nevermind people accusing me of doing it.
I'd really appreciate if you did read up on it. I can only moderate based on what you write, not what's in your head. I and others can't tell the difference between genuine ignorance or pretending to be ignorant to sneak bigotry in under the radar. The Green Party has a good page on trans/queer dogwhistles.
Sick of acting like what, having a different opinion and telling you to fuck off when you call them part of a cult? Like, how do you expect shit like "If I was going to be a transphobe, it would be because how you lot" to be received?
Also, first and final warning, I consider the implicit 'trans cult' stuff here to be a violation of our 'no transphobia' rule.
Flax, this thing where you walk into a thread about trans issues and your only contribution is calling people crazy and pedantry is getting really old. It doesn't make you look smart, you just come across as someone trying to mask their transphobia (and no, I'm not calling you a transphobe).
ಠ_ಠ take your upvote
The Greens having a 2 point lead over Labour with 2024 Labour voters is really quite damning. Really goes to show that the strategy of alienating people that voted for you to win over people that never will isn't the most sensible.