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Post by mllemass on Jul 19, 2020 14:14:02 GMT
Amanda was back on twitter today. She apologized for something she had said months ago (I don’t know what she had said). Naturally, a bunch of people went on the attack - encouraged by Stats Britain. I’ve finally blocked them! Not for what they’re saying about Amanda, but for insisting that everyone associated with her (including Mofftiss) denounce her publicly or they’re just as bad as she is. And you know it doesn’t take much to get people on twitter to attack a complete stranger. Someone posted a screenshot of one of her tweets from 2 years ago, and of course people aren’t bothering to read the date on it. They’re furious that she’s tweeting this right after her apology.
I really need a break from twitter, but I want to keep reading the lovely birthday tweets for Benedict!
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 19, 2020 14:37:49 GMT
That Stats Britain account is despicable. They were fans but then they were disappointed with BC's marriage or with Sherlock not being presented as gay and now they are just fabricating stuff to attack him and it seems also to other cats members!
Abbington should quit Twitter. She wasn't very savvy since day 1 and the problem with social media is that trolls in it doesn't forgive naivety nor any faux pas. It's always good vs evil and, of course, bullies always see themselves as the "good" guys!
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Post by ellie on Jul 19, 2020 18:06:45 GMT
This is why I rarely look at Twitter. It’s the global HQ for flaming torch holding village idiots. As Sherlock might say you can feel your IQ drop just reading it.
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Post by prudence on Jul 19, 2020 19:33:04 GMT
I’m not a fan of Stats Britain, but AA doesn’t do herself any favors with what she posts about transgender women. She says she wants open dialogue about it but then posts a statement that someone with a penis can’t be a woman, saying there’s no arguing that. Then she quits or blocks if you do try to have a conversation about it. So, I’m not in favor of bullying her off Twitter or any other form of “cancelling” but I do think she has a tendency to say things that are insulting to transgender people and then complain as though she didn’t say something that can be offensive, I would like it if she did have a dialogue with people on this issue, but she would best be served by doing it off of social media and stop continuing to bring it up herself. She objects to being called a TERF, but then immediately states that transgender women aren’t women, which is exactly what a TERF is.
So again, I like Amanda. I like her work. I like her personality. But, I disagree with her on this issue and wish she would be more open to having the dialogue she claims she wants to have. Short of that, she either needs to stop talking about it on social media if she doesn’t want opposition to her viewpoint, or be clear that her viewpoint is what it is and she doesn’t care if people object.
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Post by mllemass on Jul 19, 2020 19:40:10 GMT
Amanda’s post about transgenders was dated 2 years ago. The only thing she has posted since last year is her apology today. She has not responded to the twitter comments, and she hasn’t corrected anyone who thought that the transgender comment was made today. You made that same mistake.
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 19, 2020 19:45:57 GMT
Twitter is not the right place to discuss controversial issues AT ALL. The format just doesn't permit complexity and TBH I doubt anyone there really want to have dialogue with anyone else. It's just about reaffirming your own believes and accusing others of being bigots.
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Post by prudence on Jul 19, 2020 20:03:14 GMT
Amanda’s post about transgenders was dated 2 years ago. The only thing she has posted since last year is her apology today. She has not responded to the twitter comments, and she hasn’t corrected anyone who thought that the transgender comment was made today. You made that same mistake. The post I saw was a Facebook post in response to a very vocal anti transgender activist complaining that she was drummed off Twitter for being accused of being a TERF. Didn’t appear to be 2 years old as she hasn’t been off Twitter that long. But, I apologize if that was the original thing that she was apologizing for and not something new. Maybe she has been on and off Twitter. If it was in reference to that facebook post, then I’m glad she apologized for it.
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Post by prudence on Jul 19, 2020 20:12:22 GMT
I’m back to my original post. The Facebook post she apologized for was made on July 11, 2020. I’m glad she apologized and is looking into the issue on her own. I hope she does have dialogue about it and eventually returns to Twitter,.
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Post by mllemass on Jul 19, 2020 20:24:58 GMT
I follow Amanda on twitter only, so I don’t know if she posted anything somewhere else on social media. Before today, her last twitter post was in December. So maybe she only left twitter but remained in other areas,
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Post by prudence on Jul 19, 2020 20:32:53 GMT
I follow Amanda on twitter only, so I don’t know if she posted anything somewhere else on social media. Before today, her last twitter post was in December. So maybe she only left twitter but remained in other areas, She is also on Instagram (where I follow her) and Facebook. Facebook is where the latest incident occurred.
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