Links - 30th August 2025 (2 - General Wokeness: Flags in the UK)

Fury as Labour-run council tears down 'dangerous' St George's and Union Jack flags from city streets (but Palestine flags are allowed) - "A Labour-run council has sparked a major backlash by tearing down St George's and Union Jack flags from streets because they 'could put lives at risk' - despite Palestinian flags flying high across the city for several months.  Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused Birmingham City Council of piling 'bias and absurdity on top of their utter incompetence', pointing out they have managed to find workers to take down flags after months of bin strikes.  Scores of British flags have sprung up on lampposts and buildings across parts of Northfield, Birmingham, in what organisers have described as a 'patriotic outpouring'... Weoley Warriors, who are behind the influx of flags, describe themselves as a 'group of proud English men with a common goal to show Birmingham and the rest of the country of how proud we are of our history, freedoms and achievements.'  The protesters, who have raised £4,000 for flags, poles and cable ties, have defiantly hit back at accusations they are racist and insist they are 'giving hope to local communities that all isn't lost and they are not alone.'... the row has further deepened after Birmingham City Council confirmed it will begin ripping flags down from the lampposts, saying the extra weight could 'potentially lead to collapse' in the future. The Labour-run council - which is already under-fire over its handling of the five-month bin strikes - also claimed those attaching flags 'could be putting their lives and those of motorists and pedestrians at risk' despite being up to 25ft off the ground.  Critics have also pointed out that Palestinian flags have flown across the city, where 29.9 per cent of residents are Muslim, for several months since the war broke out in Gaza. Meanwhile, the council also lit up the Library of Birmingham in green and white to mark the anniversary of Pakistan's independence day yesterday and will do so in orange, green and white to mark India's independence today... Helen Ingram, a historian who lives in Northfield, told the Mail: 'Since the flags appeared everyone in Northfield has been talking about them – friends, family, neighbours, even strangers are talking about them in the street.   'Everyone I've spoken to loves them and there's a buzz in the air, an almost carnival-like atmosphere. Northfield was once a tight-knit community and it's heart-warming to get back that strong sense of community pride and unity.  'Some of the residents of Northfield have pointed out that there are plenty of Palestinian, Ukrainian and Pride flags that fly freely around the city every day without issue.   'They argue that flying a Union Jack or England flag aligns with this same spirit of being proud of your identity, your roots and the community that you represent. That is surely a sentiment that a city council should be championing rather than condemning!'  Liz Evans, from Bromsgrove, added: 'England flags were adorning lampposts down the Birmingham road, they have now been removed. I cannot tell you how heartbroken and displaced I feel within my own country.  'What is most sad is I no longer feel that we as British people we are respected, even by our own government.' 'We all like the flags. They brighten up the area and they're not offensive in the slightest,' another resident wrote on a local Facebook page.  But the patriotism has also led to accusations that those responsible are looking to stir up division between white British residents and other communities in the area... Resident Nazia told Birmingham Live that she respected the pride Brits feel about the flag but added: 'For others, especially minorities like myself, it's become harder to separate that pride from the undertone of nationalism that sometimes comes with it.'  She said she wasn't against people celebrating their identity during national events. 'But I think we all have a responsibility to understand how those actions are perceived by others—especially in a city as beautifully multicultural as Birmingham,' she added. 'We're lucky to live in a place where so many cultures, languages, and communities come together. That should be something we protect, not divide.'... Jeremy Duthie, from Weoley Castle, supported the flags in his area, saying: 'My personal opinion is that anyone who has a problem with our national flag being flown is living in the wrong country and should maybe consider living in the country represented by whatever flag they prefer to see flying.'   Meanwhile former West Midlands Police officer Hayley Owens said she people are 'sick of having to apologise for being British' and insisted there was 'nothing political about it'.  She rejected accusations of racism, adding: 'People are choosing to live here, in England, and should be proud of that. The flags are not aimed at anyone in a negative way.'   One social media user on a Weoley Castle Facebook page added: 'Every other country flies their flag with pride but when England/British do it, it's got to be for racist reasons. Why shouldn't we proud of England? It's the country we live in. Those who have issue with it should leave England and go dictate to the next country that they shouldn't fly their flag either.'"
If you have a negative perception about a "minority" flag, you are a bigot who needs to be not just ignored but un-personed
Isn't it racist and xenophobic to claim that "minorities" cannot identify with the national flag?

Scotland isn't the virtue-signalling liberal country the SNP wants you to think it is - "While the motivation of those hoisting the St George and Union flags across England and those who have been doing the same with the St Andrew’s flag in Scotland are identical – a statement of pride in one’s nationality – the media have chosen to label the practice rather differently north and south of the border, with the former eliciting virtually no response whatever and the latter exciting a series of shrieking headlines about the onset of fascism. Immigration has surged in the last two years to become a key issue for 21 per cent of Scots – up from four per cent in May 2023. This is not a corner of the UK with different values or priorities from the rest of the country. And it is fertile territory for Nigel Farage and Reform, should they wish to take advantage of the fact."
It's not like Scottish pride in their flag has not historically been ignored, while the English flag is demonised

Cllr Anthony James Owens on X - "Last night, Reform UK made the decision that only the Union Jack, the flag of St George, and the West Northamptonshire Council flag will be flown at council buildings.  This decision is not about creating division or alienating any group based on their protected characteristics. On the contrary, it is about promoting unity and shared identity among all residents of West Northamptonshire through the recognition of our national and local symbols.  We celebrate the rich diversity and individuality of our communities. However, as a council, we must also strive to remain impartial and avoid displays that could suggest bias or inequality. By standing under the British flags, we aim to reflect our shared values, heritage, and commitment to treating all residents fairly and equally."
Naturally, left wingers are upset, because there're many things more important to them than their own countries, and they need to advertise that
It's a myth that left wingers hate their countries

Reform UK pledge to remove Ukraine flag from KCC sparks furious backlash - "The Ukrainian flag sits alongside the Union flag behind the Chairman's place in the chamber at County Hall... “We are here to represent the people of Kent. This is Kent County Council…a foreign war being fought thousands of miles away is simply a distraction.”"

Hertfordshire news: Patriotic flag raisers attacked with 'petrol bombs' after hanging St George's crosses in community but they say 'it won't stop us' - "A group of men have been attacked with a 'petrol bomb' in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, after putting up a series of English flags in their town."

Sayeeda Warsi on X - "Born in Turkey, raised in Palestine, a “foreigner” who never visited our shores and who died for his belief in the one God- a basic tenant of Islam and a fundamental belief of all the Abrahamic faiths. St George was canonised by a Catholic born in Tunisia and is the patron saint of amongst others Ethiopia and Catalonia. St George was a symbol of internationalism and multiculturalism ❤️ #raisethecolours good folk of my country and celebrate our nation for the amazing diverse melting pot it is - in line with the great tradition of our patron St George"
Jack Montgomery on X - "Regular reminder that there was no "Turkey" when St George was born; the Turks didn't arrive until 800 years after his time, as conquerors and colonists. He also wasn't a champion of "multiculturalism," he was a Christian martyr executed for *refusing* to honour another religion."

Labour-run council ordering removal of St George's and Union Jack flags is too scared to take down Palestine flags without police protection, leaked email reveals - "The decision was blasted by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick as ‘blatant two-tier bias against the British people’, after critics pointed out Palestine flags had been left to fly from lampposts across Birmingham for the past 18 months without the council tearing them down.   When the Mail visited the Sparkhill area, where around 80 per cent of the population is Muslim, there were no fewer than seven Palestine flags hanging from lampposts on a mile-long stretch of Stratford Road.  It can also be revealed that the crisis-crippled council has privately admitted it is too scared to try to remove the Palestine flags without police protection.  In a leaked email obtained by the Mail, council cabinet member Majid Mahmood said of the Palestine flags hanging from lampposts in February: ‘We are taking these down, but we need the support of the police due to issues that have cropped (up) when we first tried to take them down.’... Mr Jenrick said: ‘It is ridiculous that the council are taking down England flags and Union flags while Palestine flags are allowed to remain. It’s blatant two-tier bias against the British people.  ‘Labour-run Birmingham council seem to be ashamed of our country - celebrating everyone other than ourselves. This pathetic self-loathing must end. We must be one country, united under one flag.  ‘It is a damning indictment of how bad things have become that the council appear too scared to take down unauthorised foreign flags without the police. The authorities cannot allow themselves to be intimidated into submission.’  Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: ‘The City Council piles bias and absurdity on top of their utter incompetence. After the chaos of the bin strike, where they can’t find anyone to empty the bins, they somehow manage to find people to take down our national flag on the eve of VJ Day when British and Commonwealth soldiers lost their lives for our freedoms. Shameful.’"

Birmingham news: Council lights up library to mark Pakistan independence but removes Union Jacks - "Birmingham City Council has started removing Union Jack and St George's flags from lampposts despite lighting up the city's library in green and white to mark the anniversary of Pakistan's independence day.  The flags initially sprung up in Weoley Castle thanks to a "patriotic" group of residents but have been spotted elsewhere in the Northfield area of the city.  An online fundraiser has even been set up to help fund the flags in Weoley Castle, so far generating almost £2,500 in donations... One Facebook user however said the flags made them feel "uncomfortable" and drew links to Reform UK.  They wrote: "When I first saw them I didn’t know what they were for. I thought maybe they were supporting the football or something.  "Then they started appearing everywhere and I felt really uncomfortable because as the flags grew in number, it felt like Weoley Castle had become a place that was full of people who don’t welcome people of other heritages, the anonymous post read.  "Looking on here I see it’s linked to English/British pride and in lots of cases, the Reform party.  "Lots of people don’t support the Reform party, and linking the flags to this party is something some people won’t agree with politically but will feel silenced into speaking up."... Birmingham City Council has issued a statement to say it plans to remove flags from lampposts, adding that "unauthorised items" could be "putting lives of motorists and pedestrians at risk"... It comes as the city council lit up the Library of Birmingham in green and white this week to mark the anniversary of Pakistan's independence day. Reform MP Lee Anderson said in a scathing response: "If the imbeciles running Birmingham City Council think more about Pakistan than the UK then they should all get on the next flight to Islamabad.""

Britain is a tinderbox. This crackdown on Union flags could make it explode - "Have you ever been injured by a Union flag? Has one, for example, mugged you at knife-point for your iPhone 16? Or perhaps a gang of teenage Union flags, out of their minds on weapons-grade skunk, have ambushed you as you walk home on your own after dark?  I’m relieved to say that I for one have never suffered any such misfortune. But then, I don’t live in Birmingham. And it would seem that the Union flags up there are an awful lot deadlier than the ones down my way in Kent."

Flags raised by growing patriotic movement to be removed by London council - "A second council has vowed to remove English or British flags that have been attached to lampposts by patriotism campaigners.  Tower Hamlets in east London said it would take down the St George’s flags “as soon as possible” after they were put up in recent days as part of the “Operation Raise the Colours” patriotism campaign that has been gathering momentum online... Tower Hamlets council, which is run by the pro-Gaza Aspire Party, has confirmed it will remove any St George flags from council property including lampposts “as soon as possible”... Government guidance first published in 2021 states: “Flags are a very British way of expressing joy and pride.”  It goes on to say that: “The Government wants to see more flags flown, particularly the Union flag.”"

If England flags become markers of ethnic identity, I fear for the Britain I loved - "Flags that should be unifying national symbols are instead becoming badges of ethnic identity. Worse, they are being used, as in the distant past, to signal control of territory. If I ask you for an image that symbolises the defeat of Nazi Germany, my guess is that you’ll think of the photograph of two Soviet soldiers raising the hammer-and-sickle flag over the Reichstag. It is unutterably depressing to have such territorial demarcation within our own borders.  How did we come to this? How is it that people born and educated here feel more affinity with Palestine, a territory that few of them have set foot in, than with the land that gave them their birth and infant nurture? It is partly the way our history is presented – both in classrooms and in the wider culture. A 15-year-old in Britain will be more familiar with Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King than with Jenny Geddes or John Wilkes. We teach kids about slavery rather than about Britain’s unique role in its abolition.  When I spoke to Lower Sixth history students from a London private school last term about how nineteenth-century African kings had dug in to defend the slave trade, I was met with flat-out disbelief. The teenagers had had it so hammered into them that slavery and colonialism were Britain’s original sins that they could not process the idea of the second having been driven by opposition to the first. Instead of ensuring that school leavers have a sense of pride in our country and its values, we foment alienation and racial division. The two largest volunteer armies in the history of mankind were the Indian armies in the two wars. Around a third of the men on the Empire Windrush had served in the RAF. But whereas those men had been brought up to see Britain as a beacon of liberty, their descendants have been taught that we are a uniquely cruel, voracious and racist country.  There was nothing inevitable about it. When I spent a day at Katharine Birbalsingh’s school in Wembley, I was moved almost to tears by the pride and enthusiasm with which her students, most of whom speak other languages at home and 90 per cent of whom are non-white, would sing patriotic songs and declaim Kipling’s verses. If every school in the land were like hers, we would not be in this mess. Our country used to be known around the world as civil and orderly. But the social capital that sustained those virtues has been drained by official multi-culturalism and the deliberate slandering of our past. When the madness reached its peak during the BLM unrest of 2020, I predicted mournfully that the reaction would not be a return to civic patriotism, but rather an ethnic backlash that was, in its way, every bit as angry, self-pitying and illiberal as that of the woke Left.  I am now sure of it... That is what I mean when I speak of the Ulsterisation of the mainland’s politics... None of this needed to happen to Great Britain. We did not lose a war or suffer a violent social revolution. We have done it to ourselves through woolly thinking, virtue-signalling and cowardice. The country I love is disappearing."

Kemi: There is nothing 'racist' or 'extreme' about flying our flag proudly, Tory leader tells the Mail... as she takes aim at councils removing St. George's Crosses - "She says there is 'nothing racist about flying the flag of your nation' and 'nothing extreme' about feeling pride for the country.  And she warns that Labour councils trying to stop the campaign of patriotic flag-flying across the country are wrongly sending a message to ethnic minorities that the flag is not for them.   Writing in today's Daily Mail, Mrs Badenoch attacks the local authorities for their 'double standards' after they allowed Palestinian banners to be displayed, as well as marking other countries' independence days and lighting up buildings for Black Lives Matter.  And she blasts Keir Starmer for using the English flag as a 'football prop', claiming other Labour MPs are only posing with it because Downing Street has told them to. In her exclusive article, Mrs Badenoch writes: 'The flag of St George predates the Union flag. It is a symbol that has stood for centuries.  'It should not be controversial to say that we are proud of it. The denigration of anything British in the name of "diversity" is not progressive. It is divisive. It must stop. It shouldn't be a revolutionary act to fly our own flags in our own country.' And she urges: 'We should fly them high – and instil that love and pride in our country in every generation.'... workers for Tower Hamlets Council in east London were this week seen taking down St George flags put up by the burgeoning online movement known as 'Operation Raise The Colours'.  Yet the authority had previously refused to take down unauthorised Palestinian flags 'because we believe it could destabilise community cohesion'...  the Liberal Democrat leader of Dorset Council said some residents had been 'intimidated' by the flags. Councillor Nick Ireland told the BBC: 'It would be naive to pretend otherwise that the St George flag has been co-opted by certain far Right groups to promote their agendas.'"
If you're intimidated by the national flag, maybe you shouldn't be living in that country. Good luck if you're intimidated by the Pride or Palestinian flag
If you can't fly the flag of St George because it's been co-opted, what about the Palestine flag?

Meme - Damian Counsell @DamCou: "Weirdly, I'm a teensy bit more intimidated by explosions of Islamism."
"St George's flags: 'Explosion of patriotism is intimidating'"

Sir Keir Starmer is a ‘patriot’ who backs flying the England flag, says Downing Street - "Sir Keir Starmer is a “patriot” who backs people flying the England flag, Downing Street has said.  The Prime Minister’s official spokesman insisted Sir Keir believed that pride in his country was “an important thing” after two councils vowed to remove English or British flags."

Flying the St George flag should not be controversial - "It is often noted when people watch replays of the 1966 World Cup Final that England’s fans waved the Union flag, not the Cross of St George. The latter did not really appear at football matches until the European championships in 1996 when Scotland qualified. Scots fans brought the Saltire with them so England responded with the flag of St George.  In Scotland and in Wales, where the red dragon is everywhere, the flags of nationhood are commonplace, especially on public buildings. In England, by contrast, the St George’s flag is a rarity and is positively discouraged... since devolution under the first Tony Blair government, the constituent parts of the UK have been encouraged to celebrate their identities. Government guidance states that flags “are a very British way of expressing joy and pride” and of highlighting local and national identities. Are those Labour councils who are taking down these flags ashamed of their own country?"

Reform should spend less time worrying about flags, says Labour minister - "A Labour minister has claimed Reform UK should spend less time “worrying” about flags amid a row over councils removing the England flag.  Torsten Bell said Reform should focus on public services after Nigel Farage’s party promised the councils under its control would not remove patriotic flags put up in the streets... On being asked what reform of property taxes would look like, Mr Bell said: “I’m a newish MP but I’m not an idiot.  “And you know tax decisions are made by the Chancellor, so I’m not going to speculate on individual taxes because then you’ll ask me another three questions about other taxes. So the answer is taxes are matters for budgets and matters for chancellors.  “What I can say is this Government is going to get things built again.”  When it was put to him that he is a Treasury minister, Mr Bell replied: “That’s another reason why I’m not going to start speculating on individual taxes.  “You’ll get the same [answer as when] you ask any minister all the time and at some point there’ll be a learning curve and we won’t just go through rehearsing each individual question.”"
There's nothing wrong with taking down Union flags, because that doesn't affect provision of public services, but if you say you're keeping them up you're the one wasting time and resources

Council removes St George’s flags... but had no problem with Pride-coloured zebra crossing - "A council that installed a Pride flag pedestrian crossing has been accused of hypocrisy after it vowed to remove England flags painted on road markings.  Liberal Democrat-led Portsmouth city council said it would paint over St George’s crosses daubed on mini-roundabouts and give-way lines “in the interest of public safety”.  That is despite the authority painting a rainbow flag across the entire length of a pedestrian crossing in 2020... Stand Up To Racism Portsmouth has accused those behind the flags of “trying to colonise our public spaces”.  “This isn’t about celebrating anything, it’s about the far Right trying to colonise our public spaces, which should be as inclusive and multicultural as modern Britain actually is,” the group said... In an email, Essex county council bosses told workers that the flags may “evoke feelings of discomfort and be associated with anti-immigration rhetoric”, particularly for colleagues “of colour”."
It's telling that if you're proud of your country, you are far right, and that the flag is colonising public spaces. Of course, if you don't like or are uncomfortable with the Pride and Palestinian or any other left wing approved flag colonising public spaces, you are a contemptible bigot
If you're uncomfortable with the flag of the country you're living in, should you be living there?

Rugby schoolgirl punished for wearing Union flag dress and celebrating British heritage at school's cultural day - "Bilton School has U-turned and apologised after segregating a pupil for celebrating her British heritage on culture day.  Grade A student Courtney Wright, 12, wore a Union Flag dress and wrote a piece about history and traditions as part of the celebrations at the school on Friday.  But her dad, Stuart, collected his daughter after she was told to stay in the school’s reception... "She was told she wasn’t allowed in school with the dress on because she gets to celebrate her culture every day.”  In a permission letter sent to parents, it said the day was "designed to promote inclusion, understanding, and appreciation of different backgrounds, traditions and heritages"."
You can only celebrate the foreign and must hate the local

No 10 condemns school after girl, 12, was sent home from class for wearing Union Jack dress on diversity day - "'Straight A' student Courtney Wright, 12, wore the Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a speech about history and traditions as part of the celebrations on Friday... Students wearing burkas, niqabs and traditional Nigerian clothing were reportedly allowed to attend lessons as normal, while children with St George's and Welsh flags were turned away at the school gates.  Following outrage at Courtney's exile from class, the government stated the child was right to celebrate being British... 'She wasn't the only kid picked out either - one child from a farming background was turned away at the gates for wearing traditional flat-cap and checked shirt. 'They didn't even read or listen to her speech which actually celebrates inclusivity and other cultures. 'It was just like British culture could not be celebrated. She was punished for being proud of being British."

'Rioter' wearing Union Jack on his arm used as part of riot police training exercise - "A Metropolitan Police training exercise in Kent has featured a person portraying a rioter wearing a Union Jack flag on their arm."

The Corruption of The New England Journal of Medicine

The Corruption of The New England Journal of Medicine

"The New England Journal of Medicine is the world’s most prestigious medical journal. It publishes only 5 percent of the original research submissions that it receives. Physician Marty Makary, President Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, has written that publishing a study in the journal “is rocket fuel for your academic career.”

But like so many other institutions, NEJM has allowed a dubious commitment to “social justice” to overtake its pursuit of excellence in medical science—particularly when it comes to youth gender medicine. NEJM’s coverage of this controversial field has abandoned even the pretense of objectivity, declining to hold researchers to scientific standards or air alternative views that would advance scientific knowledge...

Commentators on all sides lament that this [trans] issue has become so politicized. But the politicization is the result of scientific and medical institutions failing to impose high standards and to facilitate open debate.

NEJM’s conduct is a good illustration of that failure. Its refusal to hold the research it publishes to high scientific standards and its documented track record of suppressing debate on these novel, invasive, and risky procedures has directly contributed to the politicized environment we see today.

Johanna Olson-Kennedy, medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, is one of the country’s most prominent gender clinicians. Her former patient, a now 20-year-old detransitioner named Clementine Breen, is suing Olson-Kennedy for allegedly fast-tracking her to puberty blockers at age 12, hormones at 13, and a double mastectomy at 14, all without a mental-health assessment. According to the complaint, Olson-Kennedy and her team approved Breen for transition after a single appointment.

In 2023, NEJM published a study by Olson-Kennedy on hormonal treatments for transgender-identified adolescents. Titled “Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormones,” the study claimed to find improved mental-health and psychosocial-functioning outcomes among its 315 participants.

Olson-Kennedy’s paper received fawning media coverage. “Hormone therapy improves mental health for transgender youths, a new study finds,” read an NBC News headline. “Gender Affirming Hormones Boost Mental Health for Transgender Youth,” MedPage Today declared.

A closer look at the study’s data, however, shows nothing of the sort. The boys in the study experienced no improvement. The girls’ improvement was so marginal and of such questionable clinical value that the authors used dubious statistical methods to hide their true results. Almost a third of participants failed to report mental-health outcomes at the two-year follow-up.

Proponents argue that “gender-affirming care” is suicide-prevention treatment—a claim used to stave off public criticism, pressure parents into consenting to these interventions, and bypass the obvious ethical problems of subjecting children to experimental drugs and surgeries with lifelong implications. Yet two of the 315 teens in Olson-Kennedy’s study killed themselves after initiation of hormones, even though the researchers had screened out participants who were “visibly distraught (e.g., suicidal, homicidal, exhibiting violent behavior) at the time of consent or the baseline [mental health data collection].”

Olson-Kennedy and her colleagues did not see this as a reason to stop the study to figure out what went wrong. Indeed, they mentioned the suicides only in passing, never pondering what they might mean.

After NEJM published Olson-Kennedy’s paper, it received several letters to the editor pointing out its methodological problems, misleading conclusions, and inappropriate response to the suicides. Most letters were rejected. Those that were accepted were not published for at least ten months—far too late to have challenged the positive media narrative that had taken hold.

In October 2024, the New York Times revealed that Olson-Kennedy had been sitting on data showing that her subjects’ mental health had not improved after receiving puberty blockers. Olson-Kennedy said that she decided not to publish the data for fear that it would be “weaponized” by critics.

NEJM has neither retracted nor meaningfully corrected the study, which continues to be cited as leading evidence for a practice that medical authorities in other countries increasingly regard as a scandal. The journal’s website states that its “peer-review process often works to improve research while preventing overstatements of results from reaching physicians and the public,” adding that its “careful editing process often requires extensive revisions and involves detailed checking for accuracy.”

I reached out to the NEJM editors to ask how the study’s inaccuracies and “overstatements of results” had evaded their peer-review process. I did not receive a response.

NEJM’s chief organ for promoting “gender-affirming care” is its “Perspectives” section. Perspectives publishes articles, primarily by medical professionals, on controversial topics of the day. Though technically opinion, pieces in this section must be scientifically informed and undergo peer review.

Year after year, NEJM has used the Perspectives section to platform only one side in the pediatric gender-medicine debate and to demonize competing viewpoints. It has allowed authors to peddle scientifically false and at times slanderous allegations against their critics, including against highly respected medical professionals.

The most plausible explanation for this is editorial bias. The editor of Perspectives is 24-year NEJM veteran Debra Malina. In 2018, Malina wrote articles for NPR and the Washington Post about how she was proud to support her “nonbinary” daughter and why parents of trans-identified youth need to “help the world grow and change, too.” In 2020, Malina’s Perspectives published an article by her daughter, Sula, arguing that “clinicians and health care institutions” must “confront their own transphobia.”

Sula is now a licensed therapist who specializes in “consensual non-monogamy,” “kink/BDSM,” and helping “queer and trans youth” and their parents “navigat[e] gender transition in the medical industrial complex.” She charges clients $300 per hour for her services. 

Researchers I’ve spoken to expressed concern about Debra Malina’s conflict of interest, given her family situation. One researcher, whose letter to the editor pointing out flaws in a pro-gender-affirming care Perspectives article was rejected, wrote to NEJM’s editorial board on February 2, 2023. The author suggested that Malina recuse herself from publication decisions involving topics that implicate her daughter’s livelihood.

NEJM’s editor-in-chief, Eric Rubin, disagreed. “We encourage authors and reviewers to be transparent about financial conflicts and largely prohibit editors from having financial conflicts,” he responded. “However, all of our authors, reviewers and editors have opinions and biases (although I hope are willing to be proven wrong). I do not consider pre-existing opinions without financial conflicts to be grounds for recusal whether for Perspectives or research articles.”

Evidence of NEJM’s editorial bias extends beyond Malina’s familial connections to the gender-medicine industry. It is also reflected in her editorial decisions, made amid the escalating international controversy over “gender affirming care” for minors. Consider a few examples. 

In November 2022, Perspectives published an article titled “Protecting Transgender Health and Challenging Science Denialism Policy.” Written by Yale’s Meredithe McNamara and colleagues, the article accused critics of pediatric gender transition of using “disinformation” tactics to justify state age-restriction laws. But McNamara’s article is full of critical omissions, misrepresentations, and calls for censorship. She cites her own non-peer-reviewed reports and transgender-advocacy groups’ clinical guidelines but fails to mention four extant systematic reviews of evidence—the gold standard in evidence evaluation—all finding that the evidence for endocrine treatments was of “low” or “very low” quality.

McNamara also claimed that “rates of regret [are] less than 1%” and cites her non-peer reviewed report, which in turn cites a 2021 “systematic review.” That review, however, contains mathematical errors, relies on studies with dropout rates of up to 40 percent, and defines “regret” so narrowly that even detransitioners like Chloe Cole, who underwent “gender-affirming” mastectomy at age 15, wouldn’t count as cases of regret. No less important, the cited review draws from studies conducted almost exclusively on adults who transitioned well into adulthood, typically after years of therapy. In short, it tells us nothing about pediatric outcomes under the current “affirming” approach.

Most egregiously, McNamara called it “inflammatory” to suggest that adolescent gender dysphoria should be treated with psychotherapy rather than drugs—despite this being the emerging standard of care in several European countries—and characterized “desistance” and “regret” as “[h]armful terms” that “gloss over the suffering that [trans-identifying] people experience in an overwhelmingly cisgender society.”

Records I’ve obtained show that Malina received several letters to the editor calling out these and other problems in McNamara’s article, but she published none.

On January 15, 2025, Malina’s Perspectives published an article titled “The Future of Gender-Affirming Care—A Law and Policy Perspective on the Cass Review,” by law professors Daniel G. Aaron and Craig Konnoth. The Cass Review, authored by pediatrician Hilary Cass, was the product of a multiyear investigation of the U.K.’s gender services and based on seven new and two older systematic reviews of evidence on various aspects of pediatric gender transition. The Review’s unambiguous conclusion is that the evidence for safety and efficacy is “remarkably weak” and the current “gender-affirming” approach does not meet the standards of clinical assessment.

Aaron and Konnoth charge that the Cass Review’s conclusions are “unacceptable departures from medical law and policy.” But the authors show little understanding of the Review, its context, or even how evidence-based medicine works. Their Perspectives article is full of false analogies, mischaracterizations, and unprofessional attacks on Cass’s integrity. For example, they cite grey literature (non-peer reviewed reports) that attacks the Cass Review but do not mention the peer-reviewed rebuttal to these attacks, which was published in The BMJ, one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. They also fail to note that the lead author of the grey literature they cite—Meredithe McNamara—is a paid expert witness in youth-gender-medicine lawsuits and stands to benefit professionally and financially from casting doubt on the Cass Review.

Aaron and Konnoth argue that the use of puberty blockers for children with central precocious (i.e., early) puberty is proof that “cisgender” youth receive “gender-affirming care” without controversy and that, consequently, any effort to restrict these interventions is motivated by animus against “transgender young people.” This is a profoundly misleading claim. As the Cass Review itself notes, puberty blockers “have undergone extensive testing for use in precocious puberty (a very different indication from use in gender dysphoria) and have met strict safety requirements to be approved for this condition.” The diagnosis of central precocious puberty relies on blood work, an objective test, whereas the diagnosis of gender dysphoria—to the extent gender clinicians even try to follow DSM-5 criteria, which they often do not—relies on more subjective and potentially transitory measures like the feelings and desires of adolescents.

Perhaps the most egregious of Aaron and Konnoth’s claims, however, is that the Cass Review is riddled with “antitransgender bias.” They offer no support for this claim other than their disagreement with the Review’s methodology and conclusions. While allegations of “anti-trans bias” have become commonplace in academic publishing, it is worth noting that such claims, when not backed by credible evidence, represent departures from the norms of scientific and civil debate.

A final example appeared earlier this month. “Advancing Transgender Health amid Rising Policy Threats,” written by gender clinicians and legal advocates, argues that the medical community should find ways, including “telehealth services and out-of-state referral pathways,” to evade state and federal restrictions on youth access to “gender-affirming care.” The authors write that such care “is widely recognized as essential, evidence based, and often lifesaving.” They continue: “Research consistently demonstrates the positive effects of these interventions, including substantial reductions in depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, and improvement in overall quality of life.”

It is hard to see how such assertions can be made by competent clinicians in good faith, given the consistent findings of a dozen systematic reviews of evidence—which, predictably, the authors never mention—and the explosive revelations about the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care, Version 8, a document that the authors cite unquestioningly.

NEJM’s social-justice commitments have left it vulnerable to emotional extortion by activist researchers. For instance, in a July 2024 Perspectives article titled “A Legacy of Cruelty to Sexual and Gender Minority Groups,” a group of scholars charged the journal with having “normalized” “judgmental language,” and of having propped up “stigmatizing and inhumane concepts” such as the notion that “[t]he cause of gender identity disorder is unknown.” The authors called for “a broader reckoning with the ways in which medicine created and perpetuated cruel myths that legitimized the inhumane treatment of LGBTQ+ people for centuries and that continue to this day.”

A few months later, on “Transgender Day of Remembrance,” NEJM co-hosted a symposium with Harvard Medical School’s DEI office, titled “Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Journal.” After a land acknowledgement by HMS diversity dean Joan Reede, NEJMeditor-in-chief Eric Rubin said that when it comes to “rectify[ing] injustices . . . part of it is on the Journal.”

The journal has been seeking to “rectify injustices” for quite some time. Since 2015, by my count, Perspectives has published 26 articles supportive of “gender-affirming” medicine. As far as I can tell, Perspectives has not published a single article that is critical, or even skeptical, of the controversial practice. I asked NEJM if they could cite a single article offering a different perspective but did not receive a response.

Numerous letters to the editors were submitted in response to these articles. None was published. When one scholar wrote to the NEJM editors to inquire about the journal’s consistent refusal to publish responses to Perspective pieces, she was told that “We simply do not publish letters in response to Perspectives, no matter how controversial.” A non-exhaustive search through the journal’s archives shows that this is not true. At least 22 such letters have been published, including 12 that criticize the original articles. In a later exchange, the same editor conceded that NEJM does publish critical responses, but “rarely” and “only under unusual circumstances.”

Does a global debate over a novel, invasive, and risky treatment protocol for vulnerable children not meet the standard of “unusual circumstances”?

Right after NEJM published the article criticizing the Cass Review, a group of psychologists with experience treating youth with gender-related distress submitted an article to Perspectives offering a sympathetic take on the report. “After considering its focus, content, and interest, we made the editorial decision not to consider your submission further,” Malina wrote to the author.

The U.S. medical establishment’s continued support for “gender-affirming care” relies to a great degree on manufactured consensus. Ground zero for that consensus is the world of academic medical publication. 

Top-tier medical journals regularly pump out studies in which the authors make wildly exaggerated claims that bear little resemblance to their actual findings. Studies on “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” are regularly attacked, prompting journals to issue retractions or unwarranted “corrections.” In some cases, the gap between what the authors claim and what their evidence actually shows is so stark that one wonders what the peer-review process at these journals actually entails.

Last year, a first-of-its-kind review was published in Acta Paediatrica, a leading pediatric medical journal based in Sweden, on the neurocognitive impacts of puberty blockers. The author, Sallie Baxendale, an esteemed professor of clinical neuropsychologist in the U.K., reported that the effects of blockers remain largely unknown but may include IQ deficits.

Three medical journals rejected Baxendale’s article. A reviewer at one expressed concern that the paper would further stigmatize an already-stigmatized group. Another seemed to suggest that these medications should be presumed safe until proven otherwise—an astonishing reversal of the burden of proof that lies at the heart of medical ethics. Reflecting on her experience, Baxendale called it “extraordinary,” something she hadn’t seen “in my three-decades-long experience in academic publishing.”

In the foreword to her report, Hilary Cass notes that “studies are exaggerated or misrepresented by people on all sides of the debate to support their viewpoint.” All too often, prestigious medical journals themselves are responsible for such exaggeration and misrepresentation."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links - 30th August 2025 (1 - Donald Trump [including Texas Floods])

Michael Shellenberger on X - "Within minutes of Texas floods killing dozens of girls, the media said it was because of Trump budget cuts and climate change. In truth, the deaths occurred in “one of the highest flood-prone regions in the entire state,” warnings were issued, and the underlying cause was the failure to install flood warning sirens. Climate journalists are cultists."

Steve Milloy on X - "If you see Democrats trying to blame Trump budget cuts for a failure to warn of flash-flooding risk, the first National Weather Service warning was given a day ahead: "According to the National Weather Service website, the flash flood watch, which included Kerr County, was issued at 1:18 p.m. Thursday. Nearly 12 hours later, a 'life threatening' flash flood warning was issued at 1:14 a.m., according to the website.""

Joseph L Trahan for Senate District 15 on X - "When TRUMP learned of the Guadaupe River Flooding Disaster his response was: "ANYTHING YOU NEED, JUST ASK" We asked for Blackhawk helicopters and military with equipment for search and rescue...within an hour they were flying over the river rescuing and leading the way. I voted for this."

Michael Walsh on X - "You gotta love these shameless ghouls pouncing on a tragic Texas (a state the size of France) weather event to blame Trump for a bill he signed yesterday."

The Hodgetwins | Facebook - "🚨 PROOF: THE LEFT HATES AMERICA — EVEN DURING NATURAL DISASTERS 🚨 Democrats on X are now celebrating the tragic flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, that took the lives of several innocent children, saying the state “deserves what they’re getting.” As Texans battle deadly floods, the unhinged Left is CELEBRATING. Here’s what liberals are actually posting online:
“Texas deserves it.”
“Cry harder.”
“No FEMA, just ICE.”
“Let’s start the hurricanes.”
“No empathy for red states.”
“It’s what Texas deserves.”
While families are losing homes, and loved ones these the Left are laughing, mocking, and wishing more destruction on millions of Americans just because they vote Republican. These are the same people who lecture us about “unity” and “compassion.”
📊 And let’s not ignore this: Pew Research confirms 56% of young liberal white women have been diagnosed with a mental health condition by a healthcare provider. So when you see this level of cruelty, rage, and delusion online — now you know why. 👉 This is what the modern Left has become: Not just wrong. Not just radical. But emotionally unstable and openly hateful. We pray for Texas. We remember who mocked them. #TexasStrong #LiberalHateExposed #Trump2024 #Hodgetwins #AmericaFirst #PrayForTexas #RedStatePride #StopTheInsanity #NoMoreDoubleStandards #WeRemember"
As left wingers, projecting as usual, love to say, "the cruelty is the point"

Texas pediatrician's flood post claiming MAGA 'got what they voted for' backfires spectacularly - "A Texas pediatrician has been fired after claiming that Trump supporters got what they voted for following the tragic floods in the state. Dr Christina Propst sparked massive backlash after she took to Facebook to share a now-deleted message where she appeared to take glee in the floods that have left 82 dead, including at least 28 children. 'May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry,' the post read. 'Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.'"
Not the only one taking glee in this that I saw. "The cruelty is the point" crowd was engaging in projection, as usual
Left wingers will be bandying about accusations of hypocrisy again, but they want people who don't adhere to left wing orthodoxy to be fired, because "minorities" won't feel "safe" with them, or will be mistreated by these "bigots" (like Michael Ellis getting deregistered), or even just because (like Seyi Omooba)

Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding - "The National Weather Service sent out a series of flash flood warnings in the early hours Friday before issuing flash flood emergencies — a rare alert notifying of imminent danger... The National Weather Service office in New Braunfels, which delivers forecasts for Austin, San Antonio and the surrounding areas, had extra staff on duty during the storms, Runyen said. Where the office would typically have two forecasters on duty during clear weather, they had up to five on staff."
Damn defunding! Trump has blood on his hands!

Did the Weather Service Stumble Ahead of Fatal Texas Floods? - "Meteorologists have said the NWS did all it could in regards to the forecasts issued prior to the floods. On Saturday, meteorologist John Morales took to social media to defend the NWS, stating that the “local officials blaming NWS are wrong.” “I don't see any evidence that cuts to NOAA/NWS caused any degradation in the anticipatory weather warnings ahead of this Texas tragedy,” Morales said, sharing data from the NWS... Other meteorologists have also spoken out. CBS Austin's Avery Tomasco said: "The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Kerr County more than 12 hours ahead of the catastrophic flood. A flash flood warning was issued for Hunt and Ingram three hours before the Guadalupe started to climb. They did their job and they did it well.""

Meme - "Democrats on Texas Floods: "TRUMP DID IT", "See: we need FEMA', he got rid of the NOOA!!. meanwhile this picture of Ashville NC. with Biden, FEMA, NOOA in charge. Always remember not only didn't they prevent this, but they left the people to rot afterwards."

MAZE on X - "This is CNN's Abby Phillip. Abby enjoys spreading propaganda and listening to herself speak. In October of last year Abby continually criticized Trump for "politicizing" the Harris/Biden Admin's response to Hurricane Helene. Tonight, while speaking about the floods in Texas, Abby said that if not for the DOGE spending cuts, "somebody's child could have been saved." This is Abby Phillip. This is CNN."

End Wokeness on X - "National injunctions issued by district judges to block a policy of the sitting president:
Entire 20th century: 27
President Trump: 100+
The Supreme Court just ended this"

yung macro 年轻的宏观 on X - "I'm generally a staunch defender of the economics profession but the fact that an 80 year old reality show star and his ragtag crew of like 5 alabama university undergrads are running circles around 10 thousand PhDs for a year now does raise some questions one cannot ignore"

Maher admits he was wrong about Trump's tariffs and economic impact - "Cohen responded that the tariff saga is an example of why he stopped making bold predictions. "If I was good at predicting things, Hillary [Clinton] would have been the president in 2016," Cohen said"

‘Tariff’ on American diners a ‘malicious prank’, says Chinatown restaurant worker - "A worker at a restaurant in Chinatown said none of its employees had put up a notice declaring a 104 per cent surcharge for American diners, calling the move a “malicious prank”.    The handwritten notice of the “tax” – equal to US President Donald Trump’s staggering tariff rate on Chinese imports announced on April 8 – spread online on April 10, attracting more than 1,500 comments on TikTok.   Like the tariffs on China, the notice said Xie Lao Song’s American patron tariff was to take effect on April 9.   Some netizens crowed at what they took for the management’s patriotism, while others cried discrimination."

Meme - Department of Government Efficiency News @DOGE_news: "You can't make this up."
"NJ shopper says because of Trump's tariffs, she just paid more than twice as much for same groceries.
Fun Fact: Those tariffs aren't in place yet."

Americana Mama on X - "If you struggle to understand the difference between a man and a woman you probably won’t understand tariffs or international trade policy either"

How to respond to Trump’s tariff provocations - "Retaliation (a big F): Despite Canadians’ well-founded anger with U.S. tariffs, retaliation is the worst option. We end up shooting ourselves in the foot. A U.K. study released just this week estimates the impact of a 25 per cent U.S. tariff on Mexico and Canada (with a 10 per cent rate for energy), as well as a 20 per cent tariff on China. Without retaliation, Canada’s real income per capita falls 3.2 per cent. But with “dollar-for-dollar” retaliation by Canada and others, the hit is 5.1 per cent. The U.S. suffers too, but the impact is much less: just 0.9 per cent of its real income without retaliation and 1.2 per cent with. Given our exemption from Trump’s uniform and reciprocal tariffs, the damage to us is less than in the study’s 25/10 assumption. But the message is the same: retaliation makes us worse off but with little impact on the United States, which is much less reliant on trade. Is retaliation even necessary? In 2020, Australia didn’t retaliate when China blocked Aussie imports. Instead, it called out China’s bad behaviour and isolated it from other trading arrangements. Eventually, China caved and Australia did fine.
Trade diversification (B): Confronted with a U.S. tariff wall, it’s natural to look for other trade opportunities in Europe and Asia, where we already have trade agreements. Despite some progress with these other partners, economics and geography make the U.S. our best market. Over 90 per cent of our two most important exports are sold to the United States (vehicles and parts and oil, gas and their derivatives, which account for 12 and 24 per cent, respectively, of our exports). Overall, three-quarters of our exports of goods and services go to the United States... Mark Carney proposes building a Canadian car company (probably an EV producer) but it could end up like bankrupt battery-maker Northvolt, unable to compete even with subsidies.  Energy exports could be diversified but that would need regulatory approvals for pipelines to be built to the east and west coasts. The Conservatives support energy corridors for this purpose, but the Liberals only mention an east-west pipeline across Canada, not one that would diversify trade to other markets.
NAFTA 3.0 (A-): Free trade with the U.S. and Mexico has brought large benefits for the Canadian economy. Its loss would be a body blow, especially to non-diversifiable industries like Ontario’s auto industry. And there’s much more at stake in our relations with the U.S. Many of us have family there. Millions of snowbirds head south every winter. American companies have over $600 billion invested in Canada as foreign direct investment. In short, our circumstances dictate that we have little choice but make a deal with the U.S. With a mercurial president, that won’t be easy. But Wednesday’s exemptions for Canada and Mexico seem to signal that a new deal may well be possible. That could include a “big idea” negotiation. As with the original Auto Pact, other pacts could be negotiated for security, energy and curbing illegal guns and drugs crossing the border. What would we be willing to give up? The Americans have a long wish list, primarily involving recent Liberal policies: plastic waste regulations, intellectual property protection, online streaming levies, digital services tax and the Online News Act (which requires payments to news businesses). But Trump’s only mention of us Wednesday concerned supply management. Although it has been an immense policy failure for us, undermining export opportunities, hurting food affordability and harming trade relations, it’s a political minefield no major party wants to wade into. But we’re at a crunch point here: how much of the rest of our economy are we prepared to sacrifice in its interest?
Whichever of the three options we choose, we can only help ourselves by making our economy more competitive. The very best way to thumb our noses at Trump is with an innovative, high-performing economy. That requires lower taxes, less regulation and governments that don’t believe they can micro-manage economic activity."

Here's Johnny on X - "The left was mad the stock market went down... now they are mad it went up Maybe they are just miserable people in general! @DavidJHarrisJr"

Meme - Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer: "Nero fiddled. Trump golfed."
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee: "Biden slept"

Libs of TikTok on X - "Liberal is mad that President Trump visited victims of Hurricane Helene in NC. People lost everything and some are still living in tents. Trump visited them and listened to their stories then went to California. Why would anyone be mad that a President is visiting Americans who were victims of natural disasters??"

Meme - "When you're on your 400th anti-Trump post and it's not even lunch time yet"

Meme - "Donald Trump wants to take women's rights away so badly he has appointed a woman as:
Attorney General
Director of National Intelligence
Press Secretary
White House Chief of Staff
U.N. Ambassador
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Homeland Security"

Meme - *Cycle*
"Trump wants a foreign leader to do something"
"Trump announces tariffs"
"Left claims tariffs won't work this time"
"Leader caves and Trump gets what he wants"

Meme - "98% OF LEGACY MEDIA BRAINWASHED YOU TO HATE HIM. YOU PLAYED THE RACISM AND SEXISM CARDS. SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS COMPLETELY ERASED HIM. YOU TRIED TO LOCK HIM UP IN 3 DIFFERENT CASES. YOU TRIED TO BANKRUPT HIM IN A SHAM CASE. YOU TRIED TO ASSASSINATE HIM - TWICE. AND YOU STILL LOST *2 woman putting L signs to foreheads*"

Meme - "SERIAL WOMAN BEATER. ACCUSED OF BEATING WOMAN AT THE BALLOT BOX TWICE!"

Meme - Talking to self in mirror: "That's right. You get in there and derail that conversation. It's not about Trump, but you get in there and you MAKE it about Trump."

Meme - "HIS PRONOUNS ARE MY PRESIDENT, YOUR PRESIDENT, HIS PRESIDENT, HER PRESIDENT, THEIR PRESIDENT, OUR PRESIDENT, EVERYONE'S PRESIDENT"

Jesse Singal on X - "Joining the Trump bandwagon means you either need to be dumb or pretend to be dumb. JD Vance might have mortgaged his morality and his legacy, but he's not dumb. He doesn't actually think anyone's proposing 20 million trials. Rather, he knows he has very, very dumb supporters."
JD Vance on X - "I hate this smug, self-assured bullshit. "I know I'm right, and people must be dumb or immoral to disagree with me." It's an easy way to go through life, because then you never have to think seriously about why your worldview is a justification for the mass invasion of the country my ancestors built with their bare hands."

LBC on X - ""How did you end up on the same team as the self-confessed sex offender?" James O'Brien asks those who see trans people as a threat: "is Donald Trump your man?""
Kristian Niemietz on X - "It's been a while since I've last spotted such a clear-cut example the "Hitler was a vegetarian, therefore, vegetarians are Nazis" fallacy in the wild."

Derrick Evans on X - "Senator Tim Kaine: The J6 pardons are an abomination. STFU Tim, you should check to make sure your son isn’t rioting with ANTIFA again."
Dr. Ben Braddock on X - "Tim Kaine’s son stormed the MN capitol in an anti-Trump riot in 2017, set off explosive devices and tear gas, and fought the police. He didn’t do any jail time because his father is a Democrat Senator."

i/o on X - "If you need evidence of how useless organized liberalism has become observe that as Trump disables and guts agencies (like SFPB and USAID) that do the sort of good things that liberals want government to do there are no mass protests.  And if you need any evidence of how incoherent and misguided in its priorities it has become recall the mass protests that greeted Trump during the much less active first few months of his first term (when his biggest apparent "crime" had been months earlier suggesting a certain rapeyness among Mexican illegals) and then contrast the organized anger this produced to the anemic reaction in the present.  Harm programs that help American consumers? Not really a big problem. Or programs that have helped millions of poor people around the world and engendered goodwill toward the US? Not enough to make lefties get too terribly upset. But riff about Mexican illegals possibly having a predilection for sexual crimes? Huge problem!  The left that used to matter — the one that stood up to the banks and big corporations and predatory capitalism and sought to make a real difference among the global poor — has become hollowed out, replaced by an activist base that has the mindset of a humanities department at Berkeley."

Why is Trump's plan to end birtright citizenship so controversal when other countries did it? : r/Askpolitics - "Many countries, including France, New Zealand, and Australia, have abandoned birthright citizenship in the past few decades.2 Ireland was the last country in the European Union to follow the practice, abolishing birthright citizenship in 2005."

On March 20, 2006, Barron Trump was born in the United States. On July 28, 2006, Melania Trump, his mother, obtained U.S. citizenship. - Wonderkik - "On March 20, 2006, Barron Trump was born in the United States. On July 28, 2006, Melania Trump, his mother, obtained U.S. citizenship. As a result, when Barron was born, his mother was not a citizen of the United States. Barron Trump is therefore not a legitimate US citizen in accordance with FELON-47’s ruling that a person should not be granted citizenship unless both of their parents were US citizens at birth. Given his father’s criminal history (at least 37 convictions), we can presume that Barron Trump will soon, if not already, display criminal tendencies. According to his father’s reasoning, Barron Trump should be sent to a criminal gang camp in El Salvador right away. He and his mother both hold Slovenian citizenship, most likely so that they can both escape there once their own criminality becomes apparent.  What? Does FELON-47 believe that his own son is exempt from Article 14 of the Constitution?  FELON-47 should also be sent there to defend his son!
I kept seeing left wingers sharing this, but have very poor comprehension skills and love to believe fake news, as usual. Under Trump's Executive Order, only those born more than 30 days after the order and who either had illegal mothers and non-citizen/permanent resident fathers or temporary resident mothers and illegal fathers would not get citizenship. Neither of those applies to Barron

'Republicans Are Brainwashed,' Democrats Dutifully Chant While Clad In Identical White Uniforms | Babylon Bee - "In remarks leading up to the State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Democratic lawmakers accused Republicans of being brainwashed and following Trump no matter what he does, all while wearing matching white uniforms and only clapping when their party leaders signaled it was OK to do so... "When we can't think for ourselves, we've lost what made this nation great," she added, reading off a script prepared for her by party leaders."

'Trump Might Not Accept The Results Of The 2020 Election,' Says Movement That Still Hasn't Accepted Results Of 2016 Election | Babylon Bee - "These same leftists have spent the last four years declaring that Trump is not their president, that Hillary Clinton actually won because she won the popular vote, and that Trump only won because of Russian interference.  "It would absolutely destroy our democracy if Trump were to decide he won't accept the results of the election," said one woman in Seattle wearing a "Hillary Is My President" T-shirt. "We can't continue to exist as a society if people don't accept the basic rules governing a peaceful transfer of power."... The party that still believes Al Gore actually won the 2000 election, Hillary won the 2016 election, and Stacey Abrams is actually the governor of Georgia continues to sound the alarm that Trump will destroy our national norms should he cast doubt on the results of the coming presidential race."

Meme - *Bike fall meme*
"I love open borders & men in women's bathrooms. I hate white people & anyone that disagrees with is a russian bot. Trump won the house, the senate, the popular vote & all swing states"

Chris Arnade 🐢🐱🚌 on X - "I’m a photographer and understand (I think) Trumps popularity, but I’ve got no answer to how the dude has a knack for producing iconic photos almost weekly. He’s a meme machine."
James Lindsay, anti-Communist on X - "This isn't actually a mystery, and he's explained it. He studied television and print for years, often watching television with the sound off to know what messages are conveyed by imagery alone, and learned to optimize around that. Trump isn't a dummy."

Speaker Mike Johnson on X - "ActBlue has been caught funneling money from foreign countries, blatantly exploiting our campaign finance laws.  This is not only unethical—it’s ILLEGAL.  With his new memorandum, President Trump is building on the House’s efforts to hold ActBlue accountable by cracking down on foreign contributions.  Thank you @POTUS  for standing up for election integrity, putting America FIRST, and fighting back against fraudulent schemes from groups like ActBlue."

Links - 28th August 2025 (2 - Trans Mania [including Simone Biles])

Danielle D'Souza Gill on X - "In 2018, Simone Biles revealed she "wore sweaters or jackets all year long" due to being bullied for her muscles. Last night, she attacked @Riley_Gaines_, claiming Riley looks like a male. When the Left says they support women, know it only applies to women who fall in line."
The media whitewashing of her as a hero could only last for so long

Sara Higdon on X - "What’s interesting is that she knows males have an advantage. She can’t do anything the male gymnast have to do. The one event comparable for them is the floor, Simone was known as a power tumbler, I would love to see a her try to best a male tumbler…"

Jennifer Sey on X - "You waited until after Larry Nassar was sentenced to come forward publicly. You let hundreds of girls twist in the wind. I understand not being ready to speak about being abused. But maybe don’t bully women who are willing to go first in order to protect other women, who are willing to speak up when it’s hard. People like @Riley_Gaines_"

Jennifer Sey on X - "Nancy Armour -- please. You have never reported honestly on gymnastics until after the fact. And this? "Anyone who is even slightly familiar with Biles knows she is an ally. Of her teammates. Of her competitors. Of sexual abuse survivors." Why did she wait until after Nassar was sentenced to come forward publicly? Why didn't she stand by Jamie Dantzscher when Jamie was getting torn to shreds, having gone first?"

Meme - Riley Gaines @Riley_...: "All the horrific sexual abuse @Simone_Biles witnessed and spoke out against caused by one man, yet believes women should be forced to strip naked in front of men to validate the man's feelings. You know how many gold medals you'd have if your "inclusive" dream came true? Zero."

Riley Gaines on X - "All the horrific sexual abuse @Simone_Biles witnessed and spoke out against caused by one man, yet believes women should be forced to strip naked in front of men to validate the man's feelings. You know how many gold medals you'd have if your "inclusive" dream came true? Zero."

Meme - Shaniqua Posting Delusions @DeIudedShaniqwa: "The reason Simone Biles wants men in women’s sports is so she can look feminine in comparison"

Meme - Jonathan Kay @jonkay: "Remember back in 2017, when this woman understood biology"
Simone Biles: "ahhhh good thing guys don't compete against girls or he'd take all the gold medal!" -2017-10-12

Jennifer Sey on X - "In an article in @people  about the Simone/Riley clash, the last paragraph gives background on the situation.   Biological female student-athletes is in quotes.  Trans-athletes is not.   This is what we mean when we say women are being erased. We get quotes like we're a fiction."

MyKayla Skinner Defends Riley Gaines Amid Simone Biles Trans Athlete Feud - "Retired Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner has addressed her former teammate Simone Biles’ ongoing tension with Riley Gaines amid their public back-and-forth over the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports.  “As an athlete who has dedicated years to a sport, I’ve always believed that true competition should elevate us — not diminish others,” Skinner, 28, said in a Friday, June 13, statement to far-right media outlet One America News. “That’s why it’s deeply troubling to see @Simone_Biles publicly label a fellow female athlete a ‘sore loser’— simply for expressing valid concerns about fairness in women’s sports.”  She added, “I commend and appreciate @Riley_Gaines_ for having the courage to speak up. Women like her are not only standing for fairness, but for the future of female athletics itself. She deserves support — not ridicule.”...   Skinner, meanwhile, believes that Biles used her social media platform to “bully and demean” Gaines for having an alternative perspective.  “It’s one thing to disagree. It’s another to use your platform to bully and demean,” Skinner added in her statement. “No one should be punished for standing up for fairness and biological reality. We should be lifting each other up — not tearing one another down for speaking hard truths.” She also alleged that Biles similarly bullied her back when they competed side-by-side.  “Throughout my own career, I endured being belittled, dismissed and ostracized behind the scenes by Simone,” Skinner claimed. “The pressure to stay silent was immense. I kept quiet out of respect — for the sport, for my teammates, and for the ideal of unity among athletes. But witnessing this kind of public shaming, especially from someone in a position of influence, makes that silence no longer acceptable.”"

How Simone Biles turned trans activist – and trashed her reputation - "It is a parable for our times, in many ways, where those preaching about kindness often reveal themselves as the least kind of all. For Biles, desperate to be seen as an ally of the trans community, going after Gaines was the logical extension of her activism, which has involved frequent promotions of LGBT Pride Month. Except the move has backfired horribly, with Biles’ stock falling faster than that of Bud Light, which lost its place in 2023 as America’s best-selling beer after a tone-deaf partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Danica Patrick, a trailblazer for women as the first female winner of an IndyCar race, was quick to take Gaines’ side, saying: “Defending men in women’s sports is the woke mind virus and/or another issue that requires therapy. Either way, it is so irrational.”... Biles’ mistake was to put the projection of virtue before even a fleeting consideration of fairness. None of her astounding distinctions – the 11 Olympic medals, the 30 world championship medals, 23 of them gold – would have been possible without the existence of the female category. The same applies to the most dominant women in any sport. Serena Williams alluded to this once with talk show host David Letterman when asked what would happen if she played against Andy Murray, subsequently her mixed doubles partner at Wimbledon, in singles. “Men’s tennis and women’s tennis are almost two separate sports,” she said. “If I were to play Andy, I would lose 6-0, 6-0 in five to six minutes, maybe 10. The men are a lot faster, they serve harder, they hit harder. It’s just a different game.” Williams’ remarks stand as the best rebuke to the trans rights zealots who argue that women should just show some compassion by allowing men into their sports. Elite competition is segregated by sex for a reason: male physiological advantage is immutable, with every world-record time in women’s athletics between 100 metres and 1500m having been broken by 14- and 15-year-old boys. Biles only needs to take a cursory look at her own sport to grasp this principle, given that the pommel horse and rings exercises – both requiring prodigious degrees of upper-body strength – are reserved exclusively for men. After their events at the 2023 world championships in Antwerp, Biles and Fred Graham, a member of the US men’s team, decided to have a little fun by copying each other’s routines. Biles’ challenge was to copy the explosive floor flares typically seen only in men’s gymnastics. She crumpled after only a couple of spins, just as Graham tried and failed to emulate her immaculate wolf turn... Biles imagined she had found the ideal compromise solution when she advocated introducing a specific transgender category. This has already been attempted, though, and swiftly abandoned. In 2023, World Swimming, reacting to the Lia Thomas scandal, became the first global governing body to trial an “open” category for transgender athletes, but not a single entry was received. Is this truly a situation where trans people desire nothing more than to participate according to their self-declared “gender identity”? Or is it more about mediocre men seeking to dominate women?... Ultimately, Biles has stoked such outrage through the impression she has left of pulling up the bridge behind her. Having forged her own legend thanks to the presence of a women’s sporting category, she seems to assume that the girls following in her wake are unworthy of the same protections, that they should simply tolerate the addition of males for the sake of being inclusive.  This month, she has a Netflix documentary out that depicts her – not unreasonably, given the scale of her feats – as a champion for women. But that is a credential she has just torched."
Those who mock people who say women can't compete in men's tennis ignore what Serena Williams said when speaking the truth was allowed, of course. The usual go to is to claim that they wouldn't be able to beat her, therefore no men can beat her

Simone Biles DELETES social media account in wake of transgender athlete feud with Riley Gaines - "Three weeks after sparking a war of words with anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, apologizing for her targeted remarks, and being inundated with comments about the incident since, seven-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has deleted her account on X, formerly Twitter... Gaines decided to deliver a parting shot to the gymnast, claiming that Biles '-has an incredibly unpopular and morally indefensible take - gets rightfully ridiculed for it - issues a groveling public apology after unrelenting backlash - deletes account to pretend it never happened'."
Left wingers claim she deleted her account because of "abuse", "harassment" and "hate speech". Left wing abuse, harassment and hate speech are accountability. Non left wing criticism and questioning are abuse, harassment and hate speech
She started it, but of course it's not her fault, because she was "defending" a "minority"

♀️Jennifer Gingrich ✡️ on X - "This trans-identifying man, Sarah Noble (who goes by Spectre on Wikipedia) is not just an 'editor'. He's a Wikipedia administrator, and he has personally edited over 126,000 Wikipedia articles.  He's only one of a large group of trans activist administrators, and it's why Wikipedia is now much more of a propaganda site than an encyclopedia. They make all final decisions, not only about what can be added, but about who to ban (which is why any who included inconvenient facts in articles on trans or other 'woke' topics has been banned from editing) and most importantly, what sources can be considered 'reliable' and used in articles.  They routinely deem unreliable tabloids like Pink News as 'reliable sources' in order to allow them to use their pro-trans propaganda as fact, and deem any reliable sources that don't lean left as 'unreliable' so that no information from them can be added to Wikipedia."

Meme - Cute girl: "Hey, I'm feeling cute today *snaps selfie*"
*Ugly, non-passing MTF*

Labour’s sinister record on trans rights | The Spectator - "Of course, the Labour benches are the natural habitat of what I coined the ‘Transmaid’. This monstrous regiment has quite a few sub-divisions but Labour is where you’ll find their dominant type, the Bossy-boots Transmaid, though her prototype was Nicola Sturgeon (whose drastic demise should be a warning to this horrible herd). I’d reckon that a lot of them were unpopular at school and now get a kick from the male approval they are rewarded with for attacking the more accomplished of their sex. If 1997 saw a Labour landslide of ‘Blair’s Babes’ then this shower are what the wit Jo Brew calls ‘Starmer’s Cisters’.  Just listen to the silly things they say! Lisa Nandy, on being asked whether a man who had been convicted of five counts of child rape should be housed in a women’s prison after identifying as a woman: ‘I think trans women are woman and trans men are men. So I think they should be accommodated in the prison of their choosing.’ Dawn Butler: ‘A child is born without a sex.’ (How about gay giraffes, as promoted by Butler – are they born without a sex too?) Emily Thornberry: it is ‘factually inaccurate’ to say only women have cervixes. (Is it factually inaccurate to suppose that it is odd to fly an English flag?) Yvette Cooper, asked what a woman is: ‘I’m not going to get into rabbit holes on this.’ (Can she define what a rabbit is?) Stella Creasy: ‘Do I think some women were born with penises? Yes.’...   Despite their slick technocratic talk, there is something darkly archaic about all this. In the past, women were encouraged to ‘Be Nice’ to men who had more power than them – especially in the work-place – in order to advance. Knowing that this wouldn’t wash today, ‘Be Kind’ has replaced it. As the social commentator Laura Bishop told me: ‘While shopping for my kids I noticed that there are so many items of clothing which say “Be Kind”. They are all in the girls’ and women’s section. Every. Single. One. It’s like indoctrination.’   But the Be Kind mob are far worse than the Be Nice broads of the past, who merely used their sexual capital to get ahead; that was all they had over other women. This lot suck up to men by abandoning the most powerless women in our society – the raped, the sick, the beaten, the imprisoned. Annaliese Dodds and her simpering, sell-out Cister’s are never going to find themselves locked up in jail with a rapist called Rosalind, that’s for sure. And there are so many of them! I never dreamed I’d be complaining about the number of female MPs, yet more proof that we live in strange days indeed. But after the Lord Mayor’s show, le deluge."

Meme - Medacamer: "Cool now try to tell me which one is a male and a female hip"
Napoleon Bonaparte Apprecia...: "The left is human and likely female because of the large, oval-shaped pelvic inlet. The right is the hip structure of a non-human ape. My guess would be a chimpanzee.
Still waiting for a reply; if you have one"

Use 'egg-producing' not 'female', say scientists in call to phase out binary language - "The words “male” and “female” should be phased out in science because they reinforce ideas that sex is binary, scientists have suggested.  Researchers studying ecology and evolutionary biology should be encouraged to use terms such as “sperm-producing” or “egg producing” or “XY/XX individual” to avoid “emphasising hetero-normative views”, experts say.  Other words and terms deemed problematic include man, woman, mother, father, primitive, advanced, alien, invasive, exotic, non-native and race.  The terms were gathered as part of the EEB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Language Project, founded by a collaboration of scientists in the US and Canada who claim some terminology is not inclusive, and could be harmful.  Even one of the most famous scientific concepts of all time, the “survival of the fittest”, should no longer be used because it discriminates against people with disabilities and is linked to eugenics, they advise.   Speaking about the term "fitness" - widely used in biology to signify the success of a species in its habitat - Haley Branch, a doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia (UBC) said: “The definition is about reproductive output, which doesn't take into account individuals that don't produce offspring.”  However, critics warned that abandoning traditional terms for the sake of inclusivity could leave science lacking precision, as well as causing confusion.   Prof Frank Furedi, an education expert at the University of Kent, said: “I think that when you characterise terms like male/female, mother/father as harmful you are abandoning science for ideological advocacy."... The EEB Language Project, which was launched in this month’s Trends in Ecology and Evolution journal, is compiling a repository of “problematic” words that have been identified by scientists as harmful and suggests alternatives.  For example, they have flagged up the term “citizen science” saying it could be “harmful to non-citizens” who may feel excluded. Instead, they suggest “participant science or community science”.  The term “invasive” or “non-native species” is also deemed to be “xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and militaristic”, and could be replaced with “newly-arrived” or “nuisance species”, they suggest.    Even the phrase “double-blind” - which is often used to describe trials in which neither the participants nor scientists know if they are on a drug or placebo - has been deemed potentially offensive to those with disabilities.  Sarah Knapton Science Editor Sarah Knapton Related Topics      Scientific research, Gender equality, Culture wars, Charles Darwin, University of Kent, Social media   14 February 2023 4:55pm GMT 2878  Critics warn that abandoning traditional terms for the sake of inclusivity could leave science lacking precision, as well as causing confusion Critics warn that abandoning traditional terms for the sake of inclusivity could leave science lacking precision, as well as causing confusion  The words “male” and “female” should be phased out in science because they reinforce ideas that sex is binary, scientists have suggested.  Researchers studying ecology and evolutionary biology should be encouraged to use terms such as “sperm-producing” or “egg producing” or “XY/XX individual” to avoid “emphasising hetero-normative views”, experts say.  Other words and terms deemed problematic include man, woman, mother, father, primitive, advanced, alien, invasive, exotic, non-native and race.  The terms were gathered as part of the EEB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Language Project, founded by a collaboration of scientists in the US and Canada who claim some terminology is not inclusive, and could be harmful.    Even one of the most famous scientific concepts of all time, the “survival of the fittest”, should no longer be used because it discriminates against people with disabilities and is linked to eugenics, they advise.   Speaking about the term "fitness" - widely used in biology to signify the success of a species in its habitat - Haley Branch, a doctoral candidate at the University of British Columbia (UBC) said: “The definition is about reproductive output, which doesn't take into account individuals that don't produce offspring.”  However, critics warned that abandoning traditional terms for the sake of inclusivity could leave science lacking precision, as well as causing confusion.   Prof Frank Furedi, an education expert at the University of Kent, said: “I think that when you characterise terms like male/female, mother/father as harmful you are abandoning science for ideological advocacy.  “Regardless of intent, the project of re-engineering language will cause confusion to many and the last thing that scientists need is a lack of clarity about the meaning of the words they use.”  The EEB Language Project, which was launched in this month’s Trends in Ecology and Evolution journal, is compiling a repository of “problematic” words that have been identified by scientists as harmful and suggests alternatives.  For example, they have flagged up the term “citizen science” saying it could be “harmful to non-citizens” who may feel excluded. Instead, they suggest “participant science or community science”.  The term “invasive” or “non-native species” is also deemed to be “xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and militaristic”, and could be replaced with “newly-arrived” or “nuisance species”, they suggest.    Even the phrase “double-blind” - which is often used to describe trials in which neither the participants nor scientists know if they are on a drug or placebo - has been deemed potentially offensive to those with disabilities.   Other words such as “optimisation” can be misleading, the scientists claim, because it perpetuates the idea that a species is evolving towards a defined permanent optimum.  Dr Danielle Ignace of UBC said: “The EEB Language Project will be a living document, as particular words that are harmful and their alternatives can change over time."
Weird that the scientists don't know how male and female are defined, or that egg producing and sperm producing is still binary.
We're still told that sex and gender are different and only ignorant people don't know that

Meme - Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ✡️⚢ ❌❌ @sappholives83: "In July of 2000, Dr. Richard Sharpe, a Harvard medical school professor, murdered his wife. She’d left him months earlier, after discovering that he was wearing their daughter’s underwear and using her own birth control pills to supplement the estrogen that he was using to grow breasts.   Sharpe, a multimillionaire who was afraid of exposure, and also that his wife would clean him out in any divorce settlement, shot her to death with a rifle in front of her brother and other witnesses while their two children slept upstairs.  In 2007, Sharpe was acquitted on charges of having attempted to hire a hitman to kill one of the district attorneys who prosecuted his case.   In 2009, he hanged himself in his cell at MCI Norfolk, Massachusetts’ largest maximum security prison.   Richard Sharpe’s is just one name on a very long list of male crossdressers whose deviant sexual desires have led them to murder women — a fact that the liberal media machine deliberately hides from the general public, going so far as to delete the Wikipedia entry on crossdressing murderers.   These are the men whom the left believes should be welcomed in women’s spaces, centered in feminist thought and action, and pandered to at every conceivable opportunity."

Meme - Dr Helen Webberley (she/her) @HelenWebberley: "#LoveTransKids 🏳️‍⚧️"
"PEOPLE, PUSSIES, PANICKERS! SHUT THE F*** UP! Nobody is mutilating or sterilising children. No child will be harmed- oh, unless you deny them their identity"
Prisha Mosley🦎 @detransaqua: "I was chemically altered as a minor with testosterone. It affected my bones, my endocrine system, my thyroid, and my sexual function. I was suffering and I didn’t consent to more harm and damage. Affirmation was destruction."

Meme - Gay Not Queer @Gaynotqueer1: "First Falmouth T Pride.   Same multiple mobility aids.  May 2025"
Graham Linehan 🎗️ @Glinner: "They were promised they could change sex and instead they got brittle bones in their twenties."
Goldi Locks @GoldiGreatBears Definitely seeing a lot of women who take testosterone, on one hand encouraging much younger girls to do this to "improve their lives", telling them they'll be happier, whilst at the same time constantly posting about the chronic pain they're in all the time."

Meme - James Esses @JamesEsses: "A customer of Asylum Hair and Beauty in Durham received this text message after her appointment.  In a conversation with her stylist, when the topic came up, she said that men cannot become women and children shouldn’t be sterilised.  She has now been banned from the salon."
"Following your recent visit, we need to let you know that we will no longer be able to offer you appointments at our salon. We are a proudly inclusive and respectful space for all people, regardless of gender identity, background, or beliefs. Comments made during your visit were deeply offensive and go against the values we stand by. We believe in equal rights, dignity, and safety for everyone, and we cannot allow behaviour that undermines that."
James Esses on X - "Well, we finally have a response from the owner.  He alleges hate speech.  He claims to support free speech even though he barred a customer for her beliefs.   He has also reported me to the police.  I’ll be waiting with a cup of tea for them.  Free speech must be protected."
Left wingers hate free speech and a free flow of information, which exposes their antics

Colorado law restricting "misgendering" and "deadnaming" faces second First Amendment challenge - "The lawsuit challenges Colorado’s House Bill 1312, which Gov. Jared Polis recently signed into law to amend the Colorado Antidiscrimination Act to make “misgendering” and “deadnaming” illegal."
A left winger was accusing someone of lying for saying the left was trying to make misgendering illegal

Meme - *Clown putting on makeup*
Transwomen just want to live
Transwomen are women
Transwomen share shower with 10 year old girls
A Lesbian which doesn't want to suck on a Transwoman's cock is a bigot"

J.K. Rowling on X - "I see Nicola Sturgeon is once again complaining that I posted a picture of myself wearing a T-shirt with her name on it and the legend 'Destroyer of Women's Rights.' Apparently this didn't 'elevate the debate.'  Is there a clinical term for an individual who has extreme thinness of skin when it comes to their own perceived hurts, coupled with a rhino-hide when it comes to the fear and suffering of others?   I'm thinking in particular of the two women Isla Bryson raped, who had to watch their First Minister squirm and smirk on TV as she tried to avoid admitting he was a man; of the five survivors of male violence who were ready to give evidence to Sturgeon's committee on gender self-ID, but were told to put their concerns in writing while seventeen trans-identified people appeared in person; of the mother of a young girl with a learning disability who campaigned against self-ID because she wanted her daughter to be guaranteed same sex intimate care, should she need it (the mother was presumably one of those female opponents Sturgeon calls 'shrill' and 'hysterical' in her memoir); of the ten-year-old girl sexually assaulted in a public bathroom by a 6'5" paedophile who served his jail sentence in a women's prison because he called himself 'Katie'; of Sandie Peggie, forced to discuss her own menstrual history in public to justify not wanting to undress in view of a 6ft straight cross-dresser in the nurses' changing room; of Marion Millar, dragged into court because she tweeted a picture of suffragette ribbons; of the Scottish rape crisis centres reliant on government funding who were pressured to admit trans-identified males into their services if they wanted funding to continue.  When Sturgeon refers to an 'elevated debate', she means a discussion that takes place within a tiny, smug bubble from which regular women suffering real life consequences of her policies are firmly excluded. These faceless ants are loftily dismissed as bigots, or, to be more precise: 'transphobic, misogynistic, homophobic, maybe racist as well.'   Nicola, you hated the T-shirt picture because you couldn't ignore it, as you'd ignored so many other women trying to make you understand their concerns. Appeals to your empathy, your intelligence and your compassion all failed. Apparently the only way to get through to you is through your vanity."
Thomas Willett on X - "The ironic thing is, if anyone wore a shirt saying “JK Rowling: Destroyer of trans’ rights”, she’d sue them into next week."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know:
TRAs have: sent JK Rowling & family rape & death threats news.sky.com/story/jk-rowli…
displayed placards calling for her to be killed archive.ph/AxWs6 speculated about her private parts x.com/compose/post discussed kidnapping her x.com/jk_rowling/sta…
inserted a claim she is ‘mean’ into a language course thenational.scot/news/25407542.…
She has not sued."
J.K. Rowling on X - "People have written tweets, worn T-shirts and carried placards not only calling me a transphobe, but calling for my death. A horror novel gleefully celebrated my imagined death. I neither sued any of these individuals, nor did I whine about any of them while doing book promotion."