Hello, Obligatory shilling. This month, I wrote at THE ZONE about oikophobia, vaping, right-wing humour, the beauty of Britain, the amoral right, the mafia and conservatism and Hulk Hogan and cancel culture.
I stopped reading Becca Rothfeld's review when I got to "So does he think that trans people can be trusted to identify their own genders or not?" just couldn't do it mate.
Peter Kyle's comment also struck me as particularly malign when I saw it on the news. It's one thing to pull the old "anyone opposed to any part of the war on terror supports terrorists" move; that's disappointing, morally bankrupt, and stupid, but it also sadly just standard fare for modern political discourse. It's doubly ludicrous to manage to do it wrong and pick and example of the worst downsides of *the side of the trade-off you're actually endorsing*. Saville is an example of the dangers of trusting the institution too much, not too little! If Jimmy Saville were still predating today, he'd be one of the biggest promoters of the Online Safety Act! He'd probably have his own child-safe social media site! He acted entirely within the system that claims to keep kids safe, and exploited it!
It's like telling someone opposed to some new police power that if you don't support unlimited powers for the police, you're on the side of Wayne Couzens! It's not just the stupid lazy bullshit "trade-offs, what trade-offs?" argument - it's that argument *but backwards*!
I stopped reading Becca Rothfeld's review when I got to "So does he think that trans people can be trusted to identify their own genders or not?" just couldn't do it mate.
Understandable
Peter Kyle's comment also struck me as particularly malign when I saw it on the news. It's one thing to pull the old "anyone opposed to any part of the war on terror supports terrorists" move; that's disappointing, morally bankrupt, and stupid, but it also sadly just standard fare for modern political discourse. It's doubly ludicrous to manage to do it wrong and pick and example of the worst downsides of *the side of the trade-off you're actually endorsing*. Saville is an example of the dangers of trusting the institution too much, not too little! If Jimmy Saville were still predating today, he'd be one of the biggest promoters of the Online Safety Act! He'd probably have his own child-safe social media site! He acted entirely within the system that claims to keep kids safe, and exploited it!
It's like telling someone opposed to some new police power that if you don't support unlimited powers for the police, you're on the side of Wayne Couzens! It's not just the stupid lazy bullshit "trade-offs, what trade-offs?" argument - it's that argument *but backwards*!
Liz Truss interview
https://youtu.be/AT4OcuHoFhU