[Tubby Isaacs]

Or Katherine Parkinson doesn't really know the full Rowling, and just thinks she defended single sex spaces and women's sport. Lots of people have that view of Rowling, including some actors, no doubt.

I'm not at the sharp end, so easy for me to say, but I'd be wary of being too critical of her.

[davidjay]

Or Katherine Parkinson doesn't really know the full Rowling, and just thinks she defended single sex spaces and women's sport. Lots of people have that view of Rowling, including some actors, no doubt.

I'm not at the sharp end, so easy for me to say, but I'd be wary of being too critical of her.

That's probably closer to what I meant. I wouldn't have thought many actors know the full depth of their writers' beliefs and unless I'm mistaken the IT Crowd ended well before Linehan went Full Linehan.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Yeah, I think the IT Crowd is a complete red herring.

I can see why people would be disappointed by Parkinson's attitude, and want to put it to keep putting it to her that her attitude isn't helpful, but maybe avoid the implication she's a concentration camp guard. I should repeat I'm not at the sharp end, so it's easy for me to be "generous" like this.

[The Weeping Angel]

I don't think doctors should deliberately alter medical records to get a colleague suspended.

[Crabcakes]

Yeah, I don’t think anyone is coming out of this one covered in glory…

https://bsky.app/profile/woodo.bsky.soc ... 2dljmsj22j

[Crabcakes]

A post by the ever excellent Ian Dunt - I would recommend reading the substack article first, then the Bluesky comments, and then - should you be able to face them - the comments on the article itself.

It becomes very obvious very quickly, that the substack article - itself an entirely balanced, fair and unhysterical piece about the questionable process the legislation is going through and the unworkable scenarios it will create if passed - has indeed been shared and pounced on.

As has been agreed previously here, there are bad actors on both sides, so I don’t offer this up as some sort of “yeah, but look at all these awful TERFs” kind of thing. I’d just say compare and contrast the Bluesky comments with people saying their trans relatives have been met with nothing but kindness and understanding with the (in some cases literal) demands in the substack article comments to make it law that trans people do not exist at best, and at worst that they are all mentally ill and/or perverts.