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Biased unBalanCed
The UK press likes to claim that it is scrupulously neutral. Unbiased on the principal issues of the day. As evidence of this claim, they will oft cite the fact that they go out of their way to introduce “balance” into debate and discussion.
Even were this true (it isn’t!), balance does not a fair debate make. In fact, quite the opposite.
Now read on…
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A few years back i annoyed a “te”.
A what, jane?
A “te”! That’s right. Definitely trans exclusionary. But almost certainly not rad fem. So, not the “full terf”. It’s a bit like the sound a well-heeled lady makes on discovering dog poo on her Christian Louboutin’s, thus rendering her heels officially sub-par.
A “te”! That’s right. Definitely trans exclusionary. But almost certainly not rad fem. So, not the “full terf”.
Tut!
It is also, of course, the sort of noise a gender critical might make when being forced to share a studio or debate with a trans person. “Te!” Not quite a tut. But getting there.
