tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671452.post2820525969819266735..comments2022-05-07T10:03:34.166+00:00Comments on Diary: A spiteful jokeJo Cliffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386099866702074638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671452.post-65545125366124008932013-01-19T11:16:03.690+00:002013-01-19T11:16:03.690+00:00I would expect the same, Rosemary, and it is deepl...I would expect the same, Rosemary, and it is deeply upsetting to find such prejudice in a supposedly progressive context. A lovely piece from Deborah Orr in theGuardian today, however, which was a nice surprise...<br />I'd never encountered that dress shop owner before. I don't normally buy posh frocks! <br />Thank you for your comment.Jo Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386099866702074638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671452.post-91513608474789937632013-01-19T08:25:05.513+00:002013-01-19T08:25:05.513+00:00The way I see apologists for abuse is that they ha...The way I see apologists for abuse is that they have prejudices they refuse to drop. They do not always play the apologist: if faced with abuse against their own kind, they'd eagerly play the retaliating victim! No; the times they play the apologist is when the abuse is abuse against people they were already prejudiced against.<br /><br />If anything, what upsets me more deeply is that someone who identifies herself as left-wing and a feminist is against trans women. I'd expect such a person to support the victims rather than the bullies, the minority rather than the majority, reason rather than prejudice, knowledge rather than ignorance, and accuracy rather than sloppiness. It is upsetting to see such a person siding with the bullies, slinging even more mud against trans women, proudly flaunting her prior ignorance of terms like "cis" and of how trans people prefer to be referred to.<br /><br />Is that dress shop owner usually so frosty with you?Rosemaryhttp://becomingrosemary.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com