Date: 2021-10-12 12:23 pm (UTC)
matgb: Artwork of 19th century upper class anarchist, text: MatGB (Default)
From: [personal profile] matgb
On the Rooney thing--I don't know who she actually is other than vaguely heard the name, but she's specifcially boycotting a specific Israeli publisher as part of BDS, and it's been spun massively

Date: 2021-10-12 12:43 pm (UTC)
matgb: (Cool)
From: [personal profile] matgb
I think we got the same google result at the same time--I saw it via Twitter so finding it again was work

Date: 2021-10-12 01:03 pm (UTC)
cmcmck: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cmcmck
And this is why there isn't a party I can vote for with a clear conscience..............

Date: 2021-10-13 05:19 am (UTC)
nickys: (Default)
From: [personal profile] nickys
Scottish Greens have clearly stated that transphobia is incompatible with membership of the party.
Several high profile TERFs stomped out in a sulk, and good riddance to them.
But if you're in Scotland, that's where to put your vote and your support.

Date: 2021-10-13 02:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cmcmck
Sadly, although I'm married to a Scot, we are not in Scotland! :o)

Hate Crimes

Date: 2021-10-12 02:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] danieldwilliam
I think the last paragraph of the article on the increase in the reporting of hate crimes is important.

“Increases in police recorded hate crime have been partly driven by general improvements in crime recording, better identification of what constitutes a hate crime by the police, and more victims coming forward.”

This may in fact be a good news story if the actual facts are that hate crimes have not risen but the proportion of hate crimes reported and then properly recorded has increased. If that were the case it would indicate that the police were serving the community better and that LGBTQ folks felt better able to report crimes against them which ought to lead to more convictions for hate crimes and fewer hate crimes in the long run.

Date: 2021-10-13 12:05 am (UTC)
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)
From: [personal profile] azurelunatic
That goose is very calm!

I bet it thinks of the driver as part of the flock -- our geese would follow Mama around the property, then go back to within sight of the house once they were done hanging out at the shop or the garden. The (lady) goose was the explorer, and her husband followed her. After the gander was widowed, he'd follow Mama around like he used to follow the goose. Mama had to walk slowly because he had developed a foot disability.

Date: 2021-10-13 05:13 am (UTC)
nickys: (Default)
From: [personal profile] nickys
Very annoying that "boycotting a nation state that commits well documented atrocities" is getting spun as "won't allow translation into X language".
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From: [personal profile] anef
And in England at any rate we still seem to be pursuing a policy of herd immunity by default. Why is mask-wearing voluntary in shops and indoor venues, and why are we not using vaccine passports? Why does the UK have the highest death rate in Western Europe?

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