I will never live the horror of being told these things, but that horror matters.

You see, the “right to free speech” can mean a lot of things. There are some people, cartoon fans apparently, who believe that the free speech is really only a “right” in the sense that governments tend to say it is and therefore it can only ever be violated by means of government censorship.

I’ll say it again: Feminism without intersectionality is just various shades of bigotry.

Transphobia is more than just a disagreement or freedom of speech. It’s dangerous ignorance. Imagine if there was a speech on how homophobia is a mental disease. If people are respecting gays now, then transpeople need that respect too. This mentality is not just a point of view. It’s fuel to transphobic crimes. Trans…

That, or learn something by listening, instead of this constant retrenching.

Ms. Greer has been a valued voice, but this ongoing transphobia from fellow second-wavers is disappointing and discouraging. Move into the twenty-first century, please.

Granted, this is referring to the US and not the UK.

Yeah her reasoning isn’t sound at all but I understand not wanting to cater to student petitions given that colleges have begun being so pc as to drown out the right to free speech. Canceling her would be giving into the urge to keep anyone from being offended at all costs. On the other hand if she is transphobic in…