A step forward.
It gives me the chance to ask whether @JamesKelly would be able and willing to critique this selection of public opinion. (I see that it features our old friends SavantaComRes.)https://t.co/3qaiON6m9P
— Alba Loun (@LounAlba) June 9, 2021
I’m not sure there’s much to say about that – if I was an unwitting member of the public and was asked that question, I would say “yes”, and I wouldn’t mean by that answer what Stephen Paton wants me to mean. Most people are unaware of the kitchen sink definition of transphobia.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) June 9, 2021
The article linked above has plenty more polling data that backs up my point. pic.twitter.com/2YLAn3dnL9
— Stephen Paton ☀️ (@stephenpaton134) June 9, 2021
Oh I see, it’s not actually a poll, it’s just a selective pick-and-mix of individual results that suit you from a variety of different polls. Anyone can play that game – there are plenty enough results out there that could be woven to tell the opposite story.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) June 9, 2021
It’s been pretty consistent over the past few years that polling data (and for that matter, public consultations) has returned results showing that the majority of women are supportive of trans rights, across polling companies.
— Stephen Paton ☀️ (@stephenpaton134) June 9, 2021
Well, that’s only true if you have a more realistic definition of “trans rights” than I suspect you actually do. On the more kitchen sink definition, there’s no consistency, and as you know there have been polls showing overwhelming majorities in the opposite direction.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) June 9, 2021
By ‘trans rights’, I mean exactly that. Support for self-id. Support for access to single-sex spaces, etc. Supported by the majority. Repeatedly.
— Stephen Paton ☀️ (@stephenpaton134) June 9, 2021
Well, on that basis your statement is untrue. There’s no consistency in polls on that subject.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) June 9, 2021
The data would disagree with you on that front.
— Stephen Paton ☀️ (@stephenpaton134) June 9, 2021
Sigh. I don’t begrudge people using the block function because I do it myself, but I defy anyone to read the above thread and say that I was being offensive. I was robust but not rude, and simply stated verifiable facts. Stephen Paton has blocked me as a result.
— James Kelly (@JamesKelly) June 9, 2021
Note: Stephen gives preferred pronouns of they/them, so out of basic courtesy (not because of diktat from the thought police) I’m going to do my best to use those, although I do feel the need to explain what I’m doing, because it would otherwise look like a very odd use of vocabulary. I’m also inclined to wonder aloud whether there’s an issue with blocking people on Twitter and still expecting them to use the pronouns you have listed on your Twitter profile.
