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MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Imagine seeing a car barreling full speed toward the edge of a cliff. You can see the cliff. You can see the car accelerating. You know exactly what happens if nobody hits the brakes.
But instead of warning the driver, everyone around you is busy shouting things like:
“Man, I just LOVE everyone in that car!”
“Why are you so obsessed with how other people drive?”
“You know what was REALLY dangerous? Driving straight into the ocean. Aren't you glad they're not doing that anymore?”
“Not every car that drives in that direction goes off a cliff. Stop stereotyping drivers.”
“Have you considered that your fear of cliffs is rooted in prejudice?”
“It's actually incredibly harmful to suggest that these people don't know where they're going.”
“Why can't you just celebrate their journey?”
“People like you are the REAL danger on the road.”
“Your rhetoric is literally putting the passengers at risk.”
And my personal favorite: “STOP FEARMONGERING!”
Meanwhile, the car is now approximately six feet from the edge, the driver has floored the accelerator, and half the spectators are arguing that the cliff is a social construct.
This is what political discourse has become.
We seem to have reached a point where identifying a dangerous trajectory is treated as more deadly than the trajectory itself, where naming the emperor's nakedness is a greater shame than a grown man waltzing around butt naked, and where it's better to be literally dead than perceived as bigoted or intolerant or whatever other stupid but effective silencing convention is allowed to dominate the narrative.
We now live in a world where the people suggesting that we, oh you know, maybe hit the brakes, are seen as the reckless extremists.
You can love the people in the car and still recognize that they're headed for disaster. In fact, the way I see it, loving the people in the car is a pretty compelling reason to warn them about the cliff.
Calling the warning “fearmongering” doesn't make the cliff disappear. It just makes it more likely that nobody hits the brakes.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
I was usually the ONLY WOMAN in my convoy in Afghanistan. Not only was I a military police team leader, I was the one who searched the Afghan women.
Those women told me things their husbands never would. They also told me things they wouldn't tell their husbands. They let me hold their babies and talk to their kids. These women had NO voice in that country. No rights. They were men's property.
40 months in a Muslim country taught me this: Sharia doesn't "coexist." It TAKES. And here in the USA, it will take from women FIRST.
Ladies, it starts with your voice. DO NOT hand it over. It wasn't very long ago at all that we fought for and WON our freedom here in America. We owe it to our daughters not to go backwards. 🇺🇸🪖
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
When I first read this in The Female Eunuch I thought “steady on, Germaine, that’s a bit much”. I soon realised she was right.
Twitter can be a hard read.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Former maths teacher, Syed Ahmed, 37, has had 10 years added on to his 15-year sentence for a further 37 sexual offences, incl. rape, against 12 young girls.
Ahmed was jailed for 15 years in 2025 for 14 child sex offences, incl. rape.
Prolific, calculated, sustained offending against multiple vulnerable girls, in an investigation that has spanned 5 counties.
Police believe there are still unidentified victims.
Paedophile teacher, 37, who posed as teenage boy on Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram to groom and rape schoolgirls is jailed for a total of 25 years trib.al/gevqKZK
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
If you’re wondering how hard it is to get a rape conviction, it took six women, all of whom
testified against him, to get the jury to believe he raped only one of them. Now imagine how hard it is when a woman on her own is trying to get justice against her rapist.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
My Aunt had an encounter with Peter Sutcliffe in Leeds once and he didn't kill her, so he clearly wasn't a serial killer of women.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Happy days at Guardian Towers. Remind me, which columnists did Kath Viner drive out of the paper? Talcum X? Russell the Rapist? Oh, I remember now. It was the feminists. All three of us:
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
At 17 Banaz Mahmod was forced to marry a man ten years older. She said he rped her and beat her until her ears bled. She escaped and fell in love. Her father and uncle had her rped, strangled and buried in a garden for kissing another man. She warned police five times. An officer called her melodramatic. Her body was found stuffed in a suitcase. Her sister Bekhal testified against their family despite death threats.
In the video below the full story of Banaz Mahmod plays out - from her own police recordings to the secret tapes of her killers laughing about how long it took her to die.
She was Kurdish. Born in Iraq. Came to Britain as a child. The marriage was arranged when she was 17. The man her family chose was ten years older and treated her like property from the start.
She left him. Met Rahmat. They were seen kissing outside a Tube station. Someone called her uncle within minutes.
Her father made his first attempt before the family council even met. He got her drunk, put on rubber gloves and came up behind her. She smashed a neighbor's window to escape. The officer who responded considered charging her for the broken glass.
Three men entered her home on January 24th 2006 while she was alone. They r*ped her, tortured her and strangled her for over 30 minutes. She was 20. The body wasn't found for three months.
Bekhal took the stand knowing the family would never forgive it. She has lived under a new name ever since. Two killers fled to Iraq. Detective Caroline Goode spent three years getting them extradited. It had never been done before. They were sentenced to life.
Banaz recorded herself on a police camera saying: if anything happens to me, these are the people responsible. She gave names. She gave dates. She was ignored.
Was Banaz Mahmod failed by the men who killed her, or by every person in authority who heard her say she was going to die and did nothing?
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
I flat-shared with 4 others in London age 20. I had finished Uni...worked a good job Selfridges, slept on friends floor to try save for my own place closer to town. A flatmate was a loud obnoxious Australian, scary even, everything was shouted..he was horrible, I avoided him, he would find ways to demand more money from me. I paid towards council tax and some towards 'floor' as well as of course my part of general bills too so we never knew why he was being so vile..aside from vile sake...
I came home from work to a flat party at 8pm. I was handed a coke, I can't drink alcohol, I have crohns..it hurt to drink. I have ZERO recollection of anything until 6am, i was ontop of him, he was SA'ing me fully.
I was a virgin saving myself. I am autistic, I had serious issues with people touching me. I immediately jumped off..horrified...there were others in the room one guy watching it all...I still can barely speak of this..but there is a point.
I IMMEDIATELY packed my suitcase. I was so confused...I had no idea what happened...I was sore..tired..and utterly confused. My friend who's floor I slept on was still asleep. I left to go to nearest tube...he chased me the whole way repeating 'it's just sex..what's your deal, what's wrong with ya?' I now can't even listen to Australian accents...I never said a word. I got on the tube his voice ringing in my ear..
I went to my nearest friend who was In Oxford. I got bed in a hostel until I could gather my mind. I had interviews at MTV and TV channels all set up.. I didn't want to return to scotland. I had bruising on my neck..arms, absolutely brutal cystitis..i was torn up 'down there'.
What did I do?
I disassociated. I did not know what the hell I had done all that night. I could not figure it out. One year later my friend got married. That beast was there, I froze in fear. Infront of everyone in hotel breakfast he shouts 'Why you ignoring me..i fucked ya'
what did I do?
I just didn't respond..I was frozen....he had terrified me in such a deep way...I froze..am sorry...thats what happened.
TWENTY years later. I am a mother, lost a child, my own mother died, covid hit..my marriage failed..moved country..son struggling autism, i had a tumour nearly kill me, then my crohns..it was A LOT.. and I ended in therapy
It was not until then I could piece anything together. 1- I openly disliked this man, people knew I avoided him ad was afraid of him..I would NEVER have consented ever, even drunk...and...as I mentioned i can't drink, Id throw up. Only one answer, he drugged me.
On top of SA..he could have killed me, with crohns you don't know what your absorption is doing, so dangerous...I as able to sit and piece it together when I could face it...and it took 20 years...
so I don't judge anyone who 'took 20 years' to report.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
🇨🇦 A Jewish bakery in Montreal was destroyed by 2 arson attacks in 2 days. A 2nd kosher restaurant was burned down months prior.
🇺🇸 Protesters planned a march targeting Jewish restaurants on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
🇩🇪 A beloved Jewish bakery in Berlin closed after receiving so much hate.
🇮🇪 The only kosher cafe in Dublin received a campaign of hateful reviews.
🇫🇷 A kosher cafe in Paris was destroyed by vandals who broke in and sprayed it with acid.
🗽 An Ethiopian-Israeli-Jewish restaurant in Harlem is now open only for events due to receiving so much hate.
🇦🇺 A kosher bakery in Sydney closed its doors after the Bondi attack, unable to keep diners and staff safe.
🇵🇹 An Israeli restaurant in Lisbon closed after a never-ending stream of hate.
🇧🇪 An Israeli eatery in Antwerp closed after boycotts pushed it to bankruptcy.
🇬🇧 Acclaimed Israeli restaurant Miznon has faced protests in London telling it to shut down.
All over the world, Jewish and Israeli cuisine is being wiped off the menu in the name of “justice.”
But depriving the world of rugelach, kubeh, latkes, and sfenj won’t help anyone.
It will only hurt Jews.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
If men who claim to be women are women, isn’t it just that another woman has been elected? To frame it as the election of a “trans” is to confirm they are something other than women. Which is our entire point. They’re men.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
➡️ She was just out walking in the middle of the afternoon
A woman has been raped on the Trans Pennine Trail near Bolton-upon-Dearne on Wednesday at 2.50pm.
The attack happened between Mexborough Road & Harlington Road.
Suspect described as: tall, stocky, dark jumper, black gloves and a black face covering & southern accent.
Police are urging anyone with info to come forward.
Nowhere is safe. 😔
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Now the racist @CityStGeorges students have thrown themselves on the floor like giant toddlers and are demanding “revolution”. It would be laughable if they weren’t targeting a professor just for being Israeli.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Look at them getting in the face of a security guard then acting like he’s the aggressor. These people are totally toxic bullies.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
It’s a relentless campaign by racists. The university should kick them out.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
NOW: City University pro-Pals are screeching “Ben Gad out of here” referring to an Israeli professor they’re targeting for no other reason than his nationality. Will @CityStGeorges protect him? This is xenophobic harassment.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Death threats have been sent to the Darlington nurses - with pictures of large knives.
They had to be escorted by police to their cars.
They had to stay away from work.
Police only investigated after being contacted by the media.
This is trans terrorism.
And it needs to STOP.
Police investigate threat to 'murder whoever doesn't support trans rights' sent to nurses at centre of hospital changing room case trib.al/fkGDjGi
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
@TikTokSupport Why have you removed a video of my speech in the House of Commons on protecting women’s sport? How does telling the truth and standing up for women violate your community guidelines?
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
I went to the Secretary of State today to get my new ID with my correct name and sex. As I handed the clerk helping my countless documents, I explained to him that I once believed that I was trans when I was a teenager.
He looked up and told me that I wouldn't believe how frequently people come in to correct their documents because they used to believe they were trans.
Detransitioners are facing consequences from the advice of "trans allies" everywhere. Most deal with them and detransition in silence.
MrsKrabapple🏴💙 retweeted
Ten years ago I wrote about my experience with my trans-identified daughter, who desisted. If the Conversion Practices Bill goes ahead, much of what I did & said back then would be criminalised.
#BinTheBill
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