Goldsmiths' Bahar Mustafa charged for sending '#killallwhitemen' tweet

Here we have a nice example of the sort of 'hate of women' comments that we get bombarded with constantly. Cases like this one are treated as trojan horses by reactionaries to spread their hate messages. Sexism runs amok at times like this, which is why the right wing media delight in this type of story.

Make no mistake, this is part an attempt by the reactionary elements to turn back the clock on years of progress and reintroduce organised oppression of women.

I know what you mean, but I think the difference in power relations does matter. It wouldn't make sense for me as a woman to go around screaming abuse at men, but I think women should have a lot more leeway to make jokes about men, even quite dark humour, than the other way round. If white people went around making references about violence to black people as a joke, it would be much more reasonable for black people to be outraged by that than it would the other way around. Of course, there are limits to all these things.

How is this "hate of women"? The poster's malice was directed at an individual who happened to be a woman. If the same comment was directed at a man "tie him to a bomb, and drop him on Syria", would this we interpreted as "hate of men"?

I think you're just delighted by the opportunity to be sexist

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I think you're just delighted by the opportunity to be sexist, which is the usual reaction from many men to stories like this, which is why the Mail and the Sun lead the charge on those few women brave enough to act in public the same way tens of thousands of unprosecuted men do and why the government and the prosecution authorities are pursuing her.

Not much has really changed in some ways since the Suffragette movement and I think we women are probably going to have to organise more to defend ourselves, as it seems that in the new Tory Britain, putting women in their place is once more to be firmly on the agenda.

But so are you, just the other way. Why, as far as you're concerned, is one acceptable and the other not?

Both are equally abhorrent, yet you make excuses for one. When someone dares make excuses for the other you label them as some kind of extremist.

Do you just not care about the hypocrisy?

How incredibly hypocritical that 1) You claim the #killallwhitemen is simply a "joke" from a naive woman, but then 2) Get your knickers in a twist when someone directs a death threat to one specific person, and go on to say that it's representative of all men.

Make your mind up, woman.

Here we have a nice example of the sort of 'hate of women' comments that we get bombarded with constantly. Cases like this one are treated as trojan horses by reactionaries to spread their hate messages. Sexism runs amok at times like this, which is why the right wing media delight in this type of story.

Make no mistake, this is part an attempt by the reactionary elements to turn back the clock on years of progress and reintroduce organised oppression of women.

She's a tool who I would not piss on if she were on fire. I would say the same if she were a male.

Reading some your replies on this thread, maybe you should change your username to Fullofhorse****.

But so are you, just the other way. Why, as far as you're concerned, is one acceptable and the other not?

Both are equally abhorrent, yet you make excuses for one. When someone dares make excuses for the other you label them as some kind of extremist.

Do you just not care about the hypocrisy?

The difference is that as a woman I am bombarded by hate messages and imagery all my life designed to intimidate and oppress, from men. I see no apology or even awareness of that from many men. Instead, some men seize on isolated cases like this one as some kind of justification for letting rip even more. The attacks being directed against me here are all par for the course - as I said, the aim of stories like this is to create an atmosphere where sexism can thrive unchallenged. The prosecutors of this woman are acting this way because they know the current Tory climate is behind them and there is a desire to satiate the blood lust of the Daily Mail scum.

The difference is that as a woman I am bombarded by hate messages and imagery all my life designed to intimidate and oppress, from men. I see no apology or even awareness of that from many men. Instead, some men seize on isolated cases like this one as some kind of justification for letting rip even more. The attacks being directed against me here are all par for the course - as I said, the aim of stories like this is to create an atmosphere where sexism can thrive unchallenged. The prosecutors of this woman are acting this way because they know the current Tory climate is behind them and there is a desire to satiate the blood lust of the Daily Mail scum.

The difference is that as a woman I am bombarded by hate messages and imagery all my life designed to intimidate and oppress, from men. I see no apology or even awareness of that from many men. Instead, some men seize on isolated cases like this one as some kind of justification for letting rip even more. The attacks being directed against me here are all par for the course - as I said, the aim of stories like this is to create an atmosphere where sexism can thrive unchallenged. The prosecutors of this woman are acting this way because they know the current Tory climate is behind them and there is a desire to satiate the blood lust of the Daily Mail scum.

The prosecuters are acting this way because the police investigated on a reported crime and feel there is enough evidence.

The "attacks" directed at you are because of the hyperbole and hypocrisy of your statements.

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The prosecution is all of a piece with the new Tory society, which is going to be about reintroducing racism and sexism on a big scale.

This second point is absolute nonsense. Violent imagery and word directed against women is everywhere. I am NOT talking about personal attacks (although I can go to any public forum and like many women, post unremarkable feminist comments and get immediately bombarded by hate messages from men if I want to - TSR being no exception) but about the way society operates for women generally. The fact that you don't get that in any way makes no difference - the phenomenon exists and many, many women are angry about it.

The prosecution is all of a piece with the new Tory society, which is going to be about reintroducing racism and sexism on a big scale.

What's so difficult about that?

So you'd rather bury your head in sand then? Is that what you're saying?

This second point is absolute nonsense. Violent imagery and word directed against women is everywhere. I am NOT talking about personal attacks (although I can go to any public forum and like many women, post unremarkable feminist comments and get immediately bombarded by hate messages from men if I want to - TSR being no exception) but about the way society operates for women generally. The fact that you don't get that in any way makes no difference - the phenomenon exists and many, many women are angry about it.

The prosecution is all of a piece with the new Tory society, which is going to be about reintroducing racism and sexism on a big scale.