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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days ago

Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78

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Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78

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ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 days ago
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Ann Widdecombe became a dominant pro-Brexit voice later in her career.
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    I’m sure these comments will have a treat the situation with all the decorum it deserves…

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      Indeed, plenty of decorum and respect of the sort that Ann frequently showed to people different to her

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        I think that’s both fitting and called-for!

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        Did she ever advocate for violence or the brutal murder of those different to her?

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          Yup.

          “Widdecombe has publicly expressed her support for so-called ‘gay cure’ therapy, also known as conversion therapy. This is the discredited practice that aims to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.”

          https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/10/ann-widdecombes-dead-lgbtq-track-record/

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            😂

            ok l’ll take that as a no

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              I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don’t know just how bad “conversation therapy” is.

              It often involves electric shocks, forced administration of drugs and a horrific amount of psychological abuse.

              It has also been known to involve burning with hot pokers, freezing, whipping, and water boarding.

              It is absolutely torture of LGBTQ+ she was advocating for.

              Her being murdered doesn’t suddenly change the fact she was an awful person using her position of power to try and inflict harm on others

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy?wprov=sfla1

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              Why would you do something as stupid as that?

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          Elaborate?

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            she was murdered?

            You’re allowed to have a shitty opinion in the west and not get murdered for it

            I would have loved to have trashed her and her shitty opinions but now she’s been murdered it changes everything

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              I’m not really sure what you’re getting at because the police have already said there is currently no indication that her murder was politically motivated.

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      looks like she was murderred

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