• CAVOK
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    2 months ago

    Yes you can. Especially since they’re not aiding and abetting, just bending to them, probably temporarily.

    Sometimes you have to be strategic and compromise, no matter how much it sucks. We know Amnesty generally does good, so it’s unlikely that they’re doing this latest thing just for shits and giggles.

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      2 months ago

      No. Simply no. You don’t get to compromise on human rights. People in privilege don’t get to tell people who are being oppressed that they just have to compromise on existing. That’s ridiculous. They’re absolutely aiding and abetting. Rowling and her fascist bigot friends wanted to report pulled and they pulled it. They did everything the enemy wanted.

      As for what I know, I know that the Amnesty of today is not the same as the Amnesty of 20 years ago. Maybe you need to learn that too because I don’t have as much faith in them as you have. This is not a one-off this is another black mark in a disturbing trend. I do not trust them at all.

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        That’s a nice high horse you’ve got there. It sounds like you’ve never had to make a hard choice in your life, where there are only bad options to choose from. I don’t know if that’s the case, but you make it sound like it. What were the options available to Amnesty? Do you think they pulled the report just to be nice to the anti-trans people? Retreating and regrouping isn’t always a bad strategy.

        Does it suck that the report was pulled? Yes. Do I like that Amnesty was censored? Hell no.

        I’m guessing that the report will be released again, in some time, when their legal team has had a look at it and made sure it’s legally safe to release. In the mean time, do spread the word, not that Amnesty is bad, but that Rowling and the anti-trans people are censoring an organisation that’s been a force for good for the last 65+ years.