I have to be real, given that all Esther Ghey seems to have done since her daughter's murderers were convicted is advocate for more kids like Brianna to be cut off from help, disenfranchised, and silenced, my sympathy and support for her is rapidly waning - ThreadSky

epistemophagy.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I have to be real, given that all Esther Ghey seems to have done since her daughter's murderers were convicted is advocate for more kids like Brianna to be cut off from help, disenfranchised, and silenced, my sympathy and support for her is rapidly waning

Reposted from Tristan Grayford

Social media bans won't prevent many people across our population from becoming steeped in dangerous transphobic bigotry.

Not when that hate is printed in every paper, repeated by ministers and entire political parties.

Instagram didn't cause this.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

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jpekblue.bsky.social•1 day ago

perhaps grieving parents aren’t the best policy consultants

xather.bsky.social•1 day ago

The only person I feel sorry for in all of this is Brianna, not just for being murdered but also for her murder to be used like this.

rosedees.bsky.social•1 day ago

its hard not to be disappointed in the parents of transkids sometimes. theyre often so underprepared to be an ally even when they intend to be.

yiff.com•1 day ago

she probably quietly had these sorts of beliefs, got approached by tons of seedy orgs and campaigns knowing she was vulnerable and in grief, and latched onto one to do PR for their beliefs similar to hers. they're scum, but she's gullible

sillylily.bsky.social•1 day ago

on one end, i think when something like this happens a lot of people will just want to cling to whatever answer makes sense in their brain. grief is complicated and horrible. on the other end, maybe we shouldnt make people into political talking heads because their kid died

noorah666.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd bet my life she's being actively courted by TERFs. It's perfectly within their capability.

paneraiwearer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, I can name a certain celeb with terfy traits who's in her Followers list.

When I saw that I was 🤮.

historysraven.bsky.social•1 day ago

She started on this shit almost immediately and it’s such a fucking shame. She also doesn’t seem like she’s willing to actually listen.

paneraiwearer.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/paneraiwearer.bsky.social/post/3ll3gerajbs2n

epistemophagy.bsky.social•1 day ago

The problem isn't people being able to communicate with each other in new ways. It's fascist ideology, which can be communicated perfectly well through all of the media humanity has used for the last ten thousand years. Further trapping and oppressing children does nothing to address that

seallan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Violent hate movements depend on the isolation of their victims from public view.

The murder of Brandon Teena was not a rare event. The reporting of it was. Trans people were murdered at high rates, but people didn't have to think about it.

Free communication is an impediment to oppression.

seallan.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not going to attack a mother who lost her child to hate, but I don't think a cis person can advocate for our rights if they don't know our history.

We have been down this road before.

bitdizzy.bsky.social•1 day ago

unfortunately her politics mean “my daughter should never have existed”

maxieknue.bsky.social•1 day ago

What the fuck… you’d think parents would learn from something like that

msrobinhosking.bsky.social•1 day ago

She’s so naive it makes me angry.

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