Steve QJ
Oct 23, 2021

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Terra Field's tweet is in my article.

And I think it's clear what I mean from the sentence. It's just a point we seem uncomfortable acknowledging openly.

If some "right wing" mob had bullied a trans woman and she'd killed herself, would you have a problem with saying that that bullying was a factor in her death?

There's a straight line between Dave's Sticks and Stones special, and Daphne Dorman's death. Far straighter than the claims that his new special harms trans people, never mind kills them.

Again, after reflection, I don't think it was appropriate to say that the special was the cause of her suicide. That's why I changed the wording. But I don't see the problem with highlighting the connection between the special and Dorman's suicide obscures my point. I'm genuinely asking you to explain it.

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Steve QJ
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