Brickbat: Tie a Purple Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

In Scotland, Marion Millar faces up to two years in prison after being charged with posting homophobic and transphobic messages online. Millar is a feminist who opposes making it easier for transgender individuals to officially identify as other than their birth sex. One of the messages was an image of a bow of green, white, and purple ribbons, the symbol of the suffragette movement, tied to a tree outside BBC studios. Police Scotland reportedly received a complaint that the ribbons represent a noose. Local media also report she posted other material that hasn't been made public by prosecutors. Joanna Cherry, an attorney and member of the Scottish National Parliament, says she will represent Millar in court.

Comments

[Adans smith]

They may not take your life, but, they will take , YOUR FREEDOM.

[m4019597]

I’ve tried and failed to find a funny way to express the irony of a woman being prosecuted by her government after other women fought for the right to be equally involved in government.

[Chumby]

Some women have the balls to condemn other women for their beliefs.

[Earth Skeptic]

I see what you did there.

[m4019597]

It’s really a sick state of affairs when the state hurts a woman for the perceived slights to delusional (trans) men.

[Mother's Lament]

A lot aren't even gender disphoric, they're just your average common or garden perverts who get sexual thrills from wearing women's clothing, and bullying those who don't play along.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Someone just found out where the feminist class falls on the victimhood scale.

[Kungpowderfinger]

Bingo

[Earth Skeptic]

But remember, post-modernism and critical theories, including intersectionality, is just an idea and will not bother people, even if taught in elementary schools.

[Mother's Lament]

Summoning chemjeff.

[Chumby]

Sounds like she didn’t get off Scot free.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

At least she didn't get kilt.

[Anomalous]

No true Scotswoman...

[Earth Skeptic]

What's it got under its kilt?

[Jerryskids]

Would you say the prosecutors are sending a strong message that they hate what this woman is saying? Because they should be aware that there's a law against hate speech and I think they're walking a fine line here.

[sarcasmic]

Laws don't apply to prosecutors, cops or judges. They do whatever they want.

[Jerry B.]

She's probably mad about this.

https://babylonbee.com/news/frustrated-women-demand-trans-women-in-public-restrooms-stop-leaving-the-toilet-seat-up

[Don't look at me!]

Babylon bee is the best.

[Longtobefree]

Everything looks like a noose these days.
Funny, I don't remember any suffragettes lynching anyone - - - - - - -

[MatthewSlyfield]

Few people these days have seen a real noose.

Here's what a hangman's knot actually looks like.

[sarcasmic]

Kinda like tying a hook.

[Don't look at me!]

Why are you so racist against fish?

[sarcasmic]

I was born with ichthyophobia. Can't help it.

[sarcasmic]

Oh, here's a better made-up word. Pescothrope! Yeah, fish hater in Latin instead of fear of fish in Greek.

[Chumby]

You still carping on about this?

[sarcasmic]

Don't be so koi.

[Don't look at me!]

Are we fin ished here?

[sarcasmic]

Why stop when piranha role?

[sarcasmic]

*roll*

[Jerryskids]

When we were kids, we called that a lasso. I guess kids don't play cowboys and Indians Bovine-Americans and Indigenous Peoples any more.

[sarcasmic]

Cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers... There are no good guys and bad guys anymore. Everyone is equal.

[MatthewSlyfield]

Um, no. A proper lasso does not use a hangman's knot. It uses a very different type of knot called a honda knot.

The honda knot, lariat loop or bowstring knot is the most common way of tying a lasso or lariat by cowboys.

But thanks for playing.

[R Mac]

You tell him Matt!

[sarcasmic]

His lasso is dual purpose! What's yours?

[MatthewSlyfield]

An actual lasso. One that works. A hangman's knot is too heavy for the kinds of things actual cowboys would use a lasso for.

[sarcasmic]

Well he's talking about when he was a kid, not a cowboy. You should probably be insulting the adult who taught him the knot, not him.

[D-Pizzle]

Funny, under "uses," they kinda missed a big one.

[Rich]

Police Scotland reportedly received a complaint that the ribbons represent a noose.

An *anonymous* complaint, surely.

[markm23]

Were the police to lazy to look at the image themselves, or too stupid to tell the difference between a ribbon and a rope? Either way, these are people that should be digging ditches under close supervision rather than wielding the power of the state.

[Roberta]

The complaint was not that they resemble a noose, but that they represent one.

I'm wondering how the defense is going to go, conducted by a prominent Parliamentarian. Probably the whole trial will consist of a rehashing of the ideas in question, since that's what'll be needed to establish whether this is or isn't hate speech. Including whether ribbons on a tree represent nooses.

[Don't look at me!]

It depends on what your definition of “is” is.

[Rich]

The complaint was not that they resemble a noose, but that they represent one.

"I know you better than you know yourself!"

[sarcasmic]

Were the police to lazy to look at the image themselves, or too stupid to tell the difference between a ribbon and a rope?

I doubt it was either. They're police. They hurt people and ruin lives for a living. This was just an excuse.

[D-Pizzle]

Yes.

[Kungpowderfinger]

Cheerfully participate in the Collective Delusion or go to prison.

[Rich]

"Just think of it as sense and not surrender."

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[Chumby]

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