George Buchanan
@georgerbuchanan.bsky.social
DIrector, University of Melbourne iSchool
That's far from a fair depiction of the Church of Ireland - you should be aware he's protested the CoI synod because he disagrees with them. He's not a lay synod member because he hasn't anywhere near enough support. The CoI has problems, but Burke's theology is pitched against its mainstream.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
That's far from a fair depiction of the Church of Ireland - you should be aware he's protested the CoI synod because he disagrees with them. He's not a lay synod member because he hasn't anywhere near enough support. The CoI has problems, but Burke's theology is pitched against its mainstream.
Burke has been faith-washing his stance for years. It's worth saying that Burke and his family interrupted the Church of Ireland synod in protest at the CoI's stance on transgender people.
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Burke has been faith-washing his stance for years. It's worth saying that Burke and his family interrupted the Church of Ireland synod in protest at the CoI's stance on transgender people.
In my experience as an intersex person it’s that and a belief that any intersex person is defective (I’ve literally been told this publicly about me individually) and that intersex is scientific fraud (because there’s never any ambiguity just defective men and defective women )
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In my experience as an intersex person it’s that and a belief that any intersex person is defective (I’ve literally been told this publicly about me individually) and that intersex is scientific fraud (because there’s never any ambiguity just defective men and defective women )
I’m really sorry to hear this - I had the good fortune to go over the battlefield of Queenston Heights with him a few years ago. He was a very congenial host.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I’m really sorry to hear this - I had the good fortune to go over the battlefield of Queenston Heights with him a few years ago. He was a very congenial host.
From what I have seen of their reporting, it is heavily partisan much of the time anyhow.
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
From what I have seen of their reporting, it is heavily partisan much of the time anyhow.
Reposted by George Buchanan
Dr Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda, sees a worrying pattern: “Pochin’s arguments reflect a public discourse where ‘dog whistles’ to the far right have done their job—they’ve made way for explicit racism to be voiced boldly in public.”
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dr Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda, sees a worrying pattern: “Pochin’s arguments reflect a public discourse where ‘dog whistles’ to the far right have done their job—they’ve made way for explicit racism to be voiced boldly in public.”
College students who famously live off champagne and foie gras… clearly an untapped source of billions.
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
College students who famously live off champagne and foie gras… clearly an untapped source of billions.
There’s certainly “journalists” working for the Guardian and The Age who consistently platform and amplify trans vilification and trans hate activists.
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
There’s certainly “journalists” working for the Guardian and The Age who consistently platform and amplify trans vilification and trans hate activists.
It’s not worse, but choosing one trans hostile country after another… is a choice. I’m a York alum and I love the city … but the UK is openly and actively hostile to trans people.
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It’s not worse, but choosing one trans hostile country after another… is a choice. I’m a York alum and I love the city … but the UK is openly and actively hostile to trans people.
That location is a pretty clear sign they want a lot of people not to attend.
October 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
That location is a pretty clear sign they want a lot of people not to attend.
And indeed often the surviving documentation is very incomplete even at that… and in Europe many records were destroyed at some point.
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
And indeed often the surviving documentation is very incomplete even at that… and in Europe many records were destroyed at some point.
Mamdani has made a video about trans rights … so what’s your point?
October 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Mamdani has made a video about trans rights … so what’s your point?
Nothing you have reported a percentage. Come back when you got one with evidence.
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Nothing you have reported a percentage. Come back when you got one with evidence.
Based on what data? You seem not to understand the difference between evidence and impression.
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Based on what data? You seem not to understand the difference between evidence and impression.
You didn’t answer the question; you swapped it for one you had rather I asked. Any polls you want to point to? I’m not sure surprisingly is the right word, for a variety of reasons.
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
You didn’t answer the question; you swapped it for one you had rather I asked. Any polls you want to point to? I’m not sure surprisingly is the right word, for a variety of reasons.
lol I’m just calling out that you’re denying the very thinking borne out clearly in every post. Your posts are transphobic and like any weak kneed compromiser you lash out rather than trying harder.
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
lol I’m just calling out that you’re denying the very thinking borne out clearly in every post. Your posts are transphobic and like any weak kneed compromiser you lash out rather than trying harder.
Do you wanna be clear about what proportion of the working class is immigrant? Transgender isn’t a product of neoliberal identify politics either. As elsewhere you’re making false dichotomies.
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Do you wanna be clear about what proportion of the working class is immigrant? Transgender isn’t a product of neoliberal identify politics either. As elsewhere you’re making false dichotomies.
You again are entirely misrepresenting my critique. You’re also explicitly all over the place attacking people who you call trans zealots. Quit trying to hide that tenet of your argument. Nice ad hominem again : amazing how you never do it but it’s always there.
October 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You again are entirely misrepresenting my critique. You’re also explicitly all over the place attacking people who you call trans zealots. Quit trying to hide that tenet of your argument. Nice ad hominem again : amazing how you never do it but it’s always there.
But you can be materialist about something undefined. You’re claiming nuts and bolts about a foe you cannot and will not define. This reads more like a grievance about neglect by dem leadership in favour of a group; but you are badly misdiagnosing the problem if that’s what your concern is.
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
But you can be materialist about something undefined. You’re claiming nuts and bolts about a foe you cannot and will not define. This reads more like a grievance about neglect by dem leadership in favour of a group; but you are badly misdiagnosing the problem if that’s what your concern is.
So why pin this specifically on trans rights issues? I don’t think the trans community’s experience is at all what you seem to imagine it to be: met with uncritical and zealous support, by the sound of it. Tbc I do think people have lost the eye on the economic ball in general.
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
So why pin this specifically on trans rights issues? I don’t think the trans community’s experience is at all what you seem to imagine it to be: met with uncritical and zealous support, by the sound of it. Tbc I do think people have lost the eye on the economic ball in general.