Simon Riley, Shore Qual
@shorequal.bsky.social
Qual researcher in UK, watch and listen to the waves.
I make sense of people for organisations of all kinds.
Also occasional podcaster, novelist; watch too much football; weird enjoyment of driving; strong believer in open debate.
www.shorequal.com
I make sense of people for organisations of all kinds.
Also occasional podcaster, novelist; watch too much football; weird enjoyment of driving; strong believer in open debate.
www.shorequal.com
That says a lot about the culture of Bluesky, sadly
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
That says a lot about the culture of Bluesky, sadly
Yeah sorry I'm from there - these guys have basically sectarian views which they pretend are hands-across-the-divide. It doesn't pass the sniff test. They recycle and revive rather than challenge the old republican attitudes, and are trying to pass off trad ethnic hatred as fresh and irreverent. Yuk
January 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yeah sorry I'm from there - these guys have basically sectarian views which they pretend are hands-across-the-divide. It doesn't pass the sniff test. They recycle and revive rather than challenge the old republican attitudes, and are trying to pass off trad ethnic hatred as fresh and irreverent. Yuk
And I enjoy "Let's Lynch The Landlord" now as much as I did when I was 15.
January 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And I enjoy "Let's Lynch The Landlord" now as much as I did when I was 15.
What about 55?
January 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What about 55?
Having read them both, I don't find that a fair or accurate representation. I have seen no misinformation from either. Julie is a respected campaigner on lesbian issues and Helen is a highly reputed former UK editor of The Economist. They are both very decent, liberal people and deserve to be heard.
January 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Having read them both, I don't find that a fair or accurate representation. I have seen no misinformation from either. Julie is a respected campaigner on lesbian issues and Helen is a highly reputed former UK editor of The Economist. They are both very decent, liberal people and deserve to be heard.
Well, neither author does that, and I read both. We surely by now need to move past dismissing criticism of gender identity ideas as "hate" or "bigotry". It's just a different analysis.
I can't comment on festival organisers insisting on only one view of gender, but are you sure that's correct?
I can't comment on festival organisers insisting on only one view of gender, but are you sure that's correct?
January 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, neither author does that, and I read both. We surely by now need to move past dismissing criticism of gender identity ideas as "hate" or "bigotry". It's just a different analysis.
I can't comment on festival organisers insisting on only one view of gender, but are you sure that's correct?
I can't comment on festival organisers insisting on only one view of gender, but are you sure that's correct?
Why are you withdrawing, as a matter of interest? I'm guessing you aren't gender critical, but still not sure why people having different analysis of gender is intolerable? They wouldn't boycott it if you were going.
January 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why are you withdrawing, as a matter of interest? I'm guessing you aren't gender critical, but still not sure why people having different analysis of gender is intolerable? They wouldn't boycott it if you were going.