They defaced the statue of Millicent Fawcett. That’s all you need to know about yesterday’s march for ‘trans rights’. Someone clambered up the Parliament Square monument to one of Britain’s best-known feminist icons and daubed it with offensive words. ‘Fag rights’, they scrawled upon Fawcett’s likeness. A warrior for women’s suffrage vandalised with a homophobic slur – and these people think they’re on the right side of history?
Let’s be real: this is a howl of male rage masquerading as a civil-rights movement
The eruption of fury following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman has been an extraordinary spectacle. It is a truly mask-off moment. We’ve seen activists not only damage a suffragist statue but also call for the return of witch trials to deal with uppity women and even hint at death for any broad who dares to oppose their agenda. Let’s be real: this is a howl of male rage masquerading as a civil-rights movement.
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