@teaforpterosaur Not how it was intended at all. Apologies if it seemed that way.
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@loopylooozz @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I have said I disagree with it explicitly. I was specifically challenging the person I was conversing with about saying it was being "forced" onto people.
I disagree with it, but it isn't being forced: neither should it be.
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@Sadbh73286087 @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn The CPS isn't in our jurisdiction: we have our own PPS.
I've already said that same sex attraction is valid, and I don't agree that makes anyone a bigot or transphobe.
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@rustin_peace @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I wouldn't, no. And I didn't.
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@democracycoma1_ @yrhenwrach @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn No. I haven't.
No-one gets the chance to listen or have a civil exchange in this discussion: everyone shouts down everyone else.
This started as short exchange with someone I knew and descended into abuse within seconds, mainly from people who hadn't read the full exchange.
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@loopylooozz @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I disagree. I've literally said that a dozen times.
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@Sadbh73286087 @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I certainly don't agree that same sex attraction should be characterised as bigotry: it isn't. I also don't think anyone should be policing who others are attracted/not attracted to. Who we form intimate relationships with is a private matter.
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@Sadbh73286087 @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I haven't seen the CPS ruling (different jurisdiction), so I can't really comment on that.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608943266061504512
@Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I'm not asking you to consider anything.
As you'd know if you'd read the thread.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608941481762643968
@loopylooozz @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I didn't. Stonewall did. Read the thread...
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@Dark_Mark_66 @EclJonnie @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn It was in a quote that was tweeted to me, which said it "forced" it onto people. I disagreed with the Stonewall quote, but also the assertion it was being forced onto people.
I was responding to that specific point in a "conversation."
You'd know that if you read the thread.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608940572634644480
@FizzyDollop @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn Then nothing? It's no-one's business but your own?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608939754342711296
@Jeeveso2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn Ask Stonewall? They said it, not me.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608939104473059328
@AberrantThe @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn Seems you're now tryinh to have a row with me about something I neither said nor implied, so I'll leave you to it.
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@BbbrooksKelly @EclJonnie @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn And, no. I don't think lesbians shouldn't be free to assert their sexual identity: of course they should.
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@BbbrooksKelly @EclJonnie @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn Except I didn't say that: Stonewall did.
Everyone is free to be attracted to whomever they wish, same sex or otherwise. No-one's entitled to a relationship/sex.
I disagree with Stonewall on this: I just also disagreed with it being described as "compelling people."
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@yrhenwrach @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn No, it really isn't. No-one who knows anything about me would suggest either of those things.
People should absolutely be free to date/marry/live with/be attracted to who they want without any coercion/shame.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608934833899868160
@mar2vickers @TellusQ @Jebadoo2 @briancanavan1 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I'm not in the Civil Service: you'd need to take that up with them.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608933484936192000
@briancanavan1 @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn Brian, I am not defending it. I am differentiating between being forced and being asked to consider, nothing more.
As I have said repeatedly, I don't think it's Stonewall's business or anyone else's who people do or don't find attractive. It's an entirely private matter.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/naomi_long/status/1608933180811390976
@AberrantThe @Jebadoo2 @SimonCatRiley @squinteratn I am doing nothing of the sort.
It's no-one's business but your own who you're attracted to: no-one should feel obligated/coerced/judged for who they find attractive. End of.
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