Goldsmiths University Diversity officer facing sack

[the button]

As a white man, I for one will sleep more soundly tonight.

 

[Wilf]

What the fuck are the CPS thinking about? Do hope the old bill are spending as much energy in tracking down the keyboard warriors who send death/rape threats to feminists online.

 

[DaveCinzano]

When a university diversity officer can't make eyerollingly stupid generalised threats of violence without fear of legal repercussions, it's quite simply political correctness gone mad

 

[Vintage Paw]

What the fuck are the CPS thinking about? Do hope the old bill are spending as much energy in tracking down the keyboard warriors who send death/rape threats to feminists online.

Exactly this. Mustafa received a boat load of rape and death threats after this story first broke, how many of them will be joining her in the dock?

Also saw the comparison to the fated Katie Hopkins. She can say all refugees should be shot in the sea, but hey, that's free speech you guise.

 

[belboid]

Katie Hopkins must be shitting herself

 

[Citizen66]

When are Primal Scream going to have their collars felt for instructing everyone to Kill all Hippies?

I guess it's a stretch to label hippies as an oppressed minority. Unlike white men.

 

[butchersapron]

Might not be that nonsense.

 

[Wilf]

When a university diversity officer can't make eyerollingly stupid generalised threats of violence without fear of legal repercussions, it's quite simply political correctness gone mad

At least they passed the Being a Bit Silly Act 2015 to protect us from these heinous acts.

 

[Sirena]

She's an idiot, but this is ridiculous

I agree. I think she deserved to be derided and slagged off. I even think it wouldn't have been too harsh to sack her.

But to involved the law and the courts? At the most, she should be cautioned.

I don't use Twitter but it must be full of killallmuslims and killallniggaz and killalleverything hashtags

 

[SpookyFrank]

#killalleverything is fine because it's non-discriminatory.

 

[butchersapron]

Has it been established that this is what she's been summonsed for? This kill all white men thing?

 

[Wilf]

Might not be that nonsense.

The dates quoted - Nov 14 to May 15 - suggest it is the stuff discussed on this thread (the 'white trash' tweet was Nov 14). But yes, there might have been other stuff.

 

[Citizen66]

Wasn't this something she said before she was even in that role though or am I confusing it with something else?

If people can retrospectively trawl through your social media history and have you up before the beak for something you said five years ago when you were pissed then a few of us are fucked.

 

[Citizen66]

I see. Not that then.

 

[Orang Utan]

I may or may not have said some choice things about the Royal Family and heads on sticks in the past. I now fear The Knock.

 

[Wilf]

Has it been established that this is what she's been summonsed for? This kill all white men thing?

Not 100% clear from this:
Student officer who allegedly tweeted 'kill all white men' to face charges
but it suggests it was the stuff we've discussed.

 

[The Flying Pig]

Just sack the mad woman and be done with it. It has nothing to do with feminism and all to do with middle class postering.

 

[The Flying Pig]

Involving the establishment - that is what privileged lefties do to get their own way. Seen it all before and am sure we will see it plenty times again.

 

[belboid]

Just sack the mad woman and be done with it. It has nothing to do with feminism and all to do with middle class postering.

sack someone for 'posturing'? Wow

 

[The Flying Pig]

sack someone for 'posturing'? Wow

Sack her for spouting rubbish, being verbally abusive and using threatening language.

 

[belboid]

Sack her for spouting rubbish, being verbally abusive and using threatening language.

You think it was actually threatening? You must be not quite as macho as the rest of your posts make out.

utterly laughable

 

[butchersapron]

Just sack the mad woman and be done with it. It has nothing to do with feminism and all to do with middle class postering.

You're not in any sort of workers rep role are you?

 

[andysays]

Just sack the mad woman and be done with it. It has nothing to do with feminism and all to do with middle class postering.

apparently the students she represents didn't agree

An student petition calling for her to be removed from her position garnered only 165 signatures, and she was allowed by the student union to keep her job, because it failed to meet the 3% threshold to trigger a referendum that could have dislodged her.

 

[The Flying Pig]

You think it was actually threatening? You must be not quite as macho as the rest of your posts make out.

utterly laughable

As far as I am concerned she is another one of the system produced screwed up nutjobs who just create divisiveness. good riddance to her.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I'm not sure race is a mental state or something you can chose to self identify as, granted it is rather arbitrary. I mean there are some white people on the internet who are seemingly obsessed with Japanese culture, I'm sure some of them would love to self identify as Asian... but it doesn't really work like that.

Google otakukin
Weep for mankind

 

[MAD-T-REX]

Not 100% clear from this:
Student officer who allegedly tweeted 'kill all white men' to face charges
but it suggests it was the stuff we've discussed.

We'll have to wait until the first hearing to find out - the media usually reports the entire prosecution case summary (even though it isn't technically allowed to).

If people can retrospectively trawl through your social media history and have you up before the beak for something you said five years ago when you were pissed then a few of us are fucked.

These are summary offences, so a time limit applies. Stop drinking now and mark the days off your calendar until you're free of liability in six months.

 

[Vintage Paw]

The 'divisive' ones are always the feminists, the screechy ones, the black ones, the gay ones. Not the ones who create the power imbalances. It's interesting how that always works.

 

[Nice one]

had a very quick look through the Malicious Communications Act which i'm assuming she will be appearing in court charged with. First thing is the communication has to be sent to another person, which could be argued her generalised #posts weren't directed at an individual.

If there is a case to answer the communication has to convey one of several things:
- a message which is grossly offensive (or indecent)
- a threat
- information which is false and known or believed to be false by the sender
- or sends another person a communication which is wholly or in part of an indecent or grossly offensive nature

but only if the purpose is to cause distress or anxiety to the recipient (or indeed any other any other person who they intended for it to communicated to).

All a bit vague and open to all sorts of interpretation. What constitutes a threat or is grossly offensive is not defined. Plus there's nothing in the law about 'racially motivated' communications which is odd that the police should insert it in their press release.

The good thing is trying proving purpose, which can only really come from the accused. A simple defence of "my purpose was not to cause distress or aniexty but to... [insert valid reason here]"

Frankly it does look like someone has made a formal complaint and it would have to have been the recipient of one of more of the communications she sent.

 

[belboid]

As far as I am concerned she is another one of the system produced screwed up nutjobs who just create divisiveness. good riddance to her.

you're a bit of an incoherent mess, aren't you?

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

I can't say prosecution for saying stupid things is the way to go. That doesn't mean she isn't a complete plonker though. Simply removing her from her position would be the correct response.