He is a tit, but how Young handled it is pretty reasonable for a tit.
Mr Young said he had asked the Scottish force not to take any action
against the person responsible, who had probably confused a personal
account with a work one.
Indeed. Toby Young is an insufferable arse, but he doesnât seem to really care about people having a go at him. Good job, because he gets a lot of it (deservedly).
Of course, he probably doesnât get a lot of rape threats.
I find the hashtag #longwaytogoladies more odious, it gives the chauvinist context to the âtitâ phrase.
huh? how does that work?
I meant that âmade a tit of itâ is a phrase I wouldnât have found offensive particularly if Iâd just come across it without knowing the context, except that the hashtag makes it clear heâs chosen that word because heâs referring to women.
Mr Young is a man.
It is just a plain oâinsult.
Perhaps you meant âmale chauvinistâ, because âchauvinistâ alone doesnât mean what you think it means.
I know what chauvinist means, Inigo, but today it has become a shorthand for âmale chauvinistâ as you are no doubt aware. Iâm not sure what youâre objecting to in my statement. If I saw someone refer to someone else âmaking a titâ of something I wouldnât assume it was a gendered insult, but the hashtag makes it obvious and thus much more horrible - that is what I was trying to convey, sorry if I wasnât clear.
The insult was directed at a man.
In a discussion about twitter abuse with a woman who had received gendered attacks on Twitter, particularly rape threats which partially sparked the discussionâŚam I getting it all wrong?
The tweet was probably referencing the fact young said tit
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