Disagreement on fundamental issues 'not hate speech'

Sky News contributor Catherine McGregor says “disagreement on fundamental matters is not hate speech” after author J.K Rowling came under fire for comments made on Twitter regarding transgender people. Ms Rowling re-tweeted and commented on an article which read “1.8 billion girls, women and gender non-binary persons menstruate”. She said “People who menstruate? “I'm sure there's a word for those people, Someone help me out. Womben? Wimpund? Woomud?”. “I think her position is entirely reasonable,” Ms McGregor said. “The simple fact of it is this, she has basically said that she has taken umbrage at a term -- people who menstruate – and said isn’t there a word for that, namely women. Ms McGregor, who labels herself a transsexual, told Sky News she finds gender dysphoria “distressing and unless you’ve lived through it, it is very hard to explain”. “None of us ever thought we claimed the title of womanhood, by adjusting our physical identity to adjust to our feelings as a matter of sheer survival. “As dispiriting as this cancel culture is becoming, it is actually amusing to watch the left devour itself. “Because the people with the most skin in the game are gender critical feminists, who write from a theoretical and abstract position. “Their slogan is we will not be erased, but they insist on erasing anyone who doesn’t conform to their linguistic gymnastics and their version of reality.”” Image: AP