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kircubbin2000 Wed 10-Jul-24 10:00:09

I see a woman called Tilly has been fired for threatening to tear up books by an author she doesn't like.
Some people think the shop has over reacted and the poor woman is in tears in her video.

grannydarkhair Wed 10-Jul-24 21:31:00

This is the original clip that Tilly posted on X. No sign of real tears. She has now protected her account and I can’t find any of the several clips she has since posted on X. She has also posted the same, imo, self-indulgent stuff on Instagram. She continues to blame CD, Waterstones, Terfs, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all, etc., for her dismissal, and refuses to accept any responsibility for her own actions.
x.com/blablafishcakes/status/1810579894394310897?

This is the response/explanation from Waterstones.
x.com/wstoneshelp/status/1810657183920427208?s=61&t=qph6ruaz5B5GPjDn7jnZBw

Although Waterstones say the dismissal was not due to trans gender issues, the article in the Metro is very biased against anyone with gender critical beliefs, and neither CD nor her publishers were contacted before it was published as claimed by the person who wrote the article.
There’s theories being postulated on X about this affair. Some think that Tilly was dismissed due to gross misconduct (threatening to destroy books). Tilly only said it was her own books after she was dismissed. Others think that she must have already been given previous warnings by Waterstones.
I admit to having no sympathy for Tilly when I think of how many gender critical women and men have had their reputations wrongly sullied over the last few years. E.g. Kathleen Stock, Maya Forstater, Jo Phoenix, Graham Linehan, James Dreyfus, James Esses, Rachel Rooney, Gillian Philip, JKRowling to name but a few of the better known names.

Finally, this is a post by CD on X.
x.com/cv_dalcher/status/1811054035773825035?s=61&t=qph6ruaz5B5GPjDn7jnZBw

Galaxy Wed 10-Jul-24 21:51:55

The thing is I dont really want people sacked for tweets, I am gender critical but for me one of the reasons I am gender critical is freedom of speech. It's possible there is more to this than meets the eye, and I suppose there is some irony in someone trying to get an author cancelled being cancelled themselves. I dont particularly view Waterstones as on the side of the gender critical so it is an odd one.