{"id":3056,"date":"2019-07-21T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T20:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T20:57:10","slug":"twitter-permanently-silences-canadian-free-speech-activist-lindsay-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3056","title":{"rendered":"Twitter permanently silences Canadian free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twitter permanently silences Canadian free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
Barrett Wilson<\/a><\/div>\n

Update<\/strong>: A source has confirmed that the Twitter ban is permanent. <\/em><\/p>\n

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One of Canada\u2019s most outspoken free speech advocates, Lindsay Shepherd, has been permanently suspended from Twitter. The suspension comes after a jousting match with a notorious trans woman named JY who has been accused of predatory behaviour toward children<\/a> and making frivolous human rights complaints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Post Millennial<\/em> reached out to Shepherd who said, \u201cI got suspended for two tweets (although they didn\u2019t tell me exactly which tweets were the problem so I am giving my best guess): last night, JY tweeted that I have a loose vagina from pushing a 10 pound baby out, but he still has a \u201ctight pussy\u201d (in reality, JY still has male genitalia according to the proceedings of the current human rights tribunals he\u2019s been testifying in; and in reality I had a C-section and a 6 pound 10 oz baby).\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI replied that this is something a man who has no functional romantic relationships with women would say, but that, I guess that describes him pretty well. Then, Yaniv mocked a reproductive abnormality I have (a septate uterus), and so I replied saying \u2018at least I have a uterus, you fat ugly man.\u2019 I thought, \u2018I can\u2019t allow him to make these misogynistic remarks about me and not fight back.\u2019 I deleted the comments I made this morning but found out was suspended in the afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shepherd, who is also a columnist for The Post Millennial<\/em>, told us that she is concerned about her inability to respond to mistruths now that she is banned from the platform. \u201cWell, I am most concerned about the lies that can now be spread that I cannot counteract via Twitter. For instance, I saw an account tweeted that I have \u2018sock puppet\u2019 accounts. No, I do not have any accounts other than @NewWorldHominin. But I can\u2019t correct that misinformation anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shepherd first came to the public\u2019s attention as a young teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University. She stood up for free speech when her former professors subjected her to an extra-legal star chamber for the thought crime of showing a television clip featuring Dr. Jordan Peterson\u2019s views on compelled speech.<\/p>\n

Shepherd\u2019s saga continued with a $3.6 million lawsuit against Laurier<\/a>. The two professors who originally falsely accused and bullied Shepherd have launched a countersuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recently, Shepherd testified in front of Parliament\u2019s Justice Committee, claiming that, \u201cIndividuals who shouldn\u2019t be caught up in online hate legislation will inevitably get caught up in it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twitter permanently silences Canadian free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd Barrett Wilson Update: A source has confirmed that the Twitter ban is permanent. One of Canada\u2019s most outspoken free speech advocates, Lindsay Shepherd, has been permanently suspended from Twitter. The suspension … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1185,406],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3057,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}