Posted on 07/05/2022 12:17:23 AM PDT by Morgana
Bette Midler has infuriated supporters of transgender rights by claiming that the word 'women' is 'being erased' in favor of woke terms such as 'birthing people' and 'menstruators'.
The 76-year-old actress and gay icon tweeted on Monday: 'WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!'
She added: 'They don't call us 'women' anymore; they call us 'birthing people' or 'menstruators', and even 'people with vaginas'!
'Don't let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!'
Midler's comments generated a swift reaction, with 11,000 retweets and 61,000 likes in less than 12 hours.
She appeared to be referring to a New York Times opinion piece published Sunday.
That saw columnist Pamela Paul blast the use of terms such as 'birthing people' and 'menstruators.'
Supporters say the controversial terms are inclusive of transgender men and non-binary people, but critics say they effectively erase another historically-oppressed minority - women.
Tennis icon Martina Navratilova - who has herself angered trans activists by questioning whether it's fair to let trans women compete in some sports - was among Midler's supporters.
She said: 'Careful Bette- you will be called transphobic too or worse…,' she said, with the 'horrified' emoji.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Midler sees liberals with mask off and doesn’t like them for now.
“...women ‘we are being stripped of our rights over our bodies’”
What about the baby’s body that doesn’t BELONG to you? That has a distinct and different DNA than you.
WE DEMAND THE RIGHT TO KILL BABIES! /s
Bette how many abortions have YOU had?
Any psychiatrist worthy of the name will tell you that homosexuality is based on hatred of women.
Sadly, it is lost on Midler the ridiculous logic she is attacking is the same logic she herself uses on everything else.
I love the smell of leftists napalming leftists in the morning…
Indeed! When I saw this statement by Bette, I thought “doesn’t she know that these are HER People saying this?? NOT the “Right” she mocks and loathes in every other context I’ve seen for years? Or is she just like the proverbial stopped clock, right twice in five or ten years? Anyway good to know she’s not a total washout. Now She and Mark Hamill will experience life as a target of cancel culture.
Another one who also doesn’t get it...and he’s had it stare him in the face multiple times. His heart was broken over how the woke nutcases destroyed his Luke Skywalker character. It was done to something he cared about and touched him personally - but he learned nothing from it...it did not awaken him.
That's because he's an entertainment industry nitwit.
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