The grotesque irony of accusing @ThePosieParker of being a violent threat. I hope at very least this incident shows the world the truth about this movement. https://t.co/n1DQloKSse
โ Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) March 25, 2023
Kellie-Jay Keen (also known as Posie Parker), founder of Standing for Women, was to host her Let Women Speak event on Saturday morning in Auckland, but was met with a mob of protesters who pelted her with tomato juice and water, yelling, โfuck you cuntโ and โgo home Posie, go home.โ Trans activists pushed down metal barriers to mob the 5โ1โ mother of four. Keen was forced to abandon the event, fearing for her life, and was escorted away through a crowd of deranged, screaming protesters by police and her security team.
Keen had been smeared as a Nazi in the country after a small group of men at her Melbourne event gave Nazi salutes. Keen had no association with these men, and said she doubts they were in fact neo-Nazis:
โAll of this doesnโt make any sense, it feels really off. I mean, look in the UK. We had police impregnating animal rights campaigners. And we had those police infiltrating those groups. I donโt think itโs beyond the wits of anyone to think that either that was TRAs [trans rights activists] dressed up, or police, or, something was just off.โ
When asked about the men giving Nazi salutes, she told The Herald:
โTheyโre absolutely not associated with me whatsoever. I absolutely abhor anything to do with Nazis. Itโs preposterous they even exist in 2023.โ
The executive director of Gender Minorities Aotearoa, a New Zealand trans organization, Ahi Wi-Hongi, said they are thrilled at the display of opposition to Keenโs event:
โPeople have really showed her that we donโt want that here, itโs not welcome. Perhaps sheโs gonna pack up and leave โย hopefully.
For us the takeaway is that people like her shouldnโt be allowed to come here and spread hateful views and carry out actions that result in people being harmed.โ
The Let Women Speak gathering in Wellington planned for tomorrow has been cancelled as Keenโs security team say they cannot keep her safe from violence.
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau said she โcondemns the views and actionsโ espoused byย Keen and that, โIn Wellington we proudly celebrate and welcome diversity and inclusion of all members of our community.โ
Members of the Rainbow Greens party hadย called for Keen to be blocked entry to New Zealand, saying she has a โlongstanding track record of hateful speech and the incitement of violence towards trans and gender diverse people as well as other marginalized communities.โ
โThis is because it directly threatens the human rights and bodily integrity of peopleโin this case, our takatฤpui, trans and gender-diverse communities. It is also because these networks of extremists are connected and reinforce one another.โ
These kinds of comments offer a particularly glaring irony considering the very real threats women like Keen continue to face every time they attempt to speak publicly about the conflict between gender identity ideology and womenโs rights.
Keen told The Daily Mail:
โI do feel like public enemy No 1 out here, genuinely I feel afraid. I am a hate figure. I didnโt realize how much women are hated by some parts of society before I came here. I feel like there are some great powers somewhere who donโt want women talking.
I can take being called a transphobe, but calling someone a Nazi? One of the politicians here called me a c***. They used rhyming slang of โdropkick and punt.
The war on women in these countries is absolutely frightening.
I have got to have a team of seven security guards out here with me. I genuinely do feel my life could be in danger sometimes.โ
Meanwhile, Eliana Rubashkyn, the protester who threw juice on Keen explained:
โWe have to stop the hate against our communities because the world is, right now. It feels like we are in the 1930s again.
New Zealand needs to stand up in front of the world and say this is not welcome here. We protect trans people.โ
Rubashkyn told 1News the juice because represented the blood of โour people.โ
โI want her to know that her words are blood.โ
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