This is what I call the chilling affect.

@AmnestyIreland with their clout as an international human rights organisation tell you that people who criticise a letter are decontextualising phrases in a way that misleads & confuses. Then they turn off replies.
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#IReadTheLetter

I decontextualised nothing. Unlike @AmnestyIreland provided the letter so you could read it. I read it many times to try to understand how @Amnesty signed it. Here it is again - so you can read it yourself. Decide for yourself.
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#IReadTheLetter https://twitter.com/Colmogorman/status/1329896525661675522?s=20

Words count. So please tell me how I have misunderstood this letter. @Amnesty you are campaigning for removal of "legitimate representation" from people who hold differing views and perspectives.
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#IReadtheLetter

So for anybody not up to speed here is the exchange that led to this remarkable subtweet by @amnestyIreland
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#IReadTheLetterPlease

Or it may have been this thread that I posted the next day.
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#IReadTheLetter https://twitter.com/iseult/status/1330797760883417090?s=20

I am a member of the LGBTI+ family, out & proud for 30 years. I absolutely believe that Trans people should be treated with dignity and respect & afforded the full protection of the law.

#IReadTheLetter
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Without any cognitive dissonance I also live by the tenet that people who hold alternative beliefs to me are 100% entitled to be treated with dignity and respect & afforded the full protection of the law.

Denying "legitimate representation" is never OK.
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