There aren’t just two sides to this, “outside” and “inside”. The inside has differences and nuances, and the decision to play up some of these is political.

The police exist to keep public order. We’re going to need to pretty much destroy public order to even begin to challenge capitalism (I mean, really, the bosses aren’t just going to handover the means of production with a ‘with compliments’ slip, yeah?).

Inside the bizarre suggestion that women be allowed to be ‘moral adults’ by being named is a kernel of real spite. Anyone who doesn’t agree, either politically or as women who have made rape accusations anonymously, is a moral child.

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Quite aside from the uncritical acceptance that it’s ok to judge a woman by her book cover (I’ll read what I damn well please, fellow public transport users), there’s something even more sexist going on here…