I wrote about the sadistic catch-22 Róisín Murphy finds herself in for UnHerd—(and you should be able to find me there every week now):
Murphy issued an anguished apology, in which she begged her fans to understand that her “concern was out of love for all of us.” Murphy promised that she would “now completely bow out of this conversation, adding that she was not “in the slightest bit interested in turning it into ANY kind of ‘campaign,’ because campaigning is not what I do”.
But her apology didn’t spare her. Activists decided to make an example of Murphy, in order to terrify anyone with similarly reasonable concerns into silence. Even in private, one cannot speak without fear — which is to say, even in private, one cannot speak freely.
Amid the cancelled gigs and public condemnations, the true shape of Murphy’s punishment is coming into view. Not only will her words be turned against her, but her music, too — her life’s work. Forget music as “one of the greatest tools we can use to create a culture of tolerance.”
Whatever cannot be taken away will be poisoned: her record label will donate the proceeds of her latest album to the very cause Murphy warned about. Thus, this musical artist will be made into a vessel of views she does not hold: if her album sells, then her own work will fund what Murphy clearly sees as the medical abuse of vulnerable children. If the album doesn’t sell, she drowns, her cancellation complete.
The NKVD or the Scientologists would be proud of such a thorough unpersonning. But any open, liberal society must balk.
What is her record label? That link to Yahoo seems to be broken.
I can't say much because I'm not familiar with this singer. I'll go to YouTube and familiarize myself with her.
I keep saying: If you have a public profile and you have negative views about anything transgender, say it clearly and proudly, and don't backtrack on anything. You will never be forgiven, either by trans people or their supporters (who, together, constitute a cult).
If you have the audacity to say what you think to a zealous cult they will come after you as you dare not intrude into their alternate reality. The more they react, the more you know you have threatened their tenuous hold on reality. This is Alice through the looking glass, where down is up and wrong is right!