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…Rosemary Goring: Why I am raging against the storm of snowflakes | HeraldScotland. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Softening the books in any way is insulting and patronising. The BBC’s editorial team might as well come straight out and say that they think women cannot tell fact from fiction. What a devastating indictment, especially since #MeToo’s credibility relies upon women hoping and needing to be believed. If we are not thought capable of making a fundamental distinction that children learn by the time they are two, why would our accusations against alleged abusers be taken seriously?