“If despotism does come to Britain, it will not be painting itself blue and breaking into Whitehall half naked. It will happen because nobody wants to make a fuss. It will happen because it’s socially awkward to stop it happening. Fear and loathing are powerful emotions, but in the end, there’s only ever a finite number of true fanatics. What tyrants really rely on is cowardice.”
Laurie Penny - TERF Island: the embarrassing truth about Britain's Trans Panic. https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/terf-island-the-embarassing-truth