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Quisling Discourse

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Source Summary

There are a few trans people who are TERF sycophants in the same way that there are a few gay people who are anti-gay movement sycophants. These individuals are called “quislings” or “TERF tokens”. Some have wondered why these descriptors are used. First up are a couple of clips* taken from the Mark & Lynna show in which Lynna says that murdered trans women are to blame for their own murder, Cathy Brennan admits that if she were younger, she would bash uppity trans women, Mark & Lynna have a quick fight and then suck up to Brennan: Below is another example of quisling discourse. Here, a quisling makes numerous unsupported ad hominem assertions in response to evidence-based facts that are problematic for TERF narratives: Go to top NOTES: *Some TERFs and quislings have attempted to defend Brennan’s claim that she would be slapping uppity trans women around if she

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“Quisling Discourse” may matter to community readers because it connects feminism and gender politics with organizing, advocacy, or collective experience. Its discussion of media, rhetoric, and discourse gives readers a concrete point of entry into the concerns and strategies represented in the article.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2015 at The TERFs, “Quisling Discourse” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to media, rhetoric, and discourse. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

No dominant policy frame was detected in “Quisling Discourse.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of feminism and gender politics may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

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Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
100%
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Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
75%
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Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
22%
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Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
22%

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Interpretive analysis
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 2 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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7 2011

9 2012

94 2013

44 2014

21 2015

21 2016

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7 2018

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3 2020

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1 2025

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