Is there some kind of sub-editing tranny war going on at Stuff? Its headline relating to “Juice Boy” Eli Rubashkyn has changed at least once, allegedly more.
The original headline — and article URL — both used the term “woman”: Woman pleads not guilty to assault after throwing juice on Posie Parker.
The original URL now redirects to a new one, with a new headline: Protester pleads not guilty to assault after throwing juice on Posie Parker.
Perhaps remembering that the duty of a reporter is to tell the truth, Stuff is at least tacitly admitting that Rubashkyn is not a woman. Which is something at least.
But, stirring the muddy waters even more is a screencap which purports to show that Stuff’s subeditors have changed their minds more often than a “nonbinary” in a unisex dressing room.
Biological man pleads not guilty to assault after throwing juice on Posie Parker
Now, this last exists only as a purported screencap, so there’s naturally the possibility that it’s a faked image. If so, it’s very good: the artefacting around the headline type is uniform, for instance.
Leaving aside Stuff’s apparent inability to decide if they’re Arthur or Martha, the article itself makes for hilarious reading.
The lawyer for the woman charged with pouring tomato juice over an anti-trans activist says the case will expose the danger of hate speech.
Well, yes it will: Young New Zealander of the Year Shaneel Lal’s hateful speech, inciting a mob, led directly to a woman being assaulted by a man in a dress.
Eli Rubashkyn poured juice on British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull – also known as Posie Parker – at a speaking event in Auckland on March 25.
So, there’s no dispute over the facts of the matter. Rubashkyn threw an object at Keen. Under both the Crimes Act and the Summary Offences Act, “assault” is defined as, “the act of intentionally applying or attempting to apply force to the person of another, directly or indirectly” (emphasis added). As Community Law explains, “indirectly” means, “by throwing something for example”.
But it appears that “Juice Boy”, for all his endless blatherskiting about “slaaaaaay”, has turned decidedly chickenhearted, now that the legal rubber has hit the road.
Her[His] lawyer James Olsen entered a not guilty plea onher[his] client’s behalf and the case is due back in court in July.
Stuff
But it was all bravado (and alleged lies, apparently intended to deceive police), just a week ago.
Speaking to Newsable from Australia, whereshe[he] fled after receiving threats, Rubashkyn saidshe[he] admits assault and doesn’t regret it.
“I did assault her and I will do it again,”she[he] said. “And if I need to be 10 years in prison I’m happy to be 10 years in prison,” Rubashkyn told Newsable.
Stuff
Except that, as internet sleuths quickly alleged, it appears that Rubashkyn didn’t flee the country, supposedly en route to New York, at all. Instead, he allegedly scarpered off to Queenstown, still bleating “slaaaaay” all the way… until the charges landed.
Now, he’s bleating a new story altogether.
As for Stuff, they just can’t seem to decide what a woman is, any more than Chris Hipkins.
