Should RTE stop airing Father Ted?

A referendum is needed on the legislation more than anything else brought to the public in the last 50 years.

No. And the claims in the OP are conspiracy theory bollocks.

He's saying some insensitive stuff but he's not inciting hatred or violence.

I think the the whole Graham Linehan thing is a bit nuts... He basically got told to "give over" but kept going. And it was then put to him "Is this the hill you wanna die on?" and he said "yeah" and it's cost him everything.

Usually people who write comedy are quite clever/sharp. I still can't believe he went down this route. Like could he not have just kept his opinions to himself and just made the few bob and retired.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR write some comedy about it?

Seems he wanted to try and tap into the lucrative grift market but immediately made a mess off it. Then he just kept accidentally parodying himself daily as he still tried to make a grift name for himself.

His last few years have been somewhat of a comedy tbf.

I'd be more looking at The IT Crowd for something to get upset about.

I think in this case it may be the other way around. Linehan is currently being denied a venue to say anything at all — he is being deplatformed. At the moment that's by popular demand, so to speak, but they are trying to suggest that if the law passes he will be deplatformed by law.

(Which he won't be, of course.)

Really? Do you know him / why so?

Lenihans life fell apart when he got sucked into an all consuming obsession which alienated him from his family and friends, he then became embraced by a weird Internet cult who reinforced his belief that his obsession matters and he's on a valiant crusade, and now the only people who like him and want to be around him are those cult members.

It could have happened with believing in any conspiracy theory. He's now to comedy as David Icke is to Footballers

Nobody's gonna censor the footage of Icke playing in goals, but nobodys gonna hire him as a goalkeeping coach or football pundit anymore

No they shouldn't.......

Father Ted is the only good thing on RTE apart from sport and reeling in the years so keep airing it, I'd watch it when it's on.

Linehans general viewpoints I do agree with but he has gone too far to be taken seriously anymore. But then again, so has the whole trans movement. They are pushing too hard for inclusion, grand you think you're a man in a woman's body or whatever but the sporting arena is a joke with men competing in women's events, just to get their point across, time to go away.