Fr Ted creator/writer Graham Linehan Arrested over posts on Transgender issues

The main issue I have is the amount of non-medical 'celebrities' and politicians coming out with their 'wisdom' on the issue ….. Linehan should really just stick to Father Ted and the like ….. and anything Donald Trump etc say should be taken with a grain of salt ….. he is not a doctor although he'd tell you otherwise !!!!! ……

I am well aware that this is not a simplistic issue ….. the ins and outs of it are best left to a medical professional ….. but am well aware of the hatred misinformed bigots out there have of trans people and other minority groups ….. I am not Linehan so cannot determine what he exactly means …… but bigots will use anyone's views that back up their own cause to justify their hatred ……

This was the point that had Linehan and Jk Rowlong having a go at Graham Norton as he expressed his view similar to yours:

"If people want to shine a light on those issues - and I hope people do - then talk to trans people, talk to the parents of trans kids, talk to doctors, talk to psychiatrists, talk to someone who can illuminate this in some way."

There seems to be a lack of middle ground in the debate anymore.

I think for Glinner it’s an addiction - the man has always been extremely online, since the very early days of Twitter - and now his opinions have been extremely distorted into what gets him attention/likes.

I hadn’t seen his page for ages until a few months back. He posted/retweets and incredible amount of stuff at all hours of the day - 285k posts, which even if you averaged out over 20 years would be 40 a day(and he hasn’t had an account that long).

And it’s noticeable that he’s broadened his opinions from trans people to anything that people who are hyper critical on trans issues generally agree with. The self proclaimed defender of women was more than happy to post when Renee Good was murdered that she got what she deserved, is generally pro Trump and pro Israel, and was only too happy to accept a junket there this year.

So at best he’s a terminally online addict who’d opinions are being shaped by what he reads and what gets reactions on Social Media, at worst he’s a bad actor who’s paid to spread this rhetoric online. In either case, he’s not to be listened to as any genuine point he might have had has been drowned out by now.

Wrong.

More nonsense. There is no evidence and you know it. It's just the usual rightist victimhood narrative that's been debunked countless times.

Groupthink is a bit of a thing, though. Stanley Johnson, father of Boris, was the subject of allegations of inappropriately touching women. I was harshly critical in a post on this site and someone responded that he was a Remainer, as if that should give him a pass.

Linehan presumably felt he was of such importance that he could carry the left with him. Not only do most people not have a clue who he is, they're not going to be mindlessly led by a man with such loathsome views.

I've no idea if he's been diagnosed with anything but I agree with you, it doesn't really take a doctor to see that something is not right in his mind.

Whatever is up with him, he definitely has a severe case of chronically online syndrome. I've heard him speaking in some interviews over the last few years and I did feel sympathetic towards him and came out of the interviews thinking he made some good taking points - however once he's back online he becomes that chronically online ranting lunatic again.

Bit of a Jekyll and Hyde situation. If he'd stayed off Twitter he would have been grand, I reckon it's just a complete compulsion / addiction for him now.

He once described X as part of his central nervous system. That says a lot.

The police in Britain have been servants to public opinion for a lot longer then the trans rights debate , see the Guildford 4 and Birmingham 6 . Last weeks stabbing attack is another prime example , the met released a statement failing to mention the 3rd victim because it didn't suit the narrative.

The comparison is beyond ridiculous.