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

Emma Watson could have easily disagreed with JK Rowling in relation to gender ideology, while condemning the vile threats made against Rowling.

Instead she cosied up to the movement who were issuing the threats while sending private notes.

"he who speaks with forked tongue" as a native Indian said.

The refusal to denounce threats of rape, torture and violence by Watson and the usual suspects in this thread is disgusting.

I don’t think separating the art from the artist is even necessary with Father Ted. Not only was it co-written by him with Arthur Matthews, he was a demonstrably different person when he wrote it.

And his faux outrage tweet shows what he’s all about, any excuse for some social media exposure.

They're putting on an episode of a comedy that was a parody of the Eurovision... I'm seeing absolutely nothing wrong with that. You also weren't raising these objections until that tweet occurred...

Yeah, but on the presumption that you are not a trans person, you are not the subject of the "joke". It's not going to land with you the same way. If you are a trans person, or the parent / sibling etc of a trans person, some guy saying that trans people should get punched in the balls in the bathroom might understandably not be taken as merely bad taste, but something more than that. All the more so when it's not some Frankie Boyle-like comedian, but a guy who is very open and very serious about his beliefs regarding the discussion on trans people and identity.

Like I grew up in the north, in a mostly loyalist area where your identity was a bone of contention and you couldn't really even so much as wear your local GAA club jersey in certain places. I worked in a shop where we would take the piss a wee bit with the Protestant lads and vice versa, sectarian humour that was taken in good nature. But context matters, there are certain contexts where you know it's reasonable to expect that making the same joke leads to very different reactions.

This is common sense after all, right?

He must be Asperger's. Has to be.

I don't think so. Some people are just horrible and covid did a number of a lot of people. I expect to hear a lot more about the effects on people's mental health over the coming decades.

I provided evidence of one occassion by citing the 'witches' incident.

That was nothing to do with Rowling, as already linked to and discussed.

Rowling used a GB News false interpretation of it to bully Watson.

Care to provide your evidence that JK Rowling harassed Emma Watson and Nicola Sturgeon which was your initial claim.

Already have.

I tend not to make a claim without the ability to back it up.

Man who constantly screams he has been cancelled calls for man to be cancelled for airing his own parody show.

Is this another "joke"?

I did notice that alright, Radcliff was more forthright in his comments.

Watson said absolutely nothing and was only gracious when she was directly asked about Rowling. But she was targeted. Very telling. She also labelled anyone who has a differing opinion to her as "despicable", a word she chose quite purposefully.

• describes behavior that is extremely unpleasant, evil, or contemptible, deserving intense scorn or moral indignation

Women's safety apparently. 🤷‍♂️