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[–]HarlanRogers 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Cleese absolutely nailed it. It's a misplaced sense of self-righteousness that fuels this fanaticism more than anything else.

[–]BEB 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As many others have noticed, the gendxr crowd have the demeanor of a cult.

[–]loveSloane 22 insightful - 4 fun22 insightful - 3 fun23 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

This made me so happy!

[–]divingrightintowork 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

He stanned for her a few months ago, or for her, I mean for sanity, I'm happy to see him doing it again. of course no one remembers what a bigot he was last time, no one will remember what a bigot he is this time.

[–]BEB 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He did around the time Gervais did IIRC, but Gervais backtracked and I don't think Cleese did.

I don't agree with him on everything - I don't agree with Rowling on everything - but I am so glad that two such high-profile people are giving cover to the rest of us to speak out.

[–]sisterinsomnia 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed on the importance of having more powerful people speaking out. The costs of doing so for many of us are truly high in potential job loss and nonstop harassment, but I already see a very slight change because JK Rowling spoke out. And Cleese supported her. Note, though, how Cleese doesn't get the death threats or the porn pictures. Misogyny really fuels much of the wokebeard social warriorism.

[–]materialrealityplz 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

what gems.

”And woke people, who can hardly believe how spotlessly moral they are, are mindlessly spiteful towards those who do not agree with them

Like those who give JKR's book one star ratings without having read it

It's pathetic that they wear such dumb viciousness as a badge of honour”

[–]vitunrotta 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Ah! Why didn’t he just go with the famous “I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.”

[–]vitunrotta 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(Still glad he spoke out, just to be clear!)

[–]crodish 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More balls than Stephen King for sure