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I've heard Oliver make off-hand comments in the vein of TWAW (I don't listen to him voluntarily) so I think he's pretty on board the trans train.

OK = I just looked it up - Oliver is a true trans believer.

John Oliver Explains Why Transgender People’s Genitals Are None of Your Business June 2015

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, days after the Supreme Court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, John Oliver reminded his viewers that the fight for LGBT rights is far from over. More specifically, he spent 16 minutes on the serious issues that still affect the transgender community.

https://slate.com/culture/2015/06/john-oliver-on-transgender-rights-last-week-tonight-explains-why-we-should-stop-asking-transgender-people-about-their-genitalia-video.html

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    [–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    I've heard Oliver say something pro-trans activist demands relatively recently, not within the last few months, so before this last summer when J.K. Rowling spoke out, but probably within the last two years?

    I don't listen voluntarily, so don't remember what it was in reference too. I just remember being disgusted and demanding that the person watching Oliver turn it off ;-)

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      Me neither - I just occasionally have to overhear his show.

      But Oliver just irritates me, and not just about this issue. I have seen him do really important investigative journalism, but then he also sometimes just follows the WOKE herd, seemingly without thought, like on the TWAW issue.