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[–]Femaleisnthateful 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The funny thing is, Stephen Fry is essentially calling for respectful dialogue, which is a perfectly fair point. Yet when Graham Linehan and others made they same request, they were summarily excised from their jobs, social media platforms, etc. The fact that Stephen Fry is able to make comments like this and go uncancelled while someone like James Dreyfus is branded a bigoted transphobe and memory-holed from his own career is.... very telling.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fry is uncancellable, not through being rich like JKR but because he occupies a particular position in the public consciousness.

Dreyfus and Linehan just do not occupy that same position, and Linehan alienated a lot of the people who would have supported him through his previous activities (for which he has now apologised). What happened to Dreyfus is sad because as far as I know he has always been a good guy.