TRANSGENDERSimply reviewing a book is enough to trigger the troons and Troon-adjacent - two quotes on the cover of Graham Linehan’s new book about his experiences being targeted by TRAs causes much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the usual suspects and some virtue signallers

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[–]alladd 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

All the best UK comedy people are anti-trans. Glinner, Ayoade, Ross, Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Monty Python, Ricky Gervais. Probably more I don't know about.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Is Stephen Fry? Unfortunately, he seems to be sitting firmly on the fence, which is a shame after his lovely tirade against offence-takers:

'It's now very common to hear people say, "I'm rather offended by that", as if that gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. "I'm offended by that." Well, so fucking what?'

I’ve been a fan of his for years but his refusal to put his rational empiricism where his mouth is with regards to the trans issue disappoints me considerably - and I know why, because under the harsh gaze of a rational empiricist, gender identity theory falls apart completely as it is indistinguishable from religious belief.

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

Oh I didn't know he rolled back. Not really relevant anyway since the second you say anything you're a TERF forever. But disappointing to see him split hairs to save face.

[–]UncleWillard56 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think more and more people are realizing that TRAs aren't interested in equality, but rather power. They want the control to say who's in and who's out. You can still support the idea that we're all human beings and deserve rights without having to agree with everything some dumb blue-haired idiot thinks.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

John Cleese