Graham Linehan attacks cancel culture at Conservative conference fringe event
Graham Linehan attacks cancel culture at Conservative conference fringe event
I didn't know he was a Tory π.
I mean, the panel is entirely correct - in the sense that a bunch of radical, extremist, out-of-touch, intolerant miscreants are totally trying to shut down free speech in Britain at the moment. They are total snowflakes with thin skins who can't tolerate anyone criticising or disagreeing with them.
These anti-free-speech vigilantes call themselves 'the Tory party' and here are several examples of them at work over the last year or so:
Cancel culture is alive and well among Rishi Sunak's Tories.
What they are upset about is the disprove of what they say brings on them. We are all so mean! They should be able to say their horrible thoughts without being called horrible people! /s
Edit: English
I'm pretty sure from his comedy writing he didn't used to be a Tory. Back in 2014 during the "gamergate" era he was firmly on the progressive side of things. Something broke in his brain a few years back over trans issues, and he alienated everyone from his fellow writers, comedy actors and fans and just kept doubling down to the point no one wants he other than the worse elements of the nasty party.
Something broke in his brain a few years back over trans issues, and he alienated everyone from his fellow writers, comedy actors and fans and just kept doubling down to the point no one wants he other than the worse elements of the nasty party.
Yes, he fell down a conspiracy rabbit hole when the only people who'd give him the time of day were the Terrible People. Appearing at a Tory conference is a clear sign how far he has fallen.
It's all very sad as he's one of my favourite comedy writers of recent years.
I think covid broke quite a few brains. That Scottish historian from Coast has gone full mental jacket
Transphobia broke his brain long before covid.
Just looked him and his controversies up. very controversial. seems like a prime candidate for Dunning Kroegger
His trajectory is a lot like that of JK Rowling and Dave Chappelle. Born comfortably off (but not super-wealthy), socially liberal by default without needing to think very hard at all about it, very successful because they are genuinely good at what they do, torpedoing themselves because they're unable to deal with mild criticism over some lazy-minded transphobia.
An episode of The IT Crowd from 2008 has been criticised over its transgender plot line.
This is what kicked Linehan off. Instead of listening and learning, he buried himself in self-justification and ended up palling around with the far right.
The odd thing is that there was little chatter over that episode when it came out, I've only seen people talk about it after Linehan went bonkers.
For what it's worth, despite the problematic elements, I still think it's a well written and funny episode. I'm smart enough to know that what's played for comedy on TV isn't applicable to real life or actual trans people.
being cancelled by getting an entire write up in the bbc
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Comedy writer Graham Linehan has told a free speech event at the Conservative Party conference he was "the most cancelled person in this room".
The panel argued that free speech in the UK was being shut down by groups of people who were out of touch with the general public's views and increasingly intolerant of opinions they did not share.
Mr Linehan claimed there had been a "soft ideological coup of nearly all our major institutions - the police, academia and even the NHS" and it needed to be stopped.
Mr Linehan was speaking at a fringe meeting - an individual event that takes place around the main party conference.
The writer has been involved in a number of acrimonious social media disputes with trans activists, and in 2020 was permanently suspended from Twitter which claimed he had breached rules on "hateful content".
An episode of The IT Crowd from 2008 has been criticised over its transgender plot line.In 2020 Channel 4 removed it from its streaming service saying that "in light of current audience expectations, we concluded it did not meet our standards for remaining available... and it was not possible to make adequate changes".
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Imagine calling yourself "the most cancelled person in the room" while you're on stage, giving a speech
Bunch of jokers
At the conference of the party currently in power, lol. It's like how people like GB News and Tory MPs keep complaining about the establishment oblivious to the fact they are the establishment.