He is defended Boris Johnson when he made islamophobic dog whistle joke about Muslim women wearing burqas.
He values speech over protecting people. He complains about cancel culture running amok. The subject has some nuance but when defending comedians saying “its just a joke”, its really really shitty.
The left is going hard on wrong think. Anyone who even so much as disagrees with a college liberal view of the world gets called right wing or Maga. For a bunch of people who claim to be progressive left, they do everything possible to push people away.
Not the person you responded to… From reading the wiki article, it seems like that’s in line with other times that he has tried to speak in favor of free speech. I’m not saying Boris was right or ok to make insensitive comments; politicians should be held to higher standards. I would need additional examples. Doesn’t make a difference to me. I never liked his character anyway.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Atkinson
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is there something in particular you want to point out? Because I’m not seeing anything that screams monster.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
His politics have shifted of late.
He is defended Boris Johnson when he made islamophobic dog whistle joke about Muslim women wearing burqas.
He values speech over protecting people. He complains about cancel culture running amok. The subject has some nuance but when defending comedians saying “its just a joke”, its really really shitty.
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The left is going hard on wrong think. Anyone who even so much as disagrees with a college liberal view of the world gets called right wing or Maga. For a bunch of people who claim to be progressive left, they do everything possible to push people away.
hark@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Monster” seems a little hyperbolic, no?
robotica@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is it bad to value speech over protecting people?
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Not the person you responded to… From reading the wiki article, it seems like that’s in line with other times that he has tried to speak in favor of free speech. I’m not saying Boris was right or ok to make insensitive comments; politicians should be held to higher standards. I would need additional examples. Doesn’t make a difference to me. I never liked his character anyway.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 months ago
For a media person I think being concerned about free speech makes a ton of sense