• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Context: when asked how he felt about JK Rowlings transphobia he said

    One thing: When a woman who was once a man is competing against women who have always been women, I think she has an advantage, because she inherited a man’s body, which is usually bigger and stronger than a woman’s Does that prove phobia?"

    and

    I want to be a Cambodian police woman, is that allowed?

    Maybe instead, Cleese should consider that, as a writer, one must take responsibility for one’s work, even if that work is intended to be comic, that does not inure the writer from consequence or criticism.

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      I’d say he is a product of his time, but my father is from the same time period and displays none of this shit, even with off hand comments. Part of his philosophy is “What you do, if it harms no one, is on you. None of my concern.” He doesn’t totally understand but understanding is not required to respect that person or their choices.

  • Emma@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Me thinking someone is a dickhead doesn’t mean I’m offended. It just means I think you’re a dickhead, John.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    WTF?!?

    This post is highly offensive to me!

    EDIT: I think the downvotes make the joke funnier by being offended about someone offended about being offended.