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Laurence Fox (actor) Stands With Maya

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CumannNamBan · 19/12/2019 23:35

Actor, who played Hathaway, from the TV drama Lewis

Laurence Fox (actor) Stands With Maya
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VMisaMarshmallow · 21/12/2019 20:17

Hands it is exactly that. He doesn’t care it’s stupid, he likes that it keeps us women in our place of being lesser. He’s a smarmy creep who loaths women and will be enjoying every minute of this. He won’t even care that making sex an opt in catagory effects homosexual legal protections, he’s rich enough to not be touched by this. So he gets to be openly celebrated for his hatred of women while woke gay guys fawn all over him. For a guy who has been dinning out on a supposedly interesting and intelligent persona for so long keeping the wool firmly over everyone’s eyes is endgame. If truth is something that people can see clearly then he’s at risk of being revealed to be entirely lacking in brains, talent, charisma or looks and suddenly his ‘jokes’ about wanting to trap men in his basement won’t be seen as cute or clever anymore.

Haworthia · 21/12/2019 20:15

There’s no way Stephen Fry will come out in support of women. I just can’t see it.

CaptainKirksSpikeyGhost · 21/12/2019 20:06

Fry has always been and will always probably be an arrogant arsehole.

HandsOffMyRights · 21/12/2019 20:04

Fry knows the score. My first week on Twitter and he was banging on about pronouns or something tedious. When women complained, he basically called us transphobes and told us to go away (or similar).

How can he be so thick - is it just the misogyny? And Alice Roberts, somebody else where the wokeness has impacted on her ability to think critically.

EvenSupposing · 21/12/2019 19:05

Fry is well down the rabbit hole. Too late for him I think.

Goosefoot · 21/12/2019 18:54

If I were making guesses, I'd say that Fry, in thinking about trans issues, has mainly been thinking about small numbers of old-school transexuals.

theflushedzebra · 21/12/2019 18:48

Stephen Fry will be an interesting one to watch - he generally comes down on one side or other of an argument - and argues his side. He's v "public school debating society".

Strange to see him buddying up with Peter Tatchell - because Fry was happy to use the paedophile priests argument to great effect on the I2 debate "Catholicism is a force for good" - he argued against the motion.

He shared a platform with Jordan Peterson on the topic of freedom of speech - ie supporting it - so will he come out for freedom of speech and expression, on behalf of a woman ? We will see Wink

theflushedzebra · 21/12/2019 18:40

He went all father's rightsy during a custody battle with Billie Piper too - I'm not sure of the details - but he is a man who is used to getting his way, I'd say.

I switched off his triggernometry interview when he went all whataboutthemenz - it just bores me stupid, I've read those arguments 1000 times over on FWR

He is a very entitled male IMO. But it seems even some men's rightsy men can get this - which is nice to see.

missyB1 · 21/12/2019 18:23

I had no idea Fox had been married to Billie Piper!! I must live under a rock.
I went off Laurence Fox a bit when he made a complaint about a PCSO who ticked him off for leaving his 5 year old son in the car whilst he was in a shop. To me it wasn't about the rights and wrongs of the situation (although it's not something I would have done). But it was more that when you've been caught out doing something potentially dodgy or dangerous just take it on the chin, say "sorry officer" and don't tantrum about it. He ran straight to the press and social media.

NeurotrashWarrior · 21/12/2019 09:28

Laurence goes a bit "what about the menz" in the triggernometry film though.

HandsOffMyRights · 21/12/2019 09:24

Bet Fry is torn today, being the voice of the Harry Potter audio books.🤣🤣🤣

Childrenofthestones · 21/12/2019 09:21

Fry has changed his tune then.
I remember reading him saying "Whenever I hear somebody say 'Im offended by that' my response is 'So fucking what?'

Childrenofthestones · 21/12/2019 09:19

"No, everyone, from every strata died. It was quite egalitarian like that."

The main difference between them was while most officers had the vote most Tommy's didn't.
But yes, death was a great leveler.

VMisaMarshmallow · 20/12/2019 23:28

Stephen Fry has always been a blatant misogynist, he’s never even hidden it just dressed if up as camp humour.

HandsOffMyRights · 20/12/2019 13:03

Yeh, he's ruined Blackadder now!

Aaarrgghhh · 20/12/2019 12:47

Yes. Then there's all the paedophile supporting stuff - trying to push Tatchell's dodgy anti-safeguarding agenda on schools.

It seems I’m going to have to look into his views more. I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan or follow him but I’ve enjoyed watching him on Qi and the like.

Childrenofthestones · 20/12/2019 12:39

Douglas Murray only recently said people like him who are relatively untouchable have a responsibility to stand up and be counted on subjects like this so hopefully he will back JKR soon

HandsOffMyRights · 20/12/2019 12:32

Oh, is Fry on the view that trans woman are women? That’s disappointing.

Yes. Then there's all the paedophile supporting stuff - trying to push Tatchell's dodgy anti-safeguarding agenda on schools.

Butchyrestingface · 20/12/2019 12:27

Oh, is Fry on the view that trans woman are women? That’s disappointing

I can just imagine what some of his Cambridge Footlights pals Emma Thompson, looking at you think about the subject.

TheChampagneGalop · 20/12/2019 11:23

Hamill that is. So he is fine with women being fired for stating that sex is real then?

TheChampagneGalop · 20/12/2019 11:18

What a coward.

ArranUpsideDown · 20/12/2019 11:15

Brian Cox doesn't want to have to give up the telly gigs or to find himself subject to the kind of bullying and harassment in his workplace from the student and wokeademic mob that Kathleen Stock and Rosa Freedman have to put up with

It's a huge concern and he's still a Manchester Uni academic. The fallout for his department and researchers who depend upon him for grants/research funding and for reputation etc. would be substantial.

ArranUpsideDown · 20/12/2019 11:13

I see Mark Hamill has retracted his 'like' as the urge to be liked and kind runs strong:

twitter.com/edwest/status/1207958833483661313

Laurence Fox (actor) Stands With Maya
StrangeLookingParasite · 20/12/2019 11:07

(posh boys like old Harrovian Laurence Fox didn’t die in trenches, that was for the likes of my great grandad)

No, everyone, from every strata died. It was quite egalitarian like that.

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