Ricky Gervais sharing Mr Menno on FB

No he's not making a black power salute. If he was doing a black power salute, he'd be standing still and quiet, head bowed with his fist in the air. That picture is a still from a video of him leaping around, waiving a TRA banner and finally shouting "Penises", throwing his arm up in the air in emphasis of that word - like anyone at a concert, sports game or protest would do whilst singing, chanting or shouting support.

Exactly this. The misogyny is obvious.

I hadn't seen that Mr Menno video before. It is really good.

Haha! Because he's got his arm up in the air?? Every kid at school who needs to go to the toilet?

His entire video is about resisting the very compliance that you're demanding.

So I imagine, and this is only a hunch, that the apology you are seeking is directly aligned with hell significantly dropping in temperature.

I totally agree, @ContradickstoryEvidence .

When those images are pasted side by side, along with images of blackface, it does look bad- but that's the deliberate intent. It stokes division. That doesn't help any of us.

I am not a white person, I am brown. I do not see Mr Menno's outfit as depicting a person of colour like myself. My immediate thought was not, ooh, he looks like a black person. Anyone that does think that is, to me, the racist. If you think those pictures make Mr Menno look more like the black man in the middle than the black clad man on the left, then you are the racist.

"It's not about equality. It's about demands and privileges." Great comment from Mr Menno.

He’s also done videos criticising Lorraine Kelly, Russell T Davies and Boy George, so don’t try to pretend he’s racist because he’s done one video about a TRA comedian who happens to be Asian. Unless you think that people of colour should be above criticism? That strikes me as a bit patronising.

Mr Menno did a pastiche on pronouns and the Sound of Music that gave me a proper laugh.

Can someone point me to the apology that the tras posted for their racists comments about black women.

It's a reference to these gen z, over-privileged, middle-class, white, women-hating TRAs.

But you already knew that.

@Civillservant is your arm sore from all that reaching?

Ridiculous. But clearly you think you've refuted all Menno's excellent points by making this comparison 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ go and have a cuppa

i have met Mr Menno in real life and had a Cwtch!
He is really nice and has a great understanding of how misogynistic and homophobic the Trans Rights movement is.

Re Blackface, because I am up to date with all the shenanigans that TRAs get up to, I know he was being a Black Pamper referring to the Young TRAs who try to prevent women speaking.

if you watch the video you can see this clearly.

No one genuinely thinks he was in black face.

That's simply not true.

At this stage it's more notable that he hasn't acknowleged/apologised for what many, many people plainly see anyway - instead he releases a video criticising an Asian comedian.

We see him.

How is dressing up as a pastiche of a typical Bristol Uni, middle class, white boy, woman hating agitator that attends anti women protests the same as black face?

He was dressing up as one of the 'black pampers' that hassled Posie, hence the nappy.

Me Menno makes tons of videos, all the time, and is fully alive to all the issues. No one genuinely thinks he was in black face.

Although, Ricky Gervais tweeting his video, is understandably making other people want to discredit him, of course.

I always thought it was part of her act to tell Nish Kumar what a dick he was but now I’m not so sure

Which part of his acting at the protest made people think he was acting like a black person?

I'm not Malcolm X, but I know what blackface is.

Thanks for posting the link to the video, I hadn't seen it. Will forward it on: fact-filled and hard-hitting.

This issue really sorts out the misogynists from the good guys, doesn't it?

He wore a skin suit, in black. That's not the same as black joggers and hoody. It's not the same as a black wet suit for water sports.

I don't think it was racist, I'm explaining the reference to a PP.
I can see why some people did see it as racist.

That doesn't mean we dismiss everything he says.

An apology would be welcomed, but so far zip.

Did he put black make up on, Justin Trudeau style, and pretend to be a black person? Or did he put on clothes that resembled a tighter version of those of the TRA protesters - including balaclava, not make up - and pop a nappy over the top, by way of a pastiche of a TRA protester's garb and behaviour? Which part of his acting at the protest made people think he was acting like a black person? Do you think that's how black people act? If so, isn't that a bit racist? Are TRAs racist for their choice of black clothing and balaclavas? Are black wetsuits racist? Black leggings, black running gear, black burkinis, Catwoman? Us non whites need to know the truth about how we are being oppressed by sportswear.

Menno attempted a 'funny' by dressing as a black pamper. Unfortunately it looked like blackface. It was insensitive.

Some people think it racist- which I'd agree with if it happened again.

Oh, was that it, Menno's got to be racist because Kumar is brown? If so, that's
pathetic. I'm brown, I think Nish Kumar is an idiot. I've followed Menno for a couple of years, I think I'd have noticed if he was a racist, so I was surprised by the accusation.