Eddie Izzard - Guardian interview

@PikachuEars but surely laughing at the fact Eddie looks like Ursula is only mean if you consider Ursula to be in some way offensive. She’s an overweight, middle aged woman with a lot of make up. Is that not exactly the look Eddie has gone for? Why is Ursula the unacceptable comparison. Surely the fact she looks him is the more offensive comment.

( Are you doing the steel planning thing? 😉)

That was what you reacted to. Don't hide behind vague "perceptions".

Could you articulate your issue with the comment likening him to Ursula please?

I didn't accuse you of being transphobic, I said the collective effect of mulitple comments can appear transphobic.

Though I think it's a bit disingenuous to hide behind the "but isn't it just factually accurate?" excuse. If I walk into work wearing a short skirt and someone says "that's a very short skirt you're wearing!" the fact it's accurate doesn't discount the possibility of it being a sexist comment.

Let's look at Eddie Izzard harassing women by using female only toilets. Maybe many women aren't going to be particularly warm towards him.

Well clearly because they are transphobic. If everyone could embrace trans there would be no division of the sexes.
I’m guessing.

Who is "harassing trans people"? 🙄

Equality Act, apologies, it's late.

And yes obviously women too. Harrassing women is bad. Harrassing trans people is bad. It's not a zero sum game is it?

I don't know about "magical force fields" but it comes with protection from harassment on account of gender reassignment as enshrined in the Equalities Act, which is close enough.

Supposedly so does being a woman. And it's "Equality Act".

Does criticism for behaviour count as harassment then?

I don't know about "magical force fields" but it comes with protection from harassment on account of gender reassignment as enshrined in the Equalities Act, which is close enough.

Why have they shifted the goal posts? Were they struggling to keep up with deleting any questions that actually might have been interesting? Comments were invited up to tomorrow and now they've already closed it.

What a sycophantic, inane set of questions we are left with.

Why does declaring yourself as trans automatically seem to come with some sort of magical force field that protects you from any form of criticism, wrongdoing or any negative remark, warranted or not.

@LarkLane 'dick twiddle' 😂

When I see that picture I wonder why, with his levels of entitlement, he bothered to stand in line? Why didn't he just kick down the nearest cubicle door and drag the woman using it out so that he could 'just pee' ?

Ah yes, I thought you were referring to the time he bullied three teenage girls in a ladies' loo.

www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2020/the-fear-of-being-stared-at/

This one?

Actually as @PikachuEars accused me directly of being transphobic I think I'm entitled to an explanation. People have been banned from these boards for less. Although tras toss the accusation around, it's still quite a serious charge to level.

So, @PikachuEars why is posting that Izzard, the 60+ year old male comedian, in 'girl' mode looks like Ursula? It's not the lack of resemblance, that's undeniable. If you can't see it, many, many other people can. Is it because she's the villain? In which case I have news for you about the character of Mr Hyde. A character that Izzard has chosen to play in 'girl' mode. I'm not even denying he looks like a woman, Ursula is a female character after all.

So, according to you, what head of the transphobic hydra have I fallen foul of?

I wrote a long response which seems to have disappeared. To confirm I wasn't mocking Eddie's appearance when I said he looked like a dickhead. He looks like a dickhead because of his complete about turn from his funny routines, wearing his own clothes and running marathons - into being a two faced misogynistic desperate shyster of a dickhead. He's not surfing that corner anymore, he's jumped the shark.

Hey Pikachu seeing as you're GC an all.
What do you think about Eddie and the Eddie women's toilet dick twiddle?

I keep asking, but you seem to side step the question to bleat on about how mean we are about the Eddie fizzog.

What's that Orwell quote about denying the evidence of your eyes?

Ah my question was there for a few hours but now seems to have disappeared. Bums.

🤣🤣🤣

seems legit

No, SoundtheSirens the death threats etc don’t need policing, they’re fine. They’re only aimed at women. Rude remarks to men actually deserve police action, didn’t you know?

Yes you said that were allied to the GC cause but "now you've lost me". That was certainly a suggestion that you had changed your thinking on the underlying issues.

I actually agree about it being important not to make personal insults but I don't think pointing out the similarities in appearance between Eddie Izzard and a female cartoon character is toxic. In fact he might well welcome the comparison.

It obviously doesn't change what I personally think and believe

That's good because it was quite a bizarre suggestion, which is why people picked up on it. No one is obliging you to do anything. Hope that's clear.