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Stewart Lee (a comedian apparently) calling MN a "hate site"

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CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 28/04/2024 12:27

Is there a backstory here or is he spouting random nonsense? Would MNHQ be interested in his defaming their site, also some ageism and condescension.

Relevant passage towards the end (after a hot take on Gideon Falter 🙄) :

"It was with some relief I finally had my now retired Basic Lee show filmed in Salford last week by Sky. The definitive record of this much-discussed, but comparatively rarely seen, show should diffuse the ongoing online storm in a teacup reflecting its imagined content, which has already resulted in the location of my family home being posted on the guest book of the schools advice, recipes and hate site Mumsnet by a furious old lady."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/context-is-vital-gideon-falter-met-police

Context is vital. That’s why I’m filming everything I say and do from now on | Stewart Lee

As Gideon Falter’s standoff with the police demonstrates, it’s important to be able to see the bigger picture

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/context-is-vital-gideon-falter-met-police

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Prawncow · 28/04/2024 12:42

Someone posted his home address? That’s awful and shouldn’t happen to anyone, regardless of their politics.

Waitwhat23 · 28/04/2024 12:41

I've no idea what he's on about re: the address but find the language he uses instructive as to how he views women and how he views a site like Mumsnet.

He appears to think so much of his own opinions that he produced a shit list of the people he doesn't like a couple of years ago and made it public. As he is 'an ally', you can probably imagine.

Bit of a try hard really.

theDudesmummy · 28/04/2024 12:40

Never heard of him (thankfully, it seems, for both him and me, given that I am perfectly happy to identify as a furious old lady). This is a load of old smug wank, but also defamatory. Will MN do something about that?

Wherewerewerewear · 28/04/2024 12:37

Surely this guy is totally irrelevant to anyone but his own family. I’d forgotten he existed.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 28/04/2024 12:35

I used to to find him funny. But these days he just sounds like a bitter, ranty man who likes the sound of his own voice far too much.

teawamutu · 28/04/2024 12:29

Is there a backstory here or is he spouting random nonsense?

Both. He's a spoken word Billy Bragg.