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Dawn French

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Violetparis · 07/06/2025 07:27

Anyone else appalled and shocked at Dawn French's social media video mocking the reaction to the terror attack in Israel on Oct 6th. What on earth was she thinking ? She comes across as horrible and lacking in any empathy. I feel sorry for the innocent people on both sides of this war, in Palestine and in Israel.

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Orderofthephoenixparody · 08/06/2025 23:08

cavalier · 08/06/2025 22:55

Anti monarchist ?
So you would like the state to chose who is in charge ?
you’ll love Russia and China 👍

What about slavery and what black people went through or doesn't that matter. The royal family profited from their pain. What are you defending?

You're appalled by what Dawn French said but not what the monarchy was part of. The royal family wouldn't have the wealth they have today.

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 23:19

nomas · 08/06/2025 23:06

No, she didn’t.

Oh yes she did 🙄

nomas · 08/06/2025 23:20

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 23:19

Oh yes she did 🙄

Ad nauseum.

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 23:21

nomas · 08/06/2025 23:20

Ad nauseum.

The denials and deflections are making me feel nauseous

ForWittyTealOP · 08/06/2025 23:27

AHickyFromKenickie · 08/06/2025 23:06

What was done to stop the mass murder of Jewish people during world war 2? Are you serious?

what are you suggesting here? The Jewish people trapped in death camps didn’t want nor expect help from those that liberated the camps because, “yah know, that’s not what this war is about anyway”? …funny, because NONE of the Jewish people said they didn’t want to be liberated of a Nazi order.

Your “beliefs” and predictions of the future are neither here nor there…there’s a load of Palestinian children starving tonight. But your fear is “the Jews will be persecuted again”

what’s Netenyahu doing about the situation in Sudan then? How are the Israelis helping them? Israel has huge wealth… share it.

Read. It will help.

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 23:28

@nomas
Put yourself in the position of the victims of October 7th - try to imagine what it must be like to hear a British comedian adopt a babyish voice and mocking tone when talking about the horror they experienced as a “bad thing” .
If you can’t see what she did was wrong then there is something very wrong with you.

AHickyFromKenickie · 08/06/2025 23:30

ForWittyTealOP · 08/06/2025 23:27

Read. It will help.

Express an opinion. That’ll help.

AHickyFromKenickie · 08/06/2025 23:39

ForWittyTealOP · 08/06/2025 23:27

Read. It will help.

What do you know that I don’t? I’m intrigued…what have you read that you recommend? Share you wisdom
and superiority…

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 00:12

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 23:28

@nomas
Put yourself in the position of the victims of October 7th - try to imagine what it must be like to hear a British comedian adopt a babyish voice and mocking tone when talking about the horror they experienced as a “bad thing” .
If you can’t see what she did was wrong then there is something very wrong with you.

Yeah, and she’s apologised for it. Terrorism is abhorrent….

the message she’s sending is about the treatment of the people of Palestine though. Which is Totally wrong too. Do you not disagree?

Jasp3ru · 09/06/2025 00:16

Gloriia · 08/06/2025 13:11

Ah Jeremy Bowen and thr bbc repeating everything hamas tell them.

Wow are you denying the atrocities going on in Gaza?

ForWittyTealOP · 09/06/2025 06:21

AHickyFromKenickie · 08/06/2025 23:39

What do you know that I don’t? I’m intrigued…what have you read that you recommend? Share you wisdom
and superiority…

Oh you know, just basic knowledge. Maybe you did GCSE History? That would give you an idea on the causes of WW2, why it started, who was involved, that kind of thing.

Jujujudo · 09/06/2025 06:57

AHickyFromKenickie · 08/06/2025 21:01

Erm…”the world did nothing”?😬 …no, you’ve got that MASSIVELY wrong.

Again, all this explaining to Jews about how wrong they are. So what did the world do then? Because Auschwitz is an actual city and millions of little babies and children were herded into trains to a death camp IN A CITY and then gassed. What did the world do? What about when a month before the liberation, a million Hungarian Jews were deported, thrown into the Danube and hunted down on the streets of Debrecen and Budapest as their neighbours watched and waved?
But we are the eternal victims right? Now we are the N@zis right? You think it’s something new all this gaslighting, denial and questioning of fact? Ichhhhhs.

Jujujudo · 09/06/2025 08:26

ThermalScream · 08/06/2025 21:46

@Jujujudo‘s posts on this thread are so extreme and antagonistic I can’t help wondering if they are some sort of “false flag” poster aiming to discredit the pro-Israel side of this conflict.

What’s a false flag? And why extreme? I’ve been more defensive than antagonisic, but obviously being ajew A Zionist of course I’m going to be slated and accused of all sorts.

cryptide · 09/06/2025 08:47

Jujujudo · 09/06/2025 06:57

Again, all this explaining to Jews about how wrong they are. So what did the world do then? Because Auschwitz is an actual city and millions of little babies and children were herded into trains to a death camp IN A CITY and then gassed. What did the world do? What about when a month before the liberation, a million Hungarian Jews were deported, thrown into the Danube and hunted down on the streets of Debrecen and Budapest as their neighbours watched and waved?
But we are the eternal victims right? Now we are the N@zis right? You think it’s something new all this gaslighting, denial and questioning of fact? Ichhhhhs.

Is this supposed to justify starving and killing children now?

cryptide · 09/06/2025 08:53

OpheliaWasntMad · 08/06/2025 21:46

No - she used a whining baby voice to refer to the rapes murders and torture of October 7th as “a bad thing” . The choice of words and babyish tone of voice was a way of minimising Hamas’ terror and mocking the suffering of Israelis.
It was indefensible

No, she used the whining baby voice to characterise the people who were using that to excuse even the most appalling conduct. Obviously she got that wrong because of the way it has been misinterpreted, but the facts should not be twisted.

OpheliaWasntMad · 09/06/2025 09:06

cryptide · 09/06/2025 08:53

No, she used the whining baby voice to characterise the people who were using that to excuse even the most appalling conduct. Obviously she got that wrong because of the way it has been misinterpreted, but the facts should not be twisted.

“No, she used the whining baby voice to characterise the people who were using that to excuse even the most appalling conduct. “

Your response is quite revolting and very revealing.

For you the use of a whining baby voice to dismiss the torture/ rapes and murders of October 7th is ok .

You refer to October 7th as “that” ( a term to dismiss and minimise ) and you say it is an “excuse “ for “ the most appalling conduct “.

OpheliaWasntMad · 09/06/2025 09:14

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 00:12

Yeah, and she’s apologised for it. Terrorism is abhorrent….

the message she’s sending is about the treatment of the people of Palestine though. Which is Totally wrong too. Do you not disagree?

I don’t agree with any part of her revolting post.

It was a deeply unintelligent post that focused on mocking / demonising anyone who sympathises with Israelis - rather than focusing on expressing compassion for the horrific plight of innocent Palestinians.

I feel horror and sympathy for the suffering of innocent people on both sides

Jujujudo · 09/06/2025 09:25

cryptide · 09/06/2025 08:47

Is this supposed to justify starving and killing children now?

Where did I say that? Don’t put those vile words anywhere near my mouth, please show me where I said that.

forensicdetective · 09/06/2025 09:49

Maybe Dawn French should join the screening.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to screen graphic footage of the October 7 Hamas attacks for Greta Thunberg’s group of activists, who attempted to break the blockade on Gaza this week.

The “Bearing Witness” video is a 43-minute compilation produced by the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson’s unit.

It includes raw, uncensored footage showing massacres and the mutilation of bodies during the attack.

Katz said the screening was intended to confront the activists with the reality of the violence committed by Hamas.

“It’s appropriate that Greta the antisemite and her Hamas-supporting friends should see exactly who is the terror group Hamas that they support and act on behalf of, what atrocious acts they carried out on women, the elderly and kids, and who Israel is fighting for its defence against,” Katz said in the statement.

Israel to make Greta Thunberg’s ship of activists watch video of Hamas October 7 attack | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

cavalier · 09/06/2025 10:47

Orderofthephoenixparody · 08/06/2025 23:08

What about slavery and what black people went through or doesn't that matter. The royal family profited from their pain. What are you defending?

You're appalled by what Dawn French said but not what the monarchy was part of. The royal family wouldn't have the wealth they have today.

Don’t assume anything about me
I have a beautiful Ghanaian daughter inlaw and 2 beautiful half Ghanaian grandchildren who I would die for So don’t even go there

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 20:51

ForWittyTealOP · 09/06/2025 06:21

Oh you know, just basic knowledge. Maybe you did GCSE History? That would give you an idea on the causes of WW2, why it started, who was involved, that kind of thing.

What a goady, antagonist post. Completely unhelpful. Well done 👍

TENSsion · 09/06/2025 21:28

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 20:51

What a goady, antagonist post. Completely unhelpful. Well done 👍

No. It’s a fair response.

No one joined the war to liberate the Jews. If Hitler hadn’t invaded and occupied other countries, he would have been left to do as he pleased with the people in concentration camps.

Abhannmor · 09/06/2025 21:40

wrongthinker · 07/06/2025 07:59

Utterly repulsive thing to say. But I think a certain kind of middle class lefty is oblivious to anything but the narrative they're fed by the media. They don't even register that Oct 7th was a massacre unlike anything seen since ww2. They certainly don't notice their own anti-semitism.

Dawn French's words are reprehensible but she's hardly alone. Sadly.

You missed the Yugoslave wars then , Srebrenica , Vukovar. The massacres of Palestinians in 1948 /57 / 82 / 2014 and continuing. Grozny. Iraq.

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 22:13

TENSsion · 09/06/2025 21:28

No. It’s a fair response.

No one joined the war to liberate the Jews. If Hitler hadn’t invaded and occupied other countries, he would have been left to do as he pleased with the people in concentration camps.

…and so, what is being done to help the Palestinian people? Dawn French tried to highlight what’s going on and what is wrong. She mis-stepped with her post. But we ALL know what her intention was…

have we not learned from history?

TENSsion · 09/06/2025 22:15

AHickyFromKenickie · 09/06/2025 22:13

…and so, what is being done to help the Palestinian people? Dawn French tried to highlight what’s going on and what is wrong. She mis-stepped with her post. But we ALL know what her intention was…

have we not learned from history?

I’m not sure I know her intention at all. And if I do, it’s not the same intention as you seem to know.