I quite like Chris Packham

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Is it just me or is there something about Chris Packham. I've never really taken much notice of him before, but in another life I think I would!

And? That doesn't mean he's a creep.

I always follow the Chris Packham posts to just observe the ableism.
It would be patronising to pretend to like him just because he has Asperger's.

I'm not saying to pretend to like him. People comment on the way he talks and his mannerisms and call him a creep, which is ableism.
The way he talks and his mannerisms are because of his autism.
It's totally okay not to like the guy.

Nobody on here would dare to say that a deaf person on tv had weird mannerisms and spoke funny. Why is it different when it's ASD?

I think a lot of people are unaware of his Asperger's @ofwarren

I love him, his passion is just wonderful. Don't agree with his stance on Corvids, pigeons etc but he's spot on most of the time esp about songbirds being shot out of the sky in their millions over the Med. Not sure if that's still a thing or that there are even any left to be shot but for the love of god, for him to take them on was just fabulous.

The Weely Weely Wild Show....em nope.

On the ASD self diagnosis thing - CP has had several stints of significant mh hemp, breakdowns - I'd say it highly unlikely he's simply self-ID'g as ASD. (Fwiw, I cannot fathom what's wrong with identifying as having autism either given the waits for assessment etc.)

He hates cats. Sorry Chris but we'd never be a match.

People should just be honest and say they don't like people with autism as they make them feel uncomfortable.

Trouble is he is arrogant, now is that because of his autism or just because he's, you know, arrogant? I love him but I can see why some people wouldn't.
Saying he is creepy is ridiculous though.

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He's fine. Attracts ire the way anyone who makes a point about givinga shit about the natural environment does. Also autistic most people express distate towards those of us non N"T" Usually very blatantly, as on this thread.

He's intelligent, passionate and funny. Also fit as fuck and I'd love to run my fingers through his cute spiky hair

Not a farmer, not old enough to have hunted pre - ban but I enjoy drag hunting, yes and I'm generally pro.
However, I don't work for the BBC and present my OPINIONS as fact.
He's too black and white, he won't ever engage in a debate, he just gets emotive and derogatory.
I don't agree with threatening people in their own homes but the dead crow on his gate was in response to the General Licence withdrawal completely fuelled by Packham and his idiot cronies. People were understandably upset that overnight they were no longer allowed to protect their livestock from corvids and seagulls, in the middle of lambing season! That on its own is unforgivable in my eyes.

I’m sure there are gamekeepers have helped occasionally with sea eagle reintroductions - however the frequency of stories like the eagle poisoned in Dorset recently demonstrate there are a lot of people in the shooting industry actively harming wildlife. The amount of work and money that must go into a release like that, it’s absolutely disgusting that the animals can mysteriously be poisoned with no true investigation.

Obviously not everyone in the shooting community think it’s appropriate to poison birds of prey and set fire to cars outside people’s homes, but those that do aren’t being punished enough in my opinion.

@ofwarren, if you were married then yes. If not married then no.

My ex-partner is not my DC's step-father, but my ex-husband is.

Why do you care so much? Why does him calling her his stepdaughter, as per the dictionary definition, make him a creep?

I don't care, I switch him off. I find him creepy because I do.

Calling someone your step-child when you haven't been married to the parent is misleading.

It smacks of nepotism.

I like him.
He has the balls to stand up for what he believes in.

How can it be misleading when it's the dictionary definition of the word ffs??
Just because you don't understand the definition, doesn't mean he is wrong.

Well, haterz gonna hate 🤷‍♀️

@ofwarren, my understanding of the dictionary term is absolutely fine.
His use of it is misleading as he is not technically her step-father.

Woody Allen was not married to Mia Farrow but got slated for marrying his ex-partner's daughter.

😄 at nepotism

If you hate farmers and gamekeepers so much, I suggest you boycott their products.