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Ash Sarkhar should never be invited to speak on tv after this tweet?

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DoubleShotEspresso · 13/08/2022 14:38

I was horrified enough earlier to read this tweet, but to see her blind ignorant responses AIBU to think she should never be allowed on tv again? Her judgement today is eye-wateringly offensive...

twitter.com/ayocaesar/status/1558136262011273219?s=21&t=1ygfJ2dPnKNPWTffw7cdGw

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gnilliwdog · 13/08/2022 20:10

I always thought she was clever and articulate. I forgave her for coming across a bit pompous and self righteous because I thought her heart was in the right place and she was just rather earnest. I am re-evaluating now. A man has been stabbed and she compares it to protests outside libraries. He is a hugely talented and respected writer, not someone dressing up and reading stories. He has lived under constant threat to his life for many years. How many drag queens are living under a fatwa? I can't believe she wold draw comparisons. As an academic I would have thought she would have respect for a fellow thinker and writer.

tobee · 13/08/2022 20:22

LizzieSiddal · 13/08/2022 17:59

She’s often on the moral maze on R4 and the )more intelligent) people she interviews are often speechlesss by her stupidity.

To paraphrase the great Les Dawson, she says all the right words but not necessarily in the right order.

Eric Morecombe!!!!!!! Fgs! Sacrilege!

Love Les Dawson too mind

tobee · 13/08/2022 20:26

That "fucks like a champion" is just so cringe. This embarrassing idea that to be a "feminist" ConfusedConfusedConfusedConfusedConfused you should show how liberated and equal you are by sounding like a 14 year old boy. Come down to the that level of sophistication. I mean I'm sure Ash would think that's just prudish but she's just highly immature.

ToGanymedeAndTitan · 13/08/2022 20:34

So you want her cancelled?
This.
Can't have it both ways.

Theluggage15 · 13/08/2022 20:55

Ash Sarkhar is a thick twat with nothing of interest to say. The BBC love her of course.

LizzieSiddal · 13/08/2022 21:07

@tobee Eric Morecombe!!!!!!! Fgs! Sacrilege!

Of course, Im so embarrassed!!

AnyFucker · 13/08/2022 21:08

Strange that last comment stays but mine got deleted 🤷‍♂️

urgen · 13/08/2022 21:11

I can’t stand the stupid bint. She says things to get a reaction not because she necessarily means any of it. Piers Morgan loved to wind her up and yes, student common room politics (but lives HER life in the opposite way).

She and Owen Jones are exactly why Labour were stuffed in the last election. I am not sure she evens wants to be in power with her views. That would mean actually delivering something as opposed to just sounding off.

Ohhhhladz · 13/08/2022 21:26

Sarkar comes across as kind of the natural heir of US '90s "shock jocks" like Howard Stern, Don Imus, Andrew Dice Clay, and Rush Limbaugh, getting attention (and ideally $) from a kind of weird, exaggerated performative misogyny.

For some reason, some provocateurs really love the idea of a woman being misogynist despite the fact that (1) misogyny is very easily internalised given how pervasive it is in our society and (2) supporting the status quo is lucrative; marketing that support as subversive and edgy perhaps even more so. "Not like the other girls", though, is getting a bit threadbare and I'm not sure it's necessarily going to be a winner in the current economy.

I personally raised an eyebrow or two last October when she became so determined to blanket discredit a BBC report on coercive rape of lesbians that she (accidentally?) equated lesbians' preference for women partners with racism. I'm not sure homophobia logically follows on from sexism with her base, even if lesbians logically SEEM like a tempting target.

For anyone worried that Sarkar might be cancelled, though, please take comfort!!!! She herself has helpfully explained why this is a positive thing, as a form or redistributive justice that only negatively impacts the most privileged in society, who of course have such resources that it doesn't negatively impact them.

tobee · 13/08/2022 21:36

LizzieSiddal · 13/08/2022 21:07

@tobee Eric Morecombe!!!!!!! Fgs! Sacrilege!

Of course, Im so embarrassed!!

Grin
DoubleShotEspresso · 13/08/2022 21:38

ToGanymedeAndTitan · 13/08/2022 20:34

So you want her cancelled?
This.
Can't have it both ways.

I think there are some instances where actually at this point any apology would be pointless-it's truly that offensive. So it's not so much I'd want her or anybody "cancelled".
But I'd have serious questions for any broadcaster offering her a platform following today. She's made some low blows previously, for me this though is a whole new level of low.

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