article by Jasmine Andersson:
'Father Ted writer Graham Linehan compares the trans movement to Nazism 'I’ve been one of the people standing up and saying "No, this is wrong," despite everyone telling me not to do it'
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Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has compared the transgender movement to “something terrible like Nazism” in a radio interview.
The writer, who is known for comedy hits such as The IT Crowd and Black Books, has been vocal about his opposition of the trans movement in the past and once received a police caution for the harrassment of a trans activist on Twitter.
Mr Linehan made the comments during an interview with American online radio platform Resistance Radio, part of Deep Green Resistance, which describes itself as a radical environmental and social justice organization. Resistance Radio said its presenter spoke to the writer about “the insanity of transactivism asserting that males can be women, the reinforcement of patriarchy, and the death of discourse”.
During the interview, Mr Lineham argued that he feels he must speak out against transgenderism because it is “too important” to himself and the women in his life, but said doing so is “like putting your hand on a flame thrower”, PinkNews reported.
“The opposition is so extreme and so frightening that eventually everyone is asking you to stop,” he said.
“My feeling is I can’t, because it’s too important. It’s too important to the women in my life and it’s too important to me,” he said, and claimed that not speaking out against trans rights is like ignoring “something terrible happening like Nazism”.
“I’m now in a position where I can now answer the question honestly of, if you were around the time of something terrible happening like Nazism, would you be one of the people who said, ‘This is wrong,’ despite being opposed?” he said in the interview.
“I feel happy in myself that I’ve been one of the people standing up and saying, ‘No, this is wrong,’ despite everyone telling me not to do it,” he added.
The scriptwriter also claimed the trans movement “provides cover” for “fetishists, con-men, and simply abusive misogynists”.
“Eventually people will break and realise this is just wrong,” he added.
The writer was cautioned in October after he called trans activist Stephanie Hayden “he” and used her dead name to refer to her, which is the name she used before transitioning.
Ms Hayden said she asked police for “swift and proportionate action to make clear that transgender harassment was unacceptable”.
He was given a police caution for verbal harassment and told not to contact Ms Hayden. Following the police action, Ms Hayden said: “Transphobia in any form is unacceptable. Now the police matter has been resolved, anything else is between the parties. Thank you to the transgender community (and beyond) for your continued support.”
The writer told i: “It’s obvious to anyone who actually listens to the interview what I am saying. By maliciously twisting my words, Adrian Harrop is simply opening another front in his harassment campaign against me, the last manifestation of which was a visit from the police when I shared a Sky News interview in which he was humiliated by feminist Posie Parker.” (continues)
inews.co.uk/news/graham-linehan-father-ted-writer-trans-activism-nazism/
Pink News article
www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/11/father-ted-graham-linehan-trans-nazis/
Graham Linehan's 45 mins interview with Derrick Jensen is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXDLT3p1pM
AfterEllen criticism of Pink News:
www.afterellen.com/general-news/567505-male-run-pink-news-at-odds-with-lesbian-community