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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Ballsy Ricky Gervais takes aim at Yaniv

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MonsteraCheeseplant · 30/10/2019 19:07

God no woman would get away with this
twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1189610636344549377

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Helmetbymidnight · 01/11/2019 08:20

some people do seem to think being trans is akin to being involved in the normandy landings.

zebrasdontwearbras · 01/11/2019 08:21

Thinking about it, he's probably getting off lightly. Remember the flack JK Rowling got for following someone?

Actually, has anyone seen JK recently? Perhaps she is in Gulag Shock

GruciusMalfoy · 01/11/2019 08:22

My favourite tweets just now are the people who think they're having a laugh at RG name searching himself. Of course he is, all those eejits are prime material for him Grin

NeurotrashWarrior · 01/11/2019 08:40

hang on, Mimmymummy says that She "doesn't disagree that Yaniv is awful."

Ricky is getting a full on pile on.

Is mimmymummy transphobic? Shock

Corygon · 01/11/2019 08:44

I think the JY situation needs people from trans rights groups speaking up and saying they don't feel JY represents what they are fighting for. In every story I've seen "she" gets called an activist. If the trans community don't counter that, the public will assume support, even if it is silent. And of course a huge part of the problem is the very vocal TRA's throw words like transphobe and tf around like confetti so how can they denounce JY without losing credibility in their own community?

TRAs dont care about trans people anymore than they care about women. And they dont need to because most of the normal, decent human beings that happen to be trans arent in public making shows and drawing attention to themselves. They dont behave the same way and if they Express discomfort are turned on with exactly the same ferocity as "terfs" receive. They're outed to religious organisations, family, work etc. We saw a tiny portion of it when jessica yaniv shared Blair whites address.

AGP basically have a lot of trans people in a stranglehold and the ones they dont and cant brainwash are because we are so careful of who we allow in which keeps us safe but then also limits the platform we can speak from.

I could post on my facebook to my trans friends all day long. They will mostly agree with me But it wont go reach any further circles because that platform is so small and private.

HandsOffMyRights · 01/11/2019 08:45

She's still banging on about him this morning! Lots of huffing and puffing for somebody who doesn't care.

Ballsy Ricky Gervais takes aim at Yaniv
merrymouse · 01/11/2019 08:58

No you can say TWAW without believing they’ve literally changed biological sex class

That only makes sense if you can explain the word 'woman' without referring to biological sex.

Ereshkigal · 01/11/2019 09:01

No you can say TWAW without believing they’ve literally changed biological sex class.

Yeah, I'll pass on that, because, no.

deydododatdodontdeydo · 01/11/2019 10:04

Just had a look sinc he's trending on twitter. Looks like a huge pile on to me, but plenty of his fans chipping in too.

RoyalCorgi · 01/11/2019 14:28

He made a Yaniv halloween joke on twitter.

Let's just think about this and marvel. Gervais made a joke at the expense of a racist sexual predator who harasses immigrant women to wax his genitals and tries to hold pool parties for adolescent girls without their parents present.

And somehow people imagine the progressive thing to do is to stand up for the sexual predator?

Oncewasblueandyellowtwo · 01/11/2019 14:35

He has changed his bio to "I identify as a comedian so my pronouns are he he.".
He's not letting this go and he's not bowing down to the mob.

IsadoraQuagmire · 01/11/2019 14:35

She's still banging on about him this morning! Lots of huffing and puffing for somebody who doesn't care

That woman is a monumental bore...

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 01/11/2019 14:40

Ricky Gervais is a legend Smile

BeMoreMagdalen · 01/11/2019 14:45

'My pronouns are he he'

Ok, Gervais, that is definitely the first unforced, not motivated by cringing embarrassment laugh I've had from you. And I am loving it so much I might share it.

Datun · 01/11/2019 14:57

Let's just think about this and marvel. Gervais made a joke at the expense of a racist sexual predator who harasses immigrant women to wax his genitals and tries to hold pool parties for adolescent girls without their parents present.

And somehow people imagine the progressive thing to do is to stand up for the sexual predator?

Well exactly. And while we're at it, let's not forget he wanted to help 10-year-olds with their tampons.

Picking a side is very revealing.

Ereshkigal · 01/11/2019 15:00

He has changed his bio to "I identify as a comedian so my pronouns are he he.".

GrinWine

Melroses · 01/11/2019 15:34
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ErrolTheDragon · 01/11/2019 15:34

He he. Grin

A small but perfectly formed line.

HandsOffMyRights · 01/11/2019 15:41

Great line, Ricky.

YourOpinionIsNoted · 01/11/2019 15:41

Thing is, they can pile on all they like, he will just laugh at them. He is very, very rich and successful. He is very, very good at what he does. He - crucially - makes other people very, very rich. Netflix paid him something like $40million for his stand up show, which means they will have made a fortune off it. They aren't going to turn him loose because he took the piss out of JY on twitter. Plus, a huge part of his brand is being offensive, so he isn't going to start apologising for it now.

Ereshkigal · 01/11/2019 15:50

The unbelievably irritating anime avatar TRAs and assorted woke people piling on are being trolled by him quite effectively but they're not clever enough to get it.

BeMoreMagdalen · 01/11/2019 15:57

I. Am. Loving this.

Glinner is a decent sort, has been relatively successful, but he's not a frontman. Gervais has built a career on not giving a fuck, is, despite not being my cuppa, clever writer and performer and has a huge fanbase that love him for it.

Do the anime creeps really think they can bludgeon him into tearful submission? I think they might have met their match here. He's magnificently misanthropic, so he's not falling for the tedious wokescoldery or respect-my-inner-identity shite.

Oncewasblueandyellowtwo · 01/11/2019 16:52

I. Am. Loving this.
Me too Bemore, and I'm gonna watch one of his show tonight on Netflix for the first time.

HandsOffMyRights · 01/11/2019 16:55

The one featuring his observations re Caitlyn Jenner is my favourite.
May need to watch it again.

CranberriesChoccy · 01/11/2019 17:08

. Plus, a huge part of his brand is being offensive, so he isn't going to start apologising for it now.

Exactly. His reputation would suffer more damage for saying sorry than offending a few flakes.

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