Cue outrage: Gervais' new Netflix special just dropped.

[mirax]

Supernature is taking absolutely, absolutely no prisoners. I am 7 minutes in with a mojito in hand.

True Catherina. I used to love Eddie izzard and “they’re not womens dresses they’re my dresses, I buy them” stance. THAT was widening the bandwidth of what it means to be male

now EI has decided he’s actually woman when he wears a dress “girl mode” not so much…

Yes I love his work not him.

I don't think he is transphobic.

He's not laughing at trans people.

He's laughing at people who care more about being seen to use preferred pronouns than they care about the danger of women being raped.

I bet his missus is on here!

She’s got to be. Some of the horrors in her books have stepped straight out of the comments on here and onto the page

Just watched it. His humour is spot on. He has his priorities right.

Seems to be trending on Twitter, too.

That’s one for the big list of “things that didn’t happen.”

I find him clever and funny, he makes me laugh like a drain. So glad he's done this. The tide is turning....

Or….

Women with grip on biological reality pleased to see high profile comedian also able to see biological reality.

Sounds like Mumsnet

how would you know?

you don’t look at mumsnet

you don’t look at the thousands and thousands of posts on subjects like eduction, politics, parking, gp receptionists, beauty, prams….nothing

you just plop

<gets out dibber, makes mark on TRA bingo card>

You don’t even say anything interesting

teaklaxon, catherina, other regulars whose names escapes me they all say things, they engage, they attempt to get people to see their point of view

i don’t necessarily agree with whet they say but at least they say something

seriously….what is the point of you?

Oh now i look unhinged 😀

Those posts were ‘for’ disgusted

Netflix got ahead of this and told its employees if they object to its content they could leave.

So presumably no crying and walk outs like after Chapelle?

The corporations are catching on who's in the majority.

According to Twitter, TRAs have allegedly smashed up a park bench over Jervais ‘s humour.

😆 that made me think of this -

That is interesting.

I wonder if we'll get a reprisal of Repent Motherfucker?

I feel cheered

Just watched it... it's funny mostly. Some jokes didn't tickle me.

I think he's poked fun at a very wide population - possibly on purpose. There's many groups of people who could be offended - but only one group which are crying on twitter.

@Somanysocks

And for those unable to access twitter: here it is

Honestly struggling to see the problem with what he's saying here - it's exactly what we're told all the time straight from the mouth of SW, in their own words!

If it makes people laugh and isn't great optics when said out loud, the issue would seem to be with the message.