Howard Donald (Take That) dropped fr9m Nottingham Pride after liking transphobic tweets

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Such as "only women menstruate"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/howard-donald-take-that-star-dropped-from-nottingham-pride-festival-after-anti-lgbtq-twitter-likes-12904325

He did also like some tweets by Andrew Tate but that's less problematic apparently.

He is now taking time to "educate himself". Good luck with that then!

Yes, I saw this. Plus the grovelling hostage style apology. So bloody depressing.

Just came here looking for a thread. What's transphobic about saying TW don't have periods? They don't.

He is now taking time to "educate himself".

Interestingly, this hasn't always gone the way they think it will. Read widely and use your critical thinks, Howard.

I have to admit I laughed. I bet Gary was fuming 🤣

He's known for having some controversial and outspoken opinions and has deleted his Twitter account previously after backlash. But liking tweets that are facts? Madness

Sent off for the obligatory "re-education" then?

Soon there will be facilities for such things I bet.

Ah i assumed he’d been caught out agreeing with actual facts & is therefore on
the way to the re education centre

Re his apology:

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
George Orwell, 1984

The ‘education’ line is pretty sinister really.

It's a good example of the techniques supporters of this powerful ideology use to enforce acceptance of untruths.
Obsessively monitor social media and pile on anyone who discusses facts, truth and reality. If they're famous then their agents panic as the complainers are intolerant of democratic values like free speech and freedom of expression. So the individual will be forced into embarrassing hostage recants and grovelling in front of the mob.
Hopefully the new twitter freedoms will highlight all this and allow more truth and facts to be spoken in place of the lies.

He liked a tweet calling to defund Disney because they had a gay man's chorus in Disneyland. But yeah, sounds like a great candidate to perform at Pride.
🤔

I sent him a message of support via DM on Instagram as I follow him. I doubt very much he’ll see it, but I sent one anyway just in case!

Imagine having the time and energy to be monitoring what kinds of tweets other people have interacted with.

Wow, how very dare he. It’s almost as if he thinks Pride was originally a platform to celebrate LGB people.

Wrongthink, honestly, you have to watch out for it constantly or you find yourself remembering things you used to know were true.

Its Nottingham again!

What I find interesting is that you can "separate the art from the artist" when they've done something to women/children (Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, Lucian Freud etc) but not when they've been "transphobic". Wonder why 🤔

https://www.westernjournal.com/gay-mens-choir-said-coming-children-rushes-cover-pedophilia-accusations/

I'm guessing this is the true reason.

Fair enough, the Pride organisers can reject him if they want.

Apparently Disney are working with the gay chorus that was saying, "We'll convert your children", "We are coming for your children".

Nothing troubling about that.

No sir,nothing at all.

Thelnebriati · Today 17:52
Its Nottingham again!

I thought that too.

TAKE THAT AND REPENT!! MOTHERFUCKERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!!

"Defund Disney"? Who was that tweet aimed at?

Yes what is it with Notts lately?

So his concerns were about safeguarding children? And that's why pride cancelled him?

Right......

🎵 Neeeever forgeeeet...

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