The misogynist Billy Bragg

[Maaate]

About time he had his own thread to document the anti-women statements he comes out with. First up:

He clearly sees it as a left-wing vs right-wing thing, and therefore hasn’t got to consider what any of it actually means. Left = good, right = fascists, simples.

Tuneless fud.

I have always hated his shitty music, droning singing and painfully obvious sixth form political lyrics. But he must realise now that he has revealed his true hatred of women to the whole world, surely?

Nothing new there. He's never been able to think for himself. I've always thought he was an idiotic twat, loathe him.

This man just gets worse and worse. He really is telling us exactly who he is.

I know someone who worked with him recently. Her description was “he’s a complete bell end”. I’m hoping for more details when I next see her!

Don't be ridiculous Humphrey, he's a tedious wokebro man of the Left and therefore he must always, always be right.

His entire identity will be based upon that presumption.

As do so many others. When I queried the need for Drag Queen story hour in my local pub on my local forum a man (I know it was a man) just commented something like "don't listen to this fascist". Fucking dick.

I think thats a big part of it for him. He's said similar about wearing masks and brexit - he knows everything about a person by one fact.

Its sixth form politics, at best.

If a group of men were following a trans person around like that, he'd be the first to say its wrong. But hes making excuses for this because he sees it as the correct punishment for their views. I wonder where his line is, what behavior would be unacceptable?

Hes a nasty piece of work and im glad i dont have any contact with him. I feel for the women who do.

Let's not forget that he recently revealed that he thinks puberty blockers are the same as beta blockers. x.com/billybragg/status/1698058549761319273?s=20

I don’t know anything about his music but he comes across as such a whiny little dweeb on Twitter. As well as being nasty to numerous women.

i used to like him as I’m a complete leftie. I now realise he’s a woman-hating misogynist.

No more albums or gigs for me.

What an absolute arsehole and hypocrite.

He really is thick. And full of moronic hatred. Last year I donated my Bragg albums from the 80s to a charity shop but I wish I'd just binned them.

Billy Bragg in 2014, speaking to the Daily Telegraph to promote the first Being a Man festival.

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Now he will have a chance to explore these ideas further at the first Being A Man festival - a weekend which will see Grayson Perry, Alastair Campbell and others discuss their experiences of masculinity as well as featuring workshops on subjects like depression, promiscuity and race. Bragg will appear for an evening of music and discussion with the rapper Akala, comedian Phill Jupitus and singer Tom Robinson, which will close the festival on Sunday evening. He will also take part in an event on the Saturday evening with novelist Nick Hornby and designer Wayne Hemingway.

“I think men need a place where we can talk about things that are a problem,” Bragg explains when asked why he was so keen to be involved. “I don’t think any man who’s watched the news since Christmas can feel comfortable with what’s been going on with Operation Yewtree, with Lord Rennard, with those men who were convicted in Peterborough. I look at the TV and I despair for my 20 year old son.

“I don’t think any of us can be complacent. I think there’s a responsibility for all of us to be putting out a message. I’m hoping that Being A Man will open up a can of worms and allow us to start talking about these issues.” Bragg bemoans the lack of a "blokesnet" - a Dadsnet does exist, but it has nothing like the same scope as its female counterpart - and other online forums where this discussion could otherwise happen.
But despite his interest in the festival and the issues it is is likely to raise, Bragg is quick to play down the notion that men are undergoing a "crisis of masculinity".

“When men went off to fight in the First World War, then came back and women were working in factories and had the vote - that was a crisis of masculinity,” he says.

“What we’ve got now is a change, and changes happen all the time. The only reason it’s being called a crisis is that middle class white blokes are having to change their attitudes about some things, and a lot of middle class white blokes have columns in the newspapers.”

From Billy Bragg: I look at the news and I despair for my 20 year old son

This is the group in Peterborough he was referring to: Peterborough sex gang's 'sophisticated' grooming tactics

Still unsure why reading about men being convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls would make you despair for your young adult son.

The woman depicted in the OP image spent an entire week last year complaining about a children's library mascot alien all because it was gender neutral.

Here come the lads 🤣

Some people even believe that some women deserve threats of violence because of what they complain about, but obviously they're misogynists too. It's why Bragg knows he can post lazy anti-women stuff and it'll get lapped up.

He’s crossed the line into cd binning territory there.

TBF he's getting one hell of a kicking in the comments* and a really epic ratio too

*Obvs as he's not complaining about it he must actually want people to post negatively about him.

'Misogynist Billy Bragg' is a bit like saying 'wet rain'.

“I think men need a place where we can talk about things that are a problem,” Bragg explains .

Oh so men need a space, but Billy objects to women having a space. Figures.

Let's hope he never identifies as a doctor!

Billy Bragg acts like such a CU next Tuesday that I often think he must be a secret Tory voter actively trying to repel voters away from the left.

Some of his views are absolutely abhorrent, like the recent tweet where he said because Maya was smiling she couldn't possibly have been being harassed FFS. I can't imagine what he is thinking to post something like that.

Imagine if he'd posted the same comment about a black person putting a brave, grin and bear it face on while being harassed by racist thugs - "This is you right? smiling like you're enjoying yourself. I don't call that harassment."

He disgusts me.

Ugh he is so vile.

I'm feeling generous tonight so I'll just repeat what my DGM would have said:

'Poor lad. Not got the wit to get out of the rain.'

His comment today was an utter disgrace. He should be thoroughly ashamed but it appears that he's so entrenched that he can't see his lack of decency and humanity. He's tragic really