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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Graham Linehan makes women getting raped all about him.

48 replies

GiddyGiddyGiddy · Yesterday 19:02

Can never keep up with the consensus on Linehan on here, but perhaps we should bear things like this in mind before parading him as any sort of empathetic thinker...

x.com/glinner/status/2056523314374570414#m

Graham Linehan (@Glinner) on X

The very moral Channel 4, who banned one of the best episodes of the It Crowd

https://x.com/glinner/status/2056523314374570414#m

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BillieWiper · Yesterday 19:06

Well yeah he's always seemingly telling us how offended we should be. I wonder which episode he's talking about though?

MarieDeGournay · Yesterday 19:08

That has to be one of the worst mis-matches between a thread title and a post I've ever seen!
Not being a big fan of GL [I admire his courage and resolve, and his funny writing, but .. not a huge fan otherwise ] I was afraid he'd said something really misogynistic and sexist about rape, which would have been a big deal.

It's a few words about Ch4's lack of consistency.

Not exactly 'hold the front page', is it?🙄

SnoopyPajamas · Yesterday 19:11

Is he "making it all about him"?

He's pointing out the hypocrisy of Channel 4. They pulled an episode of a popular comedy for wrongthink, but allowed MAFS to run for years, despite the obvious red flags. That's worth reminding the world of, while the network is trying to do damage control.

GiddyGiddyGiddy · Yesterday 19:11

MarieDeGournay · Yesterday 19:08

That has to be one of the worst mis-matches between a thread title and a post I've ever seen!
Not being a big fan of GL [I admire his courage and resolve, and his funny writing, but .. not a huge fan otherwise ] I was afraid he'd said something really misogynistic and sexist about rape, which would have been a big deal.

It's a few words about Ch4's lack of consistency.

Not exactly 'hold the front page', is it?🙄

Being a rape victim myself, I find his comparison pretty insulting!

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · Yesterday 19:12

Another attempt to get Glinner. 🤪
5 armed coppers weren't enough.😂
Character assignation the only thing left now is it. 🤨

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:13

He makes everything about him.

WhatAMarvelousTune · Yesterday 19:14

GiddyGiddyGiddy · Yesterday 19:11

Being a rape victim myself, I find his comparison pretty insulting!

I’m really not a fan of his, but isn’t the point he's making that rape is much worse.

He’s saying “they’ll pull an episode due to complaints of transphobia, but not for rape allegations”.

SnoopyPajamas · Yesterday 19:30

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:13

He makes everything about him.

The IT Crowd was his show, though. Cancelling an episode for perceived transphobia is something Channel 4 actually did to him.

I think it's a valid observation to make. Channel 4 don't care about harm reduction as much as they claim to. They're hypocrites. He's not wrong, and it's worth highlighting.

As @WhatAMarvelousTune said, he's not saying what happened to him was worse than what happened to these women. I don't see how anyone is getting that from the tweet.

Anotherdayofrain · Yesterday 19:31

WhatAMarvelousTune · Yesterday 19:14

I’m really not a fan of his, but isn’t the point he's making that rape is much worse.

He’s saying “they’ll pull an episode due to complaints of transphobia, but not for rape allegations”.

But they haved pulled all the episodes of MAFS.

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:32

whatever - the fact that ppl turn up here on an weekly basis with another "aha gotcha" about glinner is beyond tedious

he's responsible for his own behaviour, no one here is responsible for it

and men are still not women and need to fuck off out of women's spaces

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:33

They have pulled the shows though. So not sure what his point is. Unless it's another 'poor me' post.

Gowlett · Yesterday 19:35

He does seem to be rather obsessed with it all… Great that he speaks up, but it’s his “thing” now. Won’t do his career any favours!

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:35

SnoopyPajamas · Yesterday 19:30

The IT Crowd was his show, though. Cancelling an episode for perceived transphobia is something Channel 4 actually did to him.

I think it's a valid observation to make. Channel 4 don't care about harm reduction as much as they claim to. They're hypocrites. He's not wrong, and it's worth highlighting.

As @WhatAMarvelousTune said, he's not saying what happened to him was worse than what happened to these women. I don't see how anyone is getting that from the tweet.

Because it depends on them making
ludicrous leaps from what he actually says

thete is literally nothing that glinner could say that wouldn't result in some TRA or aunt Lydia turning up to whang on about it like we're actually meant to give a fuck

tryandbepositive · Yesterday 19:35

Bit misleading heading.

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:36

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:32

whatever - the fact that ppl turn up here on an weekly basis with another "aha gotcha" about glinner is beyond tedious

he's responsible for his own behaviour, no one here is responsible for it

and men are still not women and need to fuck off out of women's spaces

People do Gotchas about all sorts of people on this board. Is Glinner exempt from criticism because he's one of you?

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:36

tryandbepositive · Yesterday 19:35

Bit misleading heading.

It's a feature not a bug with any post about glinner

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:37

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:36

People do Gotchas about all sorts of people on this board. Is Glinner exempt from criticism because he's one of you?

lol "one of us"? What you mean ppl who recognise biological reality and that men are not women no matter how much skirt go spin?

yeah you've caught us out

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:38

Theeyeballsinthesky · Yesterday 19:37

lol "one of us"? What you mean ppl who recognise biological reality and that men are not women no matter how much skirt go spin?

yeah you've caught us out

You do seem to give a fuck after all.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · Yesterday 19:38

He’s a twat.

elgreco · Yesterday 19:47

Yeah, men still aren't women

KnottyAuty · Yesterday 19:48

For those not on twitter.
This is hardly the smoking gun that the thread title appeared to promise…

Graham Linehan makes women getting raped all about him.
Shedmistress · Yesterday 19:51

It is very difficult to explain the stupidity of this thread title without using words that the person making it would understand so I'll not bother.

GailBlancheViola · Yesterday 20:01

NotTheOrdinary · Yesterday 19:33

They have pulled the shows though. So not sure what his point is. Unless it's another 'poor me' post.

They have pulled them now, however, one of the women spoke to Channel 4 before the series she was in was aired and they went ahead and aired it anyway despite the severity of the complaint she made.

BendoftheBeginning · Yesterday 20:18

Good grief. Every time I think TRAs can’t make themselves look worse, they rock up here defending C4 airing MAFS even after the rape allegations were raised purely to get in a pop at Glinner.

Couldn’t make their priorities clearer, really.

thirdfiddle · Yesterday 20:20

And here are you making it all about your dislike of Glinner. You also had the option to stick to discussion of the allegations and only the allegations.

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