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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Once Adolf Hitler was fair game for Comedians to ridicule. Freddy Star, John Cleese to mention two. Many of you will not recognise those names. Then the woke cancel culture began. Prince Harry for one condemned for wearing a nazi uniform at a fancy dress party.

John Cleese has announced that he has withdrawn from addressing Oxford University students because the University circulated a list of speakers who are cancelled and one for the reason that he had impersonated Hitler.

He would rather cancel himself than be cancelled by others.

Roll on today. The Guardian, Independent and others publishing survey results that less than half of Britions know that 6 million lost their lives. Is there a link here. Diminish the parody and diminish the awareness...

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By *he MuffinmanMan
over a year ago

West Gloucestershire


"Once Adolf Hitler was fair game for Comedians to ridicule. Freddy Star, John Cleese to mention two. Many of you will not recognise those names. Then the woke cancel culture began. Prince Harry for one condemned for wearing a nazi uniform at a fancy dress party.

John Cleese has announced that he has withdrawn from addressing Oxford University students because the University circulated a list of speakers who are cancelled and one for the reason that he had impersonated Hitler.

He would rather cancel himself than be cancelled by others.

Roll on today. The Guardian, Independent and others publishing survey results that less than half of Britions know that 6 million lost their lives. Is there a link here. Diminish the parody and diminish the awareness..."

If you forget history it can have a nasty habit of repeating itself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So he wasn’t, cancelled he ‘cancelled himself’. Sounds like a publicity stunt.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay

It's a fair point, but I don't think any of us hold a strong view on it, others will of course

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By *ovebjsMan
over a year ago

Bristol

The schools are so fixated on BLM ect that some of the most important lessons are being ignored

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

What about that house in Wales that looks like Adolf? Should we pull it down??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's Cambridge uni.

Cyclically tho... Person making documentary on cancel culture does PR stint.

I have no idea the context of Andrew Graham-Dixon impression... But didn't sound like comedy if it was part of a debate.

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By *ob Carpe DiemMan
over a year ago

Torquay


"What about that house in Wales that looks like Adolf? Should we pull it down??"

Is that the B&B where Mr Hilter went on holiday?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I haven't seen the impressions but are they satirical in way that makes Hitler look like a fool? If so, then it possibly plays down the awful things he did by making light of it even though millions lost their lives.

There isn't a link between people knowing 6.6million Jewish people lost their lives and John Cleese being "cancelled" either. It's an education problem, not a comedy one and the 2 in my opinion are mutually exclusive inthat regard

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"Once Adolf Hitler was fair game for Comedians to ridicule. Freddy Star, John Cleese to mention two. Many of you will not recognise those names. Then the woke cancel culture began. Prince Harry for one condemned for wearing a nazi uniform at a fancy dress party.

John Cleese has announced that he has withdrawn from addressing Oxford University students because the University circulated a list of speakers who are cancelled and one for the reason that he had impersonated Hitler.

He would rather cancel himself than be cancelled by others.

Roll on today. The Guardian, Independent and others publishing survey results that less than half of Britions know that 6 million lost their lives. Is there a link here. Diminish the parody and diminish the awareness..."

Haven't they seen jojo rabbit, so funny

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The schools are so fixated on BLM ect that some of the most important lessons are being ignored "

It's not a competition. It's just as important to learn about current societal issues as it is to learn about historical ones.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

How a survey of 2000 people represents what half of the UK population knows or does not know baffles me more

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

On a lighter note, searching for ‘cats that look like Hitler’ is worth a smile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do a whopper hitler impersonation in fairness !!!

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"What about that house in Wales that looks like Adolf? Should we pull it down??

Is that the B&B where Mr Hilter went on holiday?"

B&B? He preferred a bunker.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

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By *nimaginativeUsernameMan
over a year ago

Rochester, Kent

I went to a Halloween party this year as a WW2 German with a bullet through my skull

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What about that house in Wales that looks like Adolf? Should we pull it down??

Is that the B&B where Mr Hilter went on holiday?"

Mr hitter ? You must hold him in high regard !

Seriously tho who said the didn’t see jo jo the rabbit??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Once Adolf Hitler was fair game for Comedians to ridicule. Freddy Star, John Cleese to mention two. Many of you will not recognise those names. Then the woke cancel culture began. Prince Harry for one condemned for wearing a nazi uniform at a fancy dress party.

John Cleese has announced that he has withdrawn from addressing Oxford University students because the University circulated a list of speakers who are cancelled and one for the reason that he had impersonated Hitler.

He would rather cancel himself than be cancelled by others.

Roll on today. The Guardian, Independent and others publishing survey results that less than half of Britions know that 6 million lost their lives. Is there a link here. Diminish the parody and diminish the awareness...

If you forget history it can have a nasty habit of repeating itself "
I'm gonna admit I don't know about the Kindertransport nor did I know the British government shut the door to Jewish immigration at the outbreak of the war.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I went to a Halloween party this year as a WW2 German with a bullet through my skull "

Giza lend of it ?

Just casually gong about my grocery shopping in a SS uniform I’d love that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore."

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences. "

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"I went to a Halloween party this year as a WW2 German with a bullet through my skull "

My old friend Frank was in the Wehrmacht in Russia. He advanced to a field where the bodies had been buried but the hundreds of German helmets all had a bullet hole in each of them. Soviet snipers were the scourge of the Germans.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences. "
the guy wasnt trying to be funny. He was trying to make a point that art can be made in bad taste.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences. the guy wasnt trying to be funny. He was trying to make a point that art can be made in bad taste. "

It’s art so it’s subjective there’s only opinions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

"

Why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?"

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

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By *ausage1970Man
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Hilter impressions are a parody that makes a point of laughing at his stupidity and what nazi's stand for.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences. the guy wasnt trying to be funny. He was trying to make a point that art can be made in bad taste.

It’s art so it’s subjective there’s only opinions "
I'm not making a statement either way. Just pointing out this wasn't afaik an attempt at a joke. And what point he was trying to make.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?"

Was waiting for this !!!

I honestly don’t have the head right now to debate some of the problems I see coming from this I’m not against all of it but there are certain things especially when comedy seems to now be dictated to by a certain group of people and how they look at today !!!!

But honestly I’m more then happy to pick this up and have a discussion I’m just tired now

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By *ufia SnowbunnyTV/TS
over a year ago

Hastings

Seems like an attempt to make Cleese vaguely relevant again. It also amuses me that people try to use the word "woke" as an insult

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

did you ever see the guy that done the Nazi Dog ?

He got charged for teaching it to do salutes to various German phrases

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind "

What age are you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ol BLM tried leaning on Liverpudlians to remove any mention of people trafficking Gangmasters from road names and places but unfortunately the Beatles sang about penny lane and Penny traded people from Africa to the UK then America and there's zero chance any green Poundland dyed hair student is changing Liverpool's history when the Beatles are involved

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The schools are so fixated on BLM ect that some of the most important lessons are being ignored "

It’s not pie you know ! By giving to one , doesn’t mean you get less and further more saying “ the most important lessons are being ignored “ is the very reason BLM movement is so important !

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I see no causation between Hitler impressions and ignorance of the existence or scale of the Holocaust atrocities.

Cleese has a PR machine that's active and repeats cancel culture stories.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

What age are you "

Younger than I'll ever be again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind "

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

If you grew up with people who lived here in 1940, fled Poland or fought their way into Germany you’d appreciate why knocking Hitler was so important to a generation.

As a 70s kid I watched The World at War and saw those bodies at Belsen. I didn’t know what a Jew was. But I knew something unspeakable had been brought to various peoples in the world.

I’m sure many posturing today over what can’t be said in their presence have little knowledge of the complete truth. But the fact is

Nazism was born of the same litter as many other ideologies. Anything that restricts minds and human emotion and life and culture is a scourge that needs to be culled.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Was waiting for this !!!

I honestly don’t have the head right now to debate some of the problems I see coming from this I’m not against all of it but there are certain things especially when comedy seems to now be dictated to by a certain group of people and how they look at today !!!!

But honestly I’m more then happy to pick this up and have a discussion I’m just tired now "

It was an open Why - wasn’t sure what you were referring to.,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?"

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away "

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

I think we have to be careful not to create an apparatus (all be it with all good intentions) that can eventually come back and bite us in the arse. I think you have to be very careful when you remove discretion for nuance and remove the platform for ridicule. That is a pathway to tyranny just the same as allowing open and unbridled bigotry and intolerance is. A free society is messy with lots of grey areas for discussion, disagreement and scrutiny (and you can't not hurt or offend everyone). I'd far prefer that than either a society where the bigots have free reign unchecked or where every bar the party line is silenced.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away "

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

"

You’d have to be more precise. “Some aspects” going too far? Like cancel culture?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I blame the Treaty of Versai personally .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice. "
look silly remark my bad !

but I’m definitely far from closed minded and yeah it does throw new perspectives it’s hard to define exactly what it is cause it’s so new

but I’m aware of some of the changes happening from it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

You’d have to be more precise. “Some aspects” going too far? Like cancel culture? "

Exactly that’s my main issue

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

"

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice. look silly remark my bad !

but I’m definitely far from closed minded and yeah it does throw new perspectives it’s hard to define exactly what it is cause it’s so new

but I’m aware of some of the changes happening from it "

I haven’t had a go at you nor had Foolhardly - no worries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice. "

It can be used for virtue-signalling such as being offended on behalf of someone else, but it's mostly supposed to make people be aware of what's going on around them and not live in their own little bubble.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice. look silly remark my bad !

but I’m definitely far from closed minded and yeah it does throw new perspectives it’s hard to define exactly what it is cause it’s so new

but I’m aware of some of the changes happening from it "

I haven’t had a go at you nor had Foolhardly - no worries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless."

Look I get I started this and of course the view was he’s a naive dumb shit after saying that !

Wouldn’t be far off but na mate I’m not that much older we’d probably agree on most things but just when I see Dave Chappell a hero of mine losing his job over doing his job something ain’t right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice. look silly remark my bad !

but I’m definitely far from closed minded and yeah it does throw new perspectives it’s hard to define exactly what it is cause it’s so new

but I’m aware of some of the changes happening from it

I haven’t had a go at you nor had Foolhardly - no worries "

Course.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The schools are so fixated on BLM ect that some of the most important lessons are being ignored "

No they are not, but BLM is covered in Life lessons the vast majority of the curriculem is made up of core subjects.

I have worked at a senior level in an Educational environment for years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice.

It can be used for virtue-signalling such as being offended on behalf of someone else, but it's mostly supposed to make people be aware of what's going on around them and not live in their own little bubble."

Why is that unique to this generation?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless.

Look I get I started this and of course the view was he’s a naive dumb shit after saying that !

Wouldn’t be far off but na mate I’m not that much older we’d probably agree on most things but just when I see Dave Chappell a hero of mine losing his job over doing his job something ain’t right "

Don’t recall seeing that DC had “lost his job?”

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over a year ago


"Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice.

It can be used for virtue-signalling such as being offended on behalf of someone else, but it's mostly supposed to make people be aware of what's going on around them and not live in their own little bubble.

Why is that unique to this generation? "

Probably due to it being the information era. We have a vast wealth of knowledge at our fingertips that there's almost more pressure to have our finger on the pulse of what's going on an no excuse to be close-minded.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless.

Look I get I started this and of course the view was he’s a naive dumb shit after saying that !

Wouldn’t be far off but na mate I’m not that much older we’d probably agree on most things but just when I see Dave Chappell a hero of mine losing his job over doing his job something ain’t right

Don’t recall seeing that DC had “lost his job?”"

Yeah sorry he is still at Netflix I think but he had a movie coming out and he was scheduled to do a load of film festivals and every one canceled!

Look I get his humor definitely nowadays is border line but i also see him make strong statements about the LGBTQ community and how he has had a trans comedian open for him !!!

That’s probably my one and only issue with this woke culture that everything seems so restricted as not to offend anyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Woke seems to sum up a lot of new perspectives, for sure and I must admit I’ve used it as shorthand for virtue signalling although I have a lot of time for some tenets of social justice.

It can be used for virtue-signalling such as being offended on behalf of someone else, but it's mostly supposed to make people be aware of what's going on around them and not live in their own little bubble.

Why is that unique to this generation?

Probably due to it being the information era. We have a vast wealth of knowledge at our fingertips that there's almost more pressure to have our finger on the pulse of what's going on an no excuse to be close-minded."

I see your point about information. I grew up in Australia and it was very parochial but I paid attention to things outside my own bubble even in my twenties as most people did.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless.

Look I get I started this and of course the view was he’s a naive dumb shit after saying that !

Wouldn’t be far off but na mate I’m not that much older we’d probably agree on most things but just when I see Dave Chappell a hero of mine losing his job over doing his job something ain’t right

Don’t recall seeing that DC had “lost his job?”

Yeah sorry he is still at Netflix I think but he had a movie coming out and he was scheduled to do a load of film festivals and every one canceled!

Look I get his humor definitely nowadays is border line but i also see him make strong statements about the LGBTQ community and how he has had a trans comedian open for him !!!

That’s probably my one and only issue with this woke culture that everything seems so restricted as not to offend anyone "

I didn’t know the film festivals had cancelled. I don’t have a problem with protests - I mean that’s been going on for decades. I just don’t see equal protests and outrage about other issues eg Netflix sexism or racism.

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that."

Watch jojoba rabbit, just watch the trailer!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that.

Watch jojoba rabbit, just watch the trailer!"

Already seen it and loved it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?

Forces old people to actually think with an open mind

Are you saying woke culture forces old people (do define “old” ) to think with an open mind? Or that you agree that we should “fuck woke culture”?

Apologies, some older people to think with an open mind. I think it scares those set in their ways, that they don't know all the answers so dismiss "woke culture" hoping it goes away

Lad you have no clue what way I am anyway to that lady yeah obviously a stupid off the cuff statement sounds stupid now !

Look I’m a very open minded man I don’t discriminate against anyone for there views,religion there politics there sexuality don’t care

i just feel some aspects of the woke attitude is going to far and it’s nothing to do with age maybe be for some

Yeah, possibly there are some things that are taken too far but I've found people being way too offended by other people being offended and essentially resorting to name-calling. It's pointless.

Look I get I started this and of course the view was he’s a naive dumb shit after saying that !

Wouldn’t be far off but na mate I’m not that much older we’d probably agree on most things but just when I see Dave Chappell a hero of mine losing his job over doing his job something ain’t right

Don’t recall seeing that DC had “lost his job?”

Yeah sorry he is still at Netflix I think but he had a movie coming out and he was scheduled to do a load of film festivals and every one canceled!

Look I get his humor definitely nowadays is border line but i also see him make strong statements about the LGBTQ community and how he has had a trans comedian open for him !!!

That’s probably my one and only issue with this woke culture that everything seems so restricted as not to offend anyone

I didn’t know the film festivals had cancelled. I don’t have a problem with protests - I mean that’s been going on for decades. I just don’t see equal protests and outrage about other issues eg Netflix sexism or racism. "

Excellent point !

he slags white people he slags Asians in the closer is there a difference ??but trans people are the only people he let it be known he has no issue with them and to me it was sincere

I know some people will say there not just jokes but to me yeah that’s all they are !!!

But yeah he did a show 2 weeks ago and explained all this about the cancellation of the events and that the employees of Netflix wanted a meeting with him

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that.

Watch jojoba rabbit, just watch the trailer!

Already seen it and loved it "

it really glorifies hitler and the ideals behind the nazi party

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that.

Watch jojoba rabbit, just watch the trailer!

Already seen it and loved it

it really glorifies hitler and the ideals behind the nazi party "

We both really enjoyed this movie (it's very rare we'll pay to stream a movie at home).

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences.

I agree, and you can acknowledge that something is product of its time without holding it against a person. Personally, I don't find any humour about war funny because eit can trivialise a serious topic. The comedy has to be done well to avoid that.

Watch jojoba rabbit, just watch the trailer!

Already seen it and loved it

it really glorifies hitler and the ideals behind the nazi party

We both really enjoyed this movie (it's very rare we'll pay to stream a movie at home)."

quotes... ive had nine children for the cause... and... go go jo jo rabbit

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton

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By *lay 4 uMan
over a year ago

bolton


"Cleese is 82 years old. He is entitled to give no fucks anymore.

Ahmed !!!

Fuck this woke culture !!!!

Why?"
History happened. So many great thing happened in history but they only seem to pick up on negative events. Taking down a picture or a statue won't change anything.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Never mind the universities banning speakers..

Let's avoid any speakers going to them

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

If I were to dress as Stalin it would pass without mention.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Factually incorrect…..6 million killed just by the Nazis in their gas chamber extermination’s. Many don’t know what the holocaust was!

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham


"Factually incorrect…..6 million killed just by the Nazis in their gas chamber extermination’s. Many don’t know what the holocaust was!"

The six million included those killed by bullets too. It didn’t include Roma, homosexuals, mentally ill, communists, Soviet POWs and the planned killing of over 30 million Slavs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Comedy is comedy sometimes it may seem in bad taste but the British tend to deal with difficulties and traumatic events through humour. Cancel culture is a slippery slope and one which could have several unintended, negative consequences. "

Tolerance is the lube that slips the dildo of dysfunction into the arse of a civilised society.

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"If I were to dress as Stalin it would pass without mention."

That's the sort of thing that annoys me, it's panto land!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

100% Prince Harry thought "you know what... ima dress as Hitler to maintain the awareness of his atrocities"

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By *urtyGentMan
over a year ago

eastleigh

The amount of “cancelled” celebrities that still maintain a platform is incredible. Almost as if they aren’t really cancelled for their horrible opinions and shitty personalities but they use it as an excuse as to why they’re not as famous as they were

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't get me wrong. I might be pissed (I definitely am pissed) but the mass murder of that many people, based purely on their heritage, being the butt of a joke is fucking disgusting. And the fact that anyone would be prepared to defend that is even worse. Babies were killed. Babies in the arms of their desperate mothers. Babies in the arms of their desperate mothers for no reason.

Men. Brilliant men, helping the allies. All based on their fucking papers.

Disgusting.

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By *icassolifelikeMan
over a year ago

Luton

Say what you want about Hitler,

He’s fucking hilarious in Bottom!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Say what you want about Hitler,

He’s fucking hilarious in Bottom! "

Eh DOH DOH EEEEEEE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The amount of “cancelled” celebrities that still maintain a platform is incredible. Almost as if they aren’t really cancelled for their horrible opinions and shitty personalities but they use it as an excuse as to why they’re not as famous as they were "

They're not. Celebrities aren't fully cancelled unless they do some truly horrific shit. Otherwise they're cancelled for a bit, people find another person to get upset over, and then all is forgotten

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The amount of “cancelled” celebrities that still maintain a platform is incredible. Almost as if they aren’t really cancelled for their horrible opinions and shitty personalities but they use it as an excuse as to why they’re not as famous as they were

They're not. Celebrities aren't fully cancelled unless they do some truly horrific shit. Otherwise they're cancelled for a bit, people find another person to get upset over, and then all is forgotten "

Every person that’s ever been “cancelled” did some truly horrific shit? They’re all guilty as charged by the public? People are cancelled (and I mean losing their reputation and livelihoods) based on very little these days. Some are well known, some are not.

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By *urtyGentMan
over a year ago

eastleigh


"The amount of “cancelled” celebrities that still maintain a platform is incredible. Almost as if they aren’t really cancelled for their horrible opinions and shitty personalities but they use it as an excuse as to why they’re not as famous as they were

They're not. Celebrities aren't fully cancelled unless they do some truly horrific shit. Otherwise they're cancelled for a bit, people find another person to get upset over, and then all is forgotten "

The only one I can think of is an MC called Wiley. He said a whole load of anti Semitic shit on tw*tter and was rightly kicked off the platform and had other social media severely limited and rightly so. But I’ve seen worse stuff said by others and them actively get given platforms to spout their hate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cancel culture is a red herring used by people to create more media noise around a none existing problem.

John Cleese refusing to give his very privileged opinion to a group of very privileged university students is not a story for what ever reason he gives. But if feeds the culture war narrative.

What is and is not acceptable in the public domain changes over time and rightly so that’s how society grows and develops. You can still say whatever right wing crazy, sexist, homophobic etc thing you want and many do. The difference is the internet has democratised public discussion so you are far more likely to face back lash then say 10 years ago.

The reason people don’t understand things like the Holocaust is more due to gaps in education and the way we engage with the history of the second world war.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Bet few schoolkids know anything about the Falklands War

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts


"Cancel culture is a red herring used by people to create more media noise around a none existing problem.

John Cleese refusing to give his very privileged opinion to a group of very privileged university students is not a story for what ever reason he gives. But if feeds the culture war narrative.

What is and is not acceptable in the public domain changes over time and rightly so that’s how society grows and develops. You can still say whatever right wing crazy, sexist, homophobic etc thing you want and many do. The difference is the internet has democratised public discussion so you are far more likely to face back lash then say 10 years ago.

The reason people don’t understand things like the Holocaust is more due to gaps in education and the way we engage with the history of the second world war. "

does john cleese have a privileged position or an earned position? I would say he earned it? View point perspective?

and the internet hasnt democratized anything, the internet is a bun fight, with the opinion of the village idiot being no less valid than that of brian cox......

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By *irtylittletramp100TV/TS
over a year ago

Notts

but i do agree the teaching of history without it all in context warps it!

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

What does history actually tell us...

Let's look forward not back

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"

If you forget history it can have a nasty habit of repeating itself "

History does not repeat itself (in a simplistic fashion); time moves on,circumstances change, social mores change, but people become more aware and more educated about the human condition.

Henry Ford's quotation is repeated as nauseum.

The vast majority of problems in the world are instigated by malignant narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths who adopt political ideologies to further their warped personal agendas.

The world that Caligula occupied is vastly different to that when Adolf Hitler was acquiring power in 1933.

Malignant narcissists are proundly damaged people who have a disdain for human beings whom they dissmisively refer to as empaths, that is empathic people who are pro social and caring individuals.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford


"

If you forget history it can have a nasty habit of repeating itself

History does not repeat itself (in a simplistic fashion); time moves on,circumstances change, social mores change, but people become more aware and more educated about the human condition.

Henry Ford's quotation is repeated as nauseum.

The vast majority of problems in the world are instigated by malignant narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths who adopt political ideologies to further their warped personal agendas.

The world that Caligula occupied is vastly different to that when Adolf Hitler was acquiring power in 1933.

Malignant narcissists are proundly damaged people who have a disdain for human beings whom they dissmisively refer to as empaths, that is empathic people who are pro social and caring individuals.

"

That must make complete sense to somebody but not me..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Cancel culture is a red herring used by people to create more media noise around a none existing problem.

John Cleese refusing to give his very privileged opinion to a group of very privileged university students is not a story for what ever reason he gives. But if feeds the culture war narrative.

What is and is not acceptable in the public domain changes over time and rightly so that’s how society grows and develops. You can still say whatever right wing crazy, sexist, homophobic etc thing you want and many do. The difference is the internet has democratised public discussion so you are far more likely to face back lash then say 10 years ago.

The reason people don’t understand things like the Holocaust is more due to gaps in education and the way we engage with the history of the second world war.

does john cleese have a privileged position or an earned position? I would say he earned it? View point perspective?

and the internet hasnt democratized anything, the internet is a bun fight, with the opinion of the village idiot being no less valid than that of brian cox...... "

John Cleese has a privileged position in life shown by attending St. Andrews and Cambridge universities. While his private schooling was paid for by inheritance, i would say that he was clearly involved in some fine creative work many years ago for which we all recognise him. But he is now part of the very establishment he once railed against. He is also trolling here, and looking for some media coverage.

Exactly, the internet has democratised the public forum. You need not be informed to get your opinion out and you don’t need to have a media outlet to say whatever you like. This is both good and bad. But what it does mean is that while years ago you could be famous and that would be treated with reverence for the most part. Now anyone can respond, reply and organise which is a new experience for people who have controversial opinions.

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