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UnfairRepresent 06/27/20 10:07:41 AM #1: |
The Irish writer - who also helped create The IT Crowd - has courted controversy for his views on the trans community, and was given a verbal harassment warning by police in 2018 after a transgender activist claimed he "trolled" her.
Last week, he briefly lost his blue tick verification after he accused an LGBTQ+ group of "grooming". However, a Twitter spokesperson said his tick had been removed in error and it was later restored. Linehan's @Glinner account now appears to have been taken down, with a message from Twitter saying profiles that violate the platform's rules will be suspended. The ban comes after he allegedly tweeted "men aren't women tho", in response to a post by the Women's Institute, which had wished a happy Pride to all of its trans members. Linehan, who also co-created and wrote the series Black Books with comedian Dylan Moran, appeared to post on Mumsnet's "feminism chat" thread to complain. He wrote: "I've finally been suspended from Twitter and I have a feeling they're either going to ban me or just take my verified tick. "I've submitted an appeal with Twitter and the Better Business Bureau but I thought I'd post here too so people knew what was going on. Recently, I keep getting locked out of my account and forced to delete tweets to get back in." A number of high-profile figures on Twitter reacted to the news. Model and trans activist Munroe Bergdorf tweeted: "Graham Linehan has been suspended from Twitter. "Transphobia will not win. Thank you @twitter. Please make it permanent. Who next?!!!" Other recent high-profile bans from Twitter include commentator and reality TV star Katie Hopkins, whose account was taken down for "abuse and hateful conduct". Full Article: https://news.sky.com/story/father-ted-co-creator-graham-linehan-banned-from-twitter-after-trans-comment-12015858 https://i.imgur.com/crACo7I.jpg For those who don't know him he wrote Father Ted, Big Train, Blackbooks, IT Crowd and appeared in Darkplace/ADBC Might not mean much to Americans but they are cornerstones of Irish television comedy But yeah his work is full of anti-trans, anti-women and just dated attitudes like "Depressed people just need to cheer up and get over it." kind of stuff Which keeps getting him into trouble --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Turbam 06/27/20 10:15:56 AM #2: |
I actually really like Father Ted.
I remember it being funny --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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iPhone_7 06/27/20 10:18:25 AM #3: |
UnfairRepresent posted...
Pierce Brosnan 'vaguely' remembers saving Halle Berry from choking during love scene in James Bond film --- Sig User Logic https://imgur.com/lA5fm7w ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnfairRepresent 06/27/20 10:20:43 AM #4: |
Turbam posted...
I actually really like Father Ted. It is Linham's comedies are actually really really good. --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob ... Copied to Clipboard!
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