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@Glinner

Immigrant. Writer, director, creator or co-creator of Father Ted, Black Books, Big Train, IT Crowd, Count Arthur, The Walshes.

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    Oct 28

    'Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues'. That's *research*. Ask yourself this, do people on the 'right side of history' tend to suppress research? Do they tend to try to silence people trying to discuss the presence or absence of that research?

    People are being targeted across many universities. We need to support them and promote the importance of reason, evidence, dialogue and respectful disagreement.
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    2 hours ago

    And here are some of the reports we've gotten: "The election official at the door of this district Has chosen to prominently wear an ICE hat today in a traditionally heavy mixed and Latino district of West Allis, Wisconsin."

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    2 hours ago

    allows users to report anything that may be blocking people from voting. We've had over 400 verified reports of voter suppression, intimidation and other ballot issues. This is our glowing, growing map of issues.

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    17 hours ago

    Time to replace these bitches

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    4 hours ago
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    I don't know how Reeves & Mortimer do it but that somehow taps in to the *idea* of Noel Edmonds on some pre-conscious level. See also the levitating, cutlery-fingered Loyd Grossman in their Masterchef sketch. It's ineffable. It cannot be Effed.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    Another example. "No, Ben, no!"

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  7. 4 hours ago

    It's like music when it's like that. It's the closest comedy gets to music. Maybe because it's mysterious. *WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY?* Here's another example

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  8. 4 hours ago

    "Yes, here under the shadow of this great tree, I have found peace." Why is that so funny? My favourite kind of comedy is on that level, it feels like music when it's at that level. I wish I could hit that level even 10% of the time.

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  9. 4 hours ago

    I don't know why, but "dance of a proud people" reminds me of this great story about Mike Nichols meeting Buck Henry.

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  10. 4 hours ago

    This conversation from Seinfeld. That final line!

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  11. 5 hours ago

    "Let's be less concerned about certainty" is a hell of a thing to say to parents.

    Replying to @STILLTish @mindpox and 2 others
    Trans the gay away...
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  12. 5 hours ago

    I really enjoyed this one! Enjoy!

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  13. 5 hours ago

    Yeah, they're both coming from the same starting point: that women are, in some mysterious way, shit. Misogyny is non-partisan. Look at the dismissive tone adopted by both sides on subjects like the Women's March.

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    Graham dear? When it comes to women? The only difference between progressives and conservatives? The former see women as community property, the latter? Private property. Gay is simply inconvenient to both and the woo-woo is because opinions, no matter what weigh more than facts.
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    7 hours ago

    The longer version of this dingbat quote is if anything even better. Trump says that Democrats will destroy Obamacare and that Obamacare is good. Then he says how McCain prevented Trump from destroying Obamacare but don't worry he's still going to destroy it next year.

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  15. 6 hours ago

    I mean the complete absence of debate, the *worship* and elevation of entitled white men, the very real fear that women are made to feel about engaging with the issue...as cults go, it's Scientology to gamergate's van of weirdos from 'Mandy'

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    Successful? Maybe. But let's keep in perspective that calling people bigots is small potatoes compared to what the Right wants to do.
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    6 hours ago

    Me neither. It all hit me over a couple of days about a year ago. Still reeling.

    I can't tell you how horrifying it is to me that the most successful backlash against women's rights and gay rights has come from the Left rather than the Right. I never saw it coming.
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  17. 6 hours ago

    I can't tell you how horrifying it is to me that the most successful backlash against women's rights and gay rights has come from the Left rather than the Right. I never saw it coming.

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  18. 6 hours ago

    I know I tweet a lot about this stuff but it's just so mindblowing to me that progressives are taking a line that is anti-woman, anti-gay and pro-woo. Every new example just floors me.

    CN Lester believes being lesbian/gay is just 'unconscious bias' rather than a legitimate sexuality that leads to prejudice, discrimination & violence. Obvs she's not going to force you to challenge your sexuality. She just wants you to know you're a bad person if you don't.
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    6 hours ago

    Bullying male children for not being masculine enough *is* male socialisation. Trying to beat femininity out of male children *is* male socialisation. If you haven't noticed that's what feminists are opposing, you haven't been listening.

    “Trans women were socialized as men” Oh I didn’t know me being called a faggot at 7 because I played with Bratz Dolls and had a pink Britney Spears backpack was me being socialized as a man lmaooo
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    7 hours ago

    Excellent piece on how the big Brexit lie begat lots of little ones.

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    7 hours ago

    This. Very important. Very relevant. Wonderful woman. Please watch. ♥️

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    Big news that I can now share with you! I am working with a production company to make a film with women who have had children from rape. Please share this video of me explaining how to talk to me about being in our film, completely anon. Email me: Jessica@victimfocus.org.uk
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