Explained: The Great British culture war

[@PoliticsJOE]

Documentary: "I made Tommy Robinson go viral, will you forgive me?" 📺- kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIq4nmCegMiAmas

[@stoufer2000]

Not sure anyone should ever forgive Caolan and Lucy Brown for what they did to the UK.. It's alright to be repentant now but the damage is done

[@clivesmith9377]

NO! Of course NOT.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Liberalism destroyed Christianity but will end up with Islam.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

@@stoufer2000Blame Tommy 10 Names,the vile lump of foul deformity!

[@unclegeemus]

There's only one who can forgive you it's yourself. Laurence and Calvin will too. It's complicated for you 'folk'

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Imagine in a nation with Pantomine, they are trying to sell the people on the idea drag is evil. I understand it in a country like the US without the UK's long history of drag it's new for them, they don't know how harmless it is, but in the UK this is I'd iotic.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

People like you destroyed the Left.

[@lostintranslation1957]

The issue is Drag, is being conflated with Tranz. Drag isn't a thing in the USA, we are used to it here from panto as you say. The whole tranz fallacy has been pushed and that is where the water has been muddied.

[@AM2K2]

I've never seen a panto where there is twerking or someone naked

[@monkeytennis8861]

@@lostintranslation1957 drivel

[@lostintranslation1957]

@@monkeytennis8861 Factual and based on evidence. So try again.

[@johnhudson9167]

Bollocks, I'm middle-aged, and I've got the same coat as Laurence Fox. Disaster.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Mine is gold colour

[@paul8161]

Lol...mid life crisis coming on then eh.😏🙄🤣🤣.

[@ContentedSoul]

John, you've just made my day! My dad had a Gannex raincoat, until he saw Harold Wilson wearing one!😂

[@barryboom717]

Me too, it's a "middle aged man trying to be fashionable" kind of thing. I bet he's wearing a super dry t-shirt underneath his jacket.

[@stephendiggines9122]

Ah the middle class wanker special as it's known locally.

[@michaldimitrov3233]

If you protest against "sexualising children", I don't think dressing up as a priest gives you credibility. Lol

[@JwayT]

Why?

[@stephendiggines9122]

@@JwayT because they're renowned for raping children? 🤷‍♂️ that would be my guess

[@bibleburner]

So true.

[@JwayT]

@@stephendiggines9122 In your sick, fucked up little pedophile fantasies perhaps but back to the real world: What is the dress code for 'protesting the sexualisaton of children?'

[@A.M.L.K.]

The guy pretending to be a priest first came to prominence over the demonising of Megan Markle and defending colonialism . He is am absolute parasite and Liam Fox…where do I begin? He was humiliated in the last major of London campaign by Niko Omilani of NDL, and hasn’t been the same since. Now they go around triggering people for GB news in a desperate attempt to be relevant. Just ignore these troglodytes and they will disappear back into the void they came from…

[@treyquattro]

Laurence Fox: "I'm just, sort of, confused..." Yeah, that about sums it up Laurence. You're weaponizing your confusion, like all knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing mobs have done throughout the years. I always thought inspector Hathaway was crap: good to know my instincts were correct.

[@TheLisclark]

Found him unsettling as a closet Nazi in Foyle's War. But yeah Hathaway was annoying too.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

I hate that he and I share the same first name.

[@englishsteve1465]

Tucker Carlson is often "confused" or "just asking questions" too. Well, he _says_ that he is at least, so I suppose it must be so, why would he lie, not like he profits from stirring up some people against some other people after all.

[@andrewtregoning]

@@englishsteve1465 this.

[@benohara284]

Isn't confused a euphemism.... maybe he's a drag queen wannabe but hasn't built up the confidence yet

[@nocash7550]

Why oh why is no one talking about the WIDOW TWANKY ???

[@CaptainUrielVentris7]

'It's free speech for me to tell them not to speak, but it's a violation of free speech for them to ignore me.' Genius.

[@waqasahmed939]

Calvin has a habit of blocking people on twitter that disagree with him too Yes, the idea of "free speech" is that the government can't restrict you, but when he's complained about having his "free speech" restricted by the CofE, it's then quite hypocritical for him to block people who disagree with him Lawrence Fox also does the same thing, albeit he's never been "cancelled" by the church

[@apemoon1731]

You mean the same free speech that JK Rowling has?

[@apemoon1731]

​@@waqasahmed939 at least they don't send death threats to those who disagree with them. Or shoot them, fir that matter.....or go mob handed to attack an actual woman in support of fetishists who want to pretend to be women.

[@presterjohn71]

That vicar set my Gaydar off like a Klaxon. That is a guy that hates himself and wants to stop everyone else from doing what they should have the right to do.

[@bereal6590]

Agreed, there is something really wrong in that guys head!! His wierd thoughts about kids sets my alarms off

[@ShaunieDale]

Check his hard drive. He turns up to protest but he’s not attempting to limit their free speech. However, because people take him to task on it “they are stopping my freedom of speech“. Do these right wing organisations offer “I’m the victim here” lessons?

[@chrispnw2547]

Calvin appears to have a lot of unaddressed emotional issues including desperately searching for personal meaning. Time will reveal as it always does. Thank god he is not taken seriously by the masses and is perceived as an extremist who has expressed thoughts that have been debunked decades ago. No one wants to have a conversation with him because he is competitive and constantly seeing a soapbox to shout from. Poor thing!

[@Resplencemelodi]

This is a rather common thing for Jewish blokes. Unfortunately.

[@chrissilver7719]

Great glad you highlighted where this pish is coming from the US right. Who is twerking in front of children? They seem obsessed with gyrating and thrusting about children. Weird the people who have actually attended seem rather positive about these storytime events.

[@Humannondancer]

@Don Doodat They've been shown edited footage of one type of event, and told it's another type. Probably. Funny how families sat around the TV watching Danny LaRue, Dick Emery, Stanley Baxter, and Chris Biggins all in drag for fun, decades ago. Now it's part of some kind of 'radical marxist agenda' to attack the nuclear family🤣 No, I'm not kidding.

[@chrissilver7719]

@Don Doodat Exactly ! I bet the same nuggets were anti-vaxxers, 15 minute city loons and no doubt flat earthers.

[@roryhand6650]

You could start by reading, go to podcast of the lotus eaters for a start, they have reported plenty on this kind of thing. You won't find it in the guardian or even so called conservative papers.

[@Humannondancer]

@@roryhand6650 Oh yeah, Carl 'boys look daddy's on the tele' Benjamin, being publically humiliated and exposed for the grifter he is. The 'Merch' banner is the 1st clue at the top of the page. Headlines including: 'Local Boomer Cries Nazi' (Lineker)/ 'To Be Minority In Your Own Country' / 'Video Evidence is Dangerous' (Carlson's "release")/ 'How Did The Nonce Adopt' (Buttigieg)/'Dems Anti-White Existence Bill'. And if you were wondering what political environment you are in with lotus eaters, they have ' "Far Right" Is Meaningless' too!

[@vimo8109]

Goggle cabababarave

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I can garentuee Fox and the Vicar have been to a Panto, yet here they are switching their brain off to pretend that their is an issue now with drag.

[@RooMan93]

2:09 -"we've ALL seen video clips" ... "Exposing themselves to young children" - What rock have i been under?

[@lostintranslation1957]

They are US videos and that is where it all started.

[@RooMan93]

@@lostintranslation1957 The UK are pretty good at adopting what every other country is doing.

[@lostintranslation1957]

@@RooMan93 We are good at embracing crass, foul, perverse, Americanisms. We've been doing it for years.

[@Cheeseatingjunglista]

I think he logs on to some Dark Web stuff

[@Synthonym]

The right make fake videos and their braindead supporters eat it up

[@itsjohndell]

I'm a yank, soon to be 68. Lived almost half my life in Britain. As much of a screwed up mess American politics are, I follow British politics closely ( including this channel). Due to covid I haven't been back in three years. This video had me in convulsions. With the energy crises, the housing crises and all the other crises, the Government is a joke. You replaced a footballer with a shares trader. Britain needs a new General Election, which the "Conservatives" are terrified of. While unbeknownst to many, the King has the power to dismiss Parliament and call for a General Election. As much as i regard him, God Bless him, I don't think he would do it. That means there must be a total General Strike. Bring Britain to a halt and let the people the people to the polls. Have at me lads, I can take it. Be warned I'm half Scot...

[@cdean2789]

Down with the monarchy

[@ladymeldiriel9486]

Ah, a half brother, of mine, sort of. You hit the nail on the head there. My personal opinion is we should not have a monarchy in this day and age but I agree with anything else.

[@DJWESG1]

Torys don't fear general elections, never have. They are even more evil out of power.

[@monkeytennis8861]

Such an American comment

[@itsjohndell]

@@ladymeldiriel9486 I don't hate the Monarchy. I hate the government. If we had a Winston things would be different. With names like smith, and jones. not sunak and the other wogs. And do away with Lords, it's a n anachronism. Make it an elected body if you need a bicameral system. We have a failed one here but it's not the one you have there. I pray for England that the King will step in and make it right. Bring the government to 2023, not 1623. Mind you the US system is a mess but Britain is more of a mess. A Democratic Monarchy worked for a century and more . It can work again. The King can do it, God bless him. Britain for the British at the polls! Take the power from Westminster and put it back in the hands of the people. (Written under some very good whiskey)

[@JamesSDavis]

A person in drag telling a story is as British as fish and chips. Do they also protest against a pantomime?

[@Mightypi]

No, cos those things aren't prevalent in the USA, witch is the audience this is filmed for. Oh I just the free speech part of the video. I think I need to go bed, I am so drained

[@mccobsta]

It's was actually organised by tiny face man charily churk of turning point USA

[@alacrityaudiooffice7716]

@ 0:02 two seconds in, there's a pedo support MAP flag in the centre of your crowd. You have ZERO credability in the eyes of the Public.

[@lost_boy]

I remember watching Dame Edna on tv when I was a kid. With my parents. Wasn’t an issue back then and it shouldn’t be an issue now.

[@blackniall8509]

Okay groomer

[@blackniall8509]

@Cheeky Monkey 🐒 Why do you want to "perform" to children in a pub so much ? Or what benefits does "drag" story hour have ? I would love you lot to come to a black area and try this shit 🤣🤣 The cucky heads wouldn't no what to do

[@blackniall8509]

@Cheeky Monkey 🐒 What was your comment for then 🤣🤣🤣

[@mshearn3198]

I remember Paul O'Grady as a kid, my parents used to watch Les Dawson do Cisse and Ada with Roy Barraclough . And yes I remember a surprising amount of trans representation growing up in the 90's/00's. Its only the last few years that anti trans/anti drag hysteria has became a mainstream thing.

[@adm_ezri]

top notch reporting. shows clearly how delusional these people are without outright insulting them. they can demonstrate that themselves. I could compare this to panto, as it's a traditional british thing that has actors in drag, but, as you say, they don't actually care about that, they just want a reason to distract and have us shouting at each other

[@dawnhollified2482]

But heres the thing these people are seeing footage from American storytime x it is for the most part X rated x should not be allowed in front of children. Now if it is as the drag queen herself said there is nothing wrong with it actually it's a great idea but as I said I have seen A LOT of extremely rude footage that should not be around children. A conversation is needed but the people on the right just get called names x there is no conversation.

[@andyhalstead3949]

It's not pantomime drag Queens that are the problem, it's the promotion of twisted trans ideology .

[@steveharrison76]

@@dawnhollified2482 They are getting their 'facts' from an R/18-rated fictionalised drama film about racist neo-Nazis? This explains a lot. This is basically the same as getting upset that things like porn or video games or movies or rap/rock music exist and making it everyone's problem because they think that something (that can easily be locked away behind parental controls anyway) should be prevented from being theoretically seen by kids, might be seen by these same theoretical and hypothetical kids. It's the exact same conversation we have been having to have for centuries about many different types of entertainment now and it's incredibly tiring. Anyway, this isn't about a 'conversation'; it's about intimidating people who have a right to be who they are (trans people) and undermining a millennia-old performance artform (drag) because they think that any form of gender expression that doesn't fit a narrow definition - one that THEY get to decide, apparently, by the way - is pornographic. It's irrational. No conversation can be had, because the right just get either stochastically or physically violent immediately. We could, for instance, have a sensible conversation about immigration, except the right wingers keep setting police vans and the gates of asylum shelters on fire with petrol bombs.

[@Synthonym]

@@dawnhollified2482 There is no conversation because the right do nothing but hurl lies, make fake videos and gullible fools like you eat it up

[@lizcollinson2692]

​@@dawnhollified2482 they are getting punked. No one is supporting inappropriate behaviour. Thier supporting widow twanky reading children stories.

[@robertmaccallum8390]

I'm 73 and my childhood had pantomimes with dames every christmas....it was fun.

[@versioncity1]

And the traditional 'Dame' is lewd with endless double entendres. Always has been, but lets not mention that, because these are real perverts who want to turn our kids gay.....

[@Ryattt81]

Went from fun to woke.

[@thefirm4606]

@@Ryattt81 went from fun to ‘grooming’ you mean.

[@DoctorBastard]

Oh no it wasn't! 😉

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@thefirm4606 How is it grooming?

[@YellaChickenOG]

I agree with this protest. Dressing up as women to tell stories is shameful! We should look back to a time when Britain told great stories like Shakespeare where all the actors were men and they'd dress up and play the women's parts and...oh.

[@jamessmith99731]

Appropriating womanhood is shameful.

[@Stuvas]

"If that is what happened in that specific case I'd say that she drew the long straw, because too many of these events you don't know how the drag queen is going to be dressed and what stories they're going to be reading". How fantastic that when presented with a quoted first hand account he just straight dismisses it and proceeds to fear-monger about what-if scenarios happening within the confines of his own mind. Also, am enjoying that he's tried to dismiss the long straw, when the long straw is more likely to occur.

[@andrewlong6438]

My local Borough Council organised some story telling sessions last year. It well organised and appropriate and yet there were protests. Every year parents will take their children to see pantomimes without questioning whether it’s appropriate but a real drag queen causes outrage!

[@FDCAFOK]

There's a difference between pantomime and drag Queens. Pantomime is for the family were as drag Queens are for adults. As for fascist, those protesting in support are the true fascist!

[@bibleburner]

@@FDCAFOK Sounds like something a fascist would say.

[@FDCAFOK]

@@bibleburner You need to learn what fascism is because what those lefties are doing is fascism. The nazis did the same in nazi Germany. Attack those who opposed them!

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@FDCAFOK Pantomimes often contain smutty innuendo and jokes designed to go over the kid's heads but make the parents laugh.

[@damienmorrison7226]

@@FDCAFOK bullshit

[@MelkorRules]

I think we can all agree that the Calvin and Church are the last people we need to be taking advice from when it comes to the protection of children.

[@scruffylee]

MAYBE WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO THE MUSLIMS

[@lostintranslation1957]

Why exactly?

[@craigsanderson4330]

Spot on!

[@lostintranslation1957]

@@craigsanderson4330 I'd take Calvin over any paedophile-enabling, middle-class, white, champagne-socialist, Labour-supporting cancer/woman any day.

[@craigsanderson4330]

@@lostintranslation1957 Ok, thanks for sharing.

[@gerardfinnigan1539]

billy piper dodged a bullet with mr fox

[@tabbymoonshine5986]

She dodged the whole bloomin machine gun!

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

I am glad she did. She deserves so much better.

[@paulfenton7776]

They don't engage with you, Calvin, because you're ridiculous.

[@joetrent4753]

Just engaging with someone online sharing similar attitudes results li a lot of insults and name calling being hurled at you without any reasoned debate. Imagine what talking to these people face to face would be like.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

They will be protesting their own shadow next.

[@mariGentle]

It’s their shadow that’s the problem…. Bravermans hatred of migrants comes from her shame at being one

[@DanielSLumsden]

No just perverts

[@anonomous8719]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4ekaGWqbNRlaqs is teaching kids to twerk appropriate!?

[@wulla2]

The “vicar” caps it all. He pretends to be reasonable but under the surface there’s a rich vein of prejudice. What actual evidence is there of harm?

[@M_Bamboozled]

Does it not say in Leviticus that a man shall not wear size twelve heels or be beholden to the wearing of silicone boobies and that he should shun the lippy, the gloss and lip liner for they were blasted from the arse of Satan and so he rests upon the lips and maketh men to read stories like a woman but with gruffer voice?

[@benwilson6145]

The most abusive place for a child is in the church.

[@edwardhockin1127]

Did that right wing vicar never go to a pantomime? I did as a child, there were dames and Rolf Harris. I'll let you guess which was the more harmful.

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

In the UK there is a very long tradition of Panto which involves cross dressing. Shakespeare & his contemporaries had no option but to employ male actors to play female characters. Japan also has a tradition of employing male actors to play female roles. The USA have different traditions (burlesque etc). Vive la difference!

[@stephenjones7804]

'These people won't engage with me because I am a intolerant bigot so my free speech is at risk here' reading between the lines.

[@DanielSLumsden]

Intolerant of perverts

[@Ryattt81]

They are shadowboxing with windmills. Drag queens are reading stories? Where are my pearls, I need something to clutch! All these people are being distracted by total nonsense....why do they care?

[@ftumschk]

9:15 It's chilling to see Lee Anderson so laid back when talking about using identity politics and culture wars in the next General Election campaign. At least he's open about it, I'll say that for him.

[@maxkopfraum]

I could not believe hed said that straight to the camera. Shockingly evil.

[@AA-hg5fk]

It's pretty much the only thing the Tories can fight the next election on, they certainly can't claim economic competence, improving the public sector or raising environmental standards etc. Unbelievably though, they claim they handled the pandemic well, although our death toll from covid begs to differ.

[@blackniall8509]

Because Labour don't use identity politics ?

[@ftumschk]

@@blackniall8509 Perhaps they do, but in an empowering manner - not in the destructive, nasty way that the right wing does.

[@blackniall8509]

@ftumschk Expalin please? Can you tell how telling people you are privileged or should keep you're mouth shut based on skin colour is empowering? Gimme some examples?

[@jonmatthews721]

You give Calvin a platform and asking him polite questions and he says you're trying to shut him down? Lol!

[@snsn7251]

No help for some people. He belongs that that particular media outlet for a reason. They are all sick.

[@goldenplayroblox5985]

What Calvin meant by a great example he meant just being able to talk with Political Joe he is at least able to engage with Political Joe While other people that scream anti-fascist attempt to shut down debates. Also what is sick is people thinking that it's ok for children to be able to assign different genders at an early age instead of biological gender they have been assigned to by birth. Weather you like it or not idc. What is normal is for a man and a women to get together to bear a child What is clearly abnormal is encouraging a a women to be a man or a man to be a women and of forms of sexual identity. Are we just gonna to ignore that. Are we just gonna to ignore that this is something recent has been encourage upon society and our education system. Weather you like it or not it is still abnormal and just wrong.

[@jonmatthews721]

@@goldenplayroblox5985 to be fair I'm all for freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Seems like you want to shut it down because you don't think it's normal. I can't wait to see how that looks when the shoe is on the other foot and someone tells you that you can't say or be something. I imagine you'll throw your toys out the pram like a right wing snowflake

[@julianshepherd2038]

Don't tell them about panto

[@Loneman_OG]

Hahaha, brilliant! 😂

[@clivemortimore8203]

Its behind you

[@gordonstrong5232]

​@@clivemortimore8203 Oh no it isn't!

[@gordonstrong5232]

I remember reading The Wind in the Willows as a kid, and there's a part where Mr Toad dresses as a woman! This drag menace is everywhere! 🤪

[@Jay_Johnson]

Ban that Book!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

​@@Jay_Johnson Fahrenheit 451 😐

[@NaaahBruv]

@@Jay_Johnson Hear hear! Censorship is bad, and we shouldn't censor classic literature! Except when that literature says thing I don't like! Then we should censor it!

[@roderickjoyce6716]

I'm 68. It's clear that many of my generation were warped for life by being taken to see men dressed as women and (young) women dressed as men by their parents or even on a school trip. We were too young and innocent to realise Aladdin, Puss in Boots, and Cinderella were part of the Great LGBTQA+ Agenda which, of course, nobody at the time had ever heard of.

[@claudebeazley]

Yeah. That long held British tradition of the Christmas Panto is obviously the reason why the UK is such a mess. Nothing to do with Government corruption, lies and cronyism.

[@markd1516]

I'm assuming this is satire, but it's sometimes hard to tell on the internet...

[@lee9650]

Reporter: are you opposed to that? Lawrence fox: No, you're free to do what you want but i'm free to say it's not good. That chap should have stayed in the business of acting because he's not very good at enunciating logical arguments.

[@treyquattro]

he wasn't very good at acting either. Which is why he's a GB News presenter now, apparently. Home of the mediocre has-been.

[@robertmaccallum8390]

And he isn't even the fifth best actor in his own family.

[@lostintranslation1957]

@@treyquattro When did Politics Joe shine the light on the jab damage? the loss of life? When did they attempt to shine a light on the constant attack on our freedoms based on factual evidence and data? I'll wait.

[@lostintranslation1957]

I don't think you are really in a position to comment on other people's English skills.

[@lee9650]

@@lostintranslation1957 Who commented on his english skills? What's wrong with my English skills? Maybe it is you that is having trouble comprehending English.

[@buchanfoulsham6314]

Create a 'moral panic' over a non existent threat before legislating against a minority. Classico fascico....

[@DJWESG1]

Book was written in the late 70s, torys still get away with it today.. (Folk devil's and moral panics , for those who don't know)

[@M_Bamboozled]

Growing up in the 70s, I guess we should have cancelled Danny la Rue, Dame Edna, Hinge and Bracket and even Les Dawson for corrupting us. Especially the Christmas specials. Agree culture war is b******s, but these proto-fascists are dangerous. OMG, I forgot Biggins! We love you Lukewarm ❤️

[@richardjones4466]

Totally agree. Don't forget the late great Tim Brooke Taylor constantly dragging up in The Goodies, a show hugely popular show with kids.

[@LoriCiani]

Even the Doctor cross dressed to disguise himself in a 70s episode of Doctor Who. Oh dear goodness! 😄

[@M_Bamboozled]

​@@richardjones4466 Good old Tim, RIP.

[@M_Bamboozled]

And I've just remembered - Kenny Everett. But that was all done "In the best possssible taste" 🤣

[@DJWESG1]

​@M damn.. you went there. Brought out the big guns. They won't be canceling Kenny.. not this time.

[@anfearaerach]

When they come and speak to us they come and insult us. I will not be insulted for being gay or trans. At the Dublin event to mourn Brianna Ghey, we got shouted at as well, and one auldfella came up to call us groomers and what not. That's what we're hearing.

[@jamesthompson7138]

Bring back Lily Savage and Dame Edna, get them on prime tv. Pair of legends

[@chrisnaylor6814]

It brings back memories of watching Father Ted and an episode of Father Ted and Dougal protesting outside a cinema, and they seem to be providing more publicity for the movie than it would have without... I have never heard of Drag Queen Storytelling, so fair play to GB news to raise the profile of these events with free publicity 😅

[@roryhand6650]

Well there was one advertised for one of the libraries in Edinburgh. So yes it has been happening

[@tobyjackman3212]

_Down with this sort of thing_

[@NeilCWCampbell]

I hear you a racsust now father 😂

[@NeilCWCampbell]

​@@tobyjackman3212 mind how you go!

[@SaguarosPlants]

The narrative they try to push as if it's just a conversation as if we haven't seen the hate amd anger try try to push onto those that want bloodshed and violence is sickness inducing..

[@hs4974]

Me thinks the priest doth protest too much. If he wants to be concerned about the sexualisation of children, I suggest he turns his attention to the institution he has literally sold his soul to.

[@g.p616]

Men dress up as women to satisfy a sexual inclination. Men should not be indulging their sexual fantasies in front of children. What bizarre morals the parents of these children must have!?

[@robertcross7734]

Who is the vicar? And church a place well known for child safety 🤫🤣

[@steve08717]

he was defrocked has no right to the dog collar or title got himself brainwashed by yank evangelicals and tried to pee off his bishop instead he got sent for psyh eval and failed

[@scruffylee]

LIBRARYS USED TO BE NOW YOU HAVE GAY MEN WHO FOR SOME REASON ARE ATTRACTED TO THE IDEA OF SNIFFING ROUND KUDS

[@steveharrison76]

This is entirely because there's a large group of absolute weapons that think that gender expression is basically porn.

[@roryhand6650]

That's because many of the bigger names in the gender identity cult are also nappy fetishists. Don't believe me? Go read Graham Linehan's substack. He and many others have been trying to make people aware of the dodgy folks in trans ideology for a few years now.

[@steveharrison76]

@@roryhand6650 that’s the same Graham Linehan who kept going onto MumsNet to rage about the risk of men going into traditionally female spaces? Ok, yeah. That guy sounds very, very normal. I’m sure he has very good ideas.

[@roryhand6650]

@@steveharrison76 plenty of folk write guest posts for him too, plenty of gay men, feminists etc. It's not just Graham writing about this stuff. (Not that I have an issue with Linehan; most of the stuff written about him in the press is smarmy hit pieces).

[@steveharrison76]

@@roryhand6650 Well, perhaps the fact that various people from different backgrounds stand shoulder to shoulder with Linehan sort of proves the point that people aren't actually cookie-cutter members of monolithic groups, but are actually an eclectic bunch of infinitely varied people, and therefore, saying that so many of these people being attacked by Linehan etc are nappy-fetishists as if that were a defining characteristic of the whole demographic is a bit of a bloody stupid thing to say, what with it being (1) completely irrelevant to the point I made originally, (2) their business, not his, and certainly not yours, and (3) an exact example of how people are not, in fact, easily categorised by broad-stroke definitions and reductionism of their vital characteristics. Also, going back to the point you originally made - not quite sure why 'BUT LOOK AT ALL THE NAPPY PEOPLE GRAHAM LINEHAN TOLD ME ABOUT THO' is a counterpoint to the idea that gender as a social expression and biological sex as a fact of physicality are two different things - which is the point I was making, because that's what science says - but hey, you do you. I don't particularly care what you think of Linehan, for example. It is, to be blunt, utterly uninteresting to me. But I do have to say - using the depiction of one side as a monolithic group of nappy wearers to make them seem 'bad' or something, and then cheerfully pointing out the delightful diversity of the other side who will only be happy when trans people don't exist (or only exist as ontologically-depressed people who are consumed by dysmorphia) is quite a weak argument to make. In fact, it sort of proves my point far better than it does Linehan's.

[@LindaEnfield]

Bit sad I couldn’t hear the chants of “he’s a fake vicar”. Excellent video and glad you added that clip at the end of 30p

[@ladymeldiriel9486]

I knew there was something fishy about Calvin. Any religious figure claiming others are shutting down free speech and are not open to engaging in civil conversation is honestly mind boggling, particularly those of the Christian faith. How about you let the parents worry about what's appropriate for their children? Also, the 'Widow Wanky' placard had me in stitches.

[@DJWESG1]

Always be wary of the calm mannered approach.

[@shadowfax7396]

Yep the irony. Religion only exists to control the masses. Christianity was created by the Romans for exactly this reason.

[@roryhand6650]

​@@DJWESG1funny that. If he was ranting and raving and shouting you'd say he was unhinged and probably in danger of being violent. Anybody with vaguely conservative beliefs (or even the belief that some weirdo taking his local gay bar drag act and modifying it to read a bunch of 5 year olds a story is totally unacceptable) can't win, can we?

[@dendradwar9464]

If he was shutting down free speech why did he agree to be interviewed? .. would you agree to be interviewed by say the Spectator? ..

[@mnssiregar]

"Christian faith religious leaders are shutting down free speech" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 true, because free speech least likely to happen in christian majority countries in the world. Your opinion is fact based 👌

[@roderickjoyce6716]

Never mind panto; all the female roles in Shakespeare's plays were originally played by boys. Laurence Fox claims to be an actor, he should know better.

[@thingmagig3896]

No wonder we are becoming more non-religious with godly men like this.

[@tabbymoonshine5986]

No hate like Christian love

[@joetrent4753]

As soon as free speech is brought into the interviews both Lawrence Fox and the other persons so-called arguments just fall flat and show them up as angry prejudiced people without any legitimate reason for their protest. This is happening a lot recently. People like Lawrence saying free speech means the right to say anything you like which makes it tricky for them to try to shut down and protest against any of the sorts of ‘free speech’ they don’t like.

[@Kayem967]

I didn't see them trying to shut down free speech. They were peacefully trying to put across their views.

[@joetrent4753]

@@Kayem967 I meant because of their views about free speech, they don't really have an argument for their protest.

[@dianapatterson1559]

As Queen Victoria said, "So long as they don't do it in the road and frighten the horses. . . ."

[@bertrach]

I think its wrong that Lawrence Fox has these rallies where he tells his stories while dressed inappropriately and exposing himself.

[@robertelliott2026]

This "preacher" saying that men dressed as women shouldn't be telling stories to kids, does he feel the same when these men are playing pantomime dames? These kids are at more risk with religious teachers than they have ever been with drag queens!!

[@robertelliott2026]

@Don Doodat Nah, just a dog collar. Pity though!! 😉

[@ianmcsherry5254]

I might add, Lozza and the Rev grew up with Dame Edna Everage on prime time TV. A man, dressed as a woman, telling often risqué jokes. Imagine the horror...

[@DJWESG1]

Maybe this is where they get their idea of balance, by not knowing who les is.m, maybe thinking they were two different ppl.

[@petec3241]

So, there’s this one guy who isn’t really a priest who dresses up in drag and believes in fairy stories about an old, bearded white man in the sky. And he’s protesting about other men in drag who tell children’s stories. It’s a funny world.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Have they forgot Pantomine exists.

[@anonomous8719]

No pantomime teach kids to twerk like this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4ekaGWqbNRlaqs

[@jamessmith99731]

Sexualised panto was never a thing, thank god. Hence the lack of protests about it.

[@Zero_Ninety]

​@@jamessmith99731 sexualised story telling to children isn't a thing either.

[@47redtop]

My nephew who is 6 loves to dress up in all sorts of outfits. Literally anything and I love it. He just wants to express himself. End of story. I reported that religious guy to KZbin for spreading hateful content.

[@estherrivers6840]

A little boy across from where I lived in the 70,s was often seen parading up and down the street in his mums high heels and dresses pushing a dolls pram he was a real little character and all the neighbours loved him. He grew up to be straight but we all thought he might go the other way and nobody was raging at his parents or frothing at the mouth about it. All this rage and fear is being manufactured .. just so horribly bizarre to witnesses.

[@littleflower9425]

You are presenting him as being a doll...

[@robbiethepict2783]

'Vicar in a tutu He's not strange He just wants to live his life this way'

[@dijoyjoe]

Great report thank you 🌈

[@Tanks518]

Children should be left alone and choose their gender until they are 18

[@lmm9690]

Oh here come the gammons.

[@zoranblackie5921]

What I'd do to have seen POG as Lily Savage giving it both barrels to Calvin and Laurence...

[@evilronin7857]

Divide and rule, divide and rule!!

[@AdamSmith-jf8hn]

If these shows genuinely are age appropriate then there is literally no reason to oppose them or protest them. There is literally no harm done and there’s no argument against it. The guy holding the sign promoting “widow wanky” doesn’t really sell this idea though😂

[@pebblepod30]

You have not been given correct info: the whole point of the protest is that it is sexualizing children, i.e. not age appropriate. Have you yourself seen the videos?

[@marti5420]

"I find transgender people sexually appealing and as such I do not wish children to see them"

[@blisterfingers8169]

@@marti5420 If you haven't seen the videos of Drag Queens shaking their arses in children's faces while the parents encourage children to hand them money then I can see why you'd think that. I can also see why people would be concerned about Drag Queen story hour when those exist. Drag Queens ARE adult entertainers. To not question it would be to do children a disservice. That said, if it's just someone dressed flamboyantly... who cares?

[@marti5420]

@@blisterfingers8169 and we should absolutely take those children away from those make believe parents of yours, but even if that was a thing (and its not ill cover that in a moment) 90% of rapist are men. are we assuming all men are rapists now? perhaps we should be assuming all parents are pedofiles, since a scarily large majority of child abuse cases involve parents, or is it just trans and drag performers we should tar with the same brush as the outliers? oh blister, your transphobia is showing. going back for a moment, youre making up videos that dont exist, it isnt really an argument that holds water. if its does, feel free to post it here, you are completely able to post links to videos in the comments section of youtube :)

[@pebblepod30]

@@marti5420 that's not the issue. The complaints are often about the videos online of sexualized dancing of drag queens in front of childen. You might say that is rare or make your own guess that it is. But that is the kind of think that is controversial, as is all sexualization of children.

[@RooMan93]

6:58 - Based on his reply, I'm assuming he is an advocate for free speech in the original constitutional sense as the UK doesn't explicitly have "free speech" protection ( [The First Amendment] "protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.") . Article 9 and 10 (human rights act 1998) protect our freedom of thought and expression respectively. Article 10 protects our Freedom of /expression/ and he is clearly imposing on rights. I think the real issue here is he is clearly uncomfortable with LGBTQ+ "activities" under the disguise of protecting the children. if he truly believed in protecting the children he would call Children's services after learning parents who have attended such events are on the scene as Article 12 of Sexual Offences Act 2003 makes attending such events a serious offence. TLDR: He's homophobic, but we all probably guessed that.

[@oakabielb5406]

Does the bloke dressed as a priest have an opinion on the former pope being accused of covering for paedophiles? Or is he just upset at the bunny hop stories?

[@chetmanley1885]

Old Calvin the Cosplayer, out in his fancy dress again.

[@safk4910]

The world ia such a messy place. Why can't we all get along

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Because hypa Liberalism and degeneracy is destroying the West.

[@alexwilkinson4896]

Because we allow other people,with their own private agendas, to enrage us over things that don't affect us.

[@Zero_Ninety]

Because grifters like failed actor Lawrence Fox can't grift from people getting along

[@uvs707]

I'd like to see kelvin stood outside a Catholic church if he's so worried about children. Its not about the children though is it ?!

[@glenndavid8725]

Why aren't they protesting about organised religion and the endemic abuse!?

[@mathieuleader8601]

I take it that Lawerence Fox won't be wanting to audition for a pantomine dame anytime soon

[@awkwardsean5141]

I'm left wing and working class, anyone else?

[@Jmad643]

Said this to a right winger once and it confused them lol 😂. For some reason they don't believe that lefties can be working class

[@Tashygay]

Yes

[@JagoHazzard]

Could we just create a whole slew of imaginary events to keep Laurence Fox busy forever? "Larry, bad news, I heard they were giving pole dancing lessons in a nursery school on the Isle of Mull! They said that no one on the right wing cares enough to stop them! Also, they said you look like a dork!"

[@jamessmith99731]

Are you against drag queens dressing inappropriately and performing sexualised acts in front of children?

[@kaz555]

The UK has a rich history of pantomime dames, drag artists, and comedians dressing up as women. Drag story time is only adding to this history. 🌈

[@jamessmith99731]

The UK doesn't have a history of drag queens include dressing inappropriately and performing sexualised acts in front of children. This is why people protest.

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

What a gross part of history.

[@andrewneil6027]

The biggest problem is using the lords name in vain for his own delusional interpretations…! It’s Not wrong, you need a man n woman. It’s Not wrong, you need a family. But The state Obligating children to study religion is just as questionable. where’s that on his list of grooming priorities…. Growing up I was more baffled by supernatural beliefs than LGBTQ+

[@DC-fo3bn]

Funny how a literal man in a dress hates men in dresses but gets to wear a dress by claiming he is a vicar. Lol.

[@DC-fo3bn]

@@mariomario-ih6mn Historically all men have, its a very modern distinction between a "dress" and a "robe".

[@WestfaliaStuff]

Lawrence Fox, the Waitress Tommy Robinson.

[@maxkopfraum]

Are they telling us that Monty Python is grooming kids for the drag agenda?

[@blackniall8509]

Is monty python aimed at primary school kids ?

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

While ironically resembling the "ask the public" skits they used to do!

[@globalist1990]

Tbh, no one really ever knows who will read children stories or what story is going to be read and how, in a story reading event. People and children deal with stuff as it happens. Exposure also doesn't mean acceptance. Many people still grow into idiots no matter their parents efforts.

[@mrbtapir]

Haha Laurence Fox. Just the sight of him is LOLs. He's Chris Morris's comedy output made flesh.

[@jimbob-robob]

Fair enough...BUT WHY IS A CHILDREN'S STORYTIME HELD IN A BOOZER, the Drag angle is a distraction or irrelevant even as hateful as these groups are. Is this a result of the Tories' austerity and devastation of libraries and municipal amenities??

[@jamesnurgle6368]

saying drag queens are adult entertainment is like saying dancing is adult entertainment. yes, there's strip dancers but there's also dancing teletubbies.

[@richardosborne1665]

"Children should remain innocent as long as possible" Says the priest.

[@aaronjohnson6916]

Panic….Lawrence Fox is confuuuuussssed!

[@Emmalittlepengelly1690]

If these parents wish to take their children to these events and there is no safeguarding issues of, things that children should not be exposed to, then it's fair do's to them. Surely taking your child to see a man hung on a cross and being told that if you are not good you will suffer in hell is worse?

[@lil-g4879]

Haven’t we had drag in pantomime for years and years, Calvin?

[@mccobsta]

Since about the 18th century

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

I was the Wicked Witch in a school pantomime. The Fairy Godmother was a guy in a tutu with two paper cups on his chest.

[@lil-g4879]

@@berniethekiwidragon4382 Did loads of insecure Daily Mail readers protest outside by any chance?

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

Or...Shakespeare

[@skyblazeeterno]

oh no we havent....oh yes we have

[@joemann2178]

The UK has a political system fueled by money from US corporations, and expert in making distracting issues to not let you see what's really happening to the country.

[@_hunu]

If Calvin is so concerned about kids, he should take off that Halloween costume.

[@blackniall8509]

Why you siad that to an imam ?

[@philroo1]

🤣🤣 I'm not trying to limit free speech, I'm just protesting it.

[@bryansmith1404]

Wonder if Laurence opposes the dealing of drugs. And if he does oppose drugs, what he does to make sure children don’t get there hands on drugs.

[@jamessmith99731]

I'm sure he opposes drugging children and sterilising adults.

[@cobbler40]

GB news and TalkTV don’t have to worry about government censorship

[@nicksimmons7234]

Fake News, you had Laurence Fox ‘Actor’.

[@benwilson6145]

Acting the idiot

[@Ftanftangfnarrr]

I grew up with drag queen's telling me stories every Christmas. Do they all oppose pantomimes?

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Calvin should stop going to weird nightlife events.

[@toriesdontgettazered7464]

Why does Calvin pretend to be part of the clergy ,is he kinky cosplaying for kicks

[@cdean2789]

Doesn't he know that Fox is a racist? His girlfriend realized and left him.

[@ManLikeMorrison]

Joe stokes the culture war as much as everyone else. You've gone to this event and misrepresented a number of things: - You've said that there isn't a drag event at the start of the video, suggesting that this is around a made up issue. It isn't, drag reading events do exist there, wether or not they are happening that day. By speaking in the way you did at the start of the video, you immediately undermine the points made my one group on dishonest grounds. - You then go on to have discussions with each group which are completely different in tone, providing much more question and challenge to one side than the other. What I will say is that I think GB news is just as disingenuous. But the problem sits in EVERY news room in the country with an agenda that takes priority over representing facts in an objective way. I think the saddest thing is that as much as you stress the culture war isn't real, it is. There are all sorts of people who feel undermined by progressive politics. They feel as though their identities are being attacked. They worry about what they can and can't say. This comes out as anger (which is absolutely wrong). This anger is then returned by the left and so you have a culture war. We have culture wars like that everywhere, and they're so divisive and real that politicians use them for real leverage. Do you really think Putin cares about stopping the LGBT community? NO! He cares about dividing us, and he knows this is how, because as a society we can't separate people from their ideas. So what's the solution? It's complicated, but honestly, I think loving people regardless of their ideas/identity is so important. Understand that you can disagree and work hard to not let that disagreement fester into hatred. People are complex, and often have reasons that are real for what they believe. If someone believes that immigration is the reason that they're struggling to make the rent each month, that isn't going to be solves with anger. That's a person who is hurting and is misdirecting that hurt.

[@ZoeM-00]

Man protesting to shut down event offended that he may be shut down, says he has the right to not be shut down whilst trying to shut something down.

[@raybrouitt2918]

The Witchfinder General and ex actor speak out.

[@Warentester]

I've never thought about a drag reading time in my life, but now I really want to go.

[@anglodoomer5995]

Creep

[@Warentester]

@@anglodoomer5995 Transphobic?

[@Zero_Ninety]

​@@anglodoomer5995 wanker

[@cartoonhead9222]

@@Warentester Drag is not a synonym for trans, bigot.

[@GravityPancake444]

@@Warentester weirdo

[@ReptillianRapist62]

How is turning point alt right?

[@samwisegc6670]

in the UK we a lot of people have a tradition to take their children to a drag story time call pantomime. in panto the drag queen makes veiled adult themed jokes slapstick falls "writhing on the floor" this is ok but a drag queen sitting down in a shiny eye catching dress reading stories about how you should be able to be comfortable with who you are not matter what that is not. At the end of the day I think its all a joke people riled up about "catching the gay" again this has happened before its just a different target now and we should all have the right to be happy and comfortable with who we are and we should educate our children about this not try to "save their innocence" parents job is to teach children about the world they live in hiding llbtq+ things from them could and has done more damage than good if the adults that are protesting against this story time had been taught this was ok at a young age im sure they wouldnt be protesting agains it