Graham Linehan: How trans activists tore my life apart | The Brendan O'Neill Show

[@lizparker8431]

Take a bow, Glinner. You are the hero of your story & that of women’s safety & dignity. Thank you. 👏👏👏

[@pampalazz]

Graham Linehan is a hero. He fights for my mum, my wife and my young daughters rights and safety and I can’t thank him enough for this

[@spm36]

​@jessicahughes1810he's a deadbeat that's achieved more than you could ever dream of..whats your excuse

[@Poecilia1963]

@jessicahughes1810 You should watch the interview.

[@furripupau]

He doesn't fight for anybody. He's only concerned about his own ego, and he's letting a ridiculous hyperfixation ruin his life. It's sad, and he needs to seek professional help.

[@pampalazz]

@@furripupau So you don’t like Graham. I’m assuming this is nothing to do with your views though and that you agree that people born with a penis should’nt be in womens prisons, shouldn’t compete in womens sport and shouldn’t be in women only spaces?

[@ribbrascal]

​@jessicahughes1810He cares more about female rights than you do, Jessica

[@janrobson9247]

I am very grateful to Graham. I’ve followed his work from Father Ted to the Mess we’re in. What a wonderful man. I’m an adult human female. I’m a woman, a mother and now a grandmother. I’m not a costume to be worn. I will fight this WEF agenda war.

[@papalegba6796]

The eugenicists will win, sadly.

[@roslewis9923]

Absolutely agree with you great comment! Will fight too as best I can!

[@roslewis9923]

@@papalegba6796hope and trust you’re wrong that is if I understand you correctly! ?I hope our side wins! That is the side of sanity.

[@papalegba6796]

@@roslewis9923 They can't be stopped, they've been planning this a long time, they have all the power & most of their work is already done. They don't care about adults, it's the kids they need to get to. Which they have.

[@rensha8635]

@@papalegba6796no they won’t. the trans youth will grow up and many will find their way out of the cult and they will be fuming against the doctors, the therapists, their parents even if they were taken to the gender clinic and transitioned. When Lawsuits come, it will end.

[@johnanchovie2b]

Linehan is a fascinating and wonderfully honest voice for reason and essential human values. Thanks for doing this wonderful interview, Brendan.

[@mikalina1]

We women are grateful you take the falls for us, Graham - no other man stands up to these men, like you do. Thank you.

[@loupea3889]

I’ll second that. He’s a brilliant man. Thank you Graham.

[@spm36]

I agree but we are so many women not?

[@hughmac13]

Stand up for what, though? His hobby horse concerns an issue that doesn't threaten women in any demonstrable way. Women need advocates, certainly, but this guy ain't it.

[@spookycat8556]

@@hughmac13This issue threatens women’s rights massively. Trans identifying men who are rapists in women’s prisons, inadequate men taking top spot in women’s sport, going into womens rape shelters because they claim to be women. Telling women who stand up against this crap that they will beat them, rape them or kill then or their children.

[@sookibeulah9331]

@@hughmac13did you not listen to to interview? Plenty of examples are given of women being at risk by people with male bodies having access to female only spaces. Or are you one of these people who thinks a double rapist should be locked up in a female prison simply because the rapist says they are now a woman?

[@jennygw5494]

I never thought I’d say this but Graham is my hero. Thank you for standing up for women even though it has cost you dearly. I do not use changing rooms in shops any longer due to the fact a man with makeup kept barging in to mine on purpose. If you complain you are a bigot. What a world we live in where insanity prevails. I live in hope that with people like Graham, Brendan, Posie Parker and Rosie that common sense will prevail. ❤️

[@danoyse8233]

Touché. Very well put. I really feel for Graham, he has put everything on the line on behalf of real women, I am grateful to him. I hope he will be back up where is deserves to be. Something smells very bad here, and it’s not a fish under the floorboard. Thank you Graham. From Dub in the uk☘️

[@maximisatwat]

Well for all Graham can get a lump in his throat now and be saying the right things, he was one of the cancellers just a short time before, full of the same woke zeal and eagerly chasing after other people to tear down their careers. His hands aren't clean at all. He was part of the witch-hunt and enjoyed being one of the mob It would be more intersting for him to examine what led himself to think that going after other people and ruining them was okay and how he lost such normal humanity until it was him on the receiving end.

[@danoyse8233]

@@maximisatwat every dog has its day.

[@rensha8635]

@@maximisatwathe did do that, if you don’t follow him then you wouldn’t know this. He has had his day of self reckoning. However he has fought against some serious discrimination against women, children, gays and lesbians and many of us have bigger hearts than throwing someone in the bin because they are human beings who have faltered at one time or another.

[@aenamabag]

How often are men in make up actually barging in to your changing rooms? Be honest. It hasn't happened once.

[@saltburner2]

Brendan is such a terrific interviewer - Graham could not have asked for a better one. Well done, both.

[@ClezVideos]

His recent interview with Andrew Doyle was wonderful too, if you haven’t seen it.

[@EnglishTMTB]

In the modern style, yes... Brendan very much let's the guest have their say and paint their own picture, with most questions being points of mutual agreement to flesh out. It makes for an easy listening podcast, but rarely (if ever) actually challenges the guest enough to be truly illuminating... To be more forward and challenging either takes a buffoon (a Piers Morgan type) or someone who's very sharp and well informed (Jeremy Paxman, say) - the former just makes for clickbait drama, but the latter whilst occasionally grating can be far more illuminating, but nobody would describe it as easy listening!

[@EnglishTMTB]

From the guests point of view, I daresay there's little debate that you're not going to get a much better time

[@numberonedad]

i agree this self-pity tour is hilarious!

[@asturianaenmuros]

If these people dropped Graham so completely, they were never friends in the first place. I admire his integrity.

[@jaybee4118]

Or they were and they disagree with his views greatly. His views are damaging to ALL women and men.

[@chelseapoet3664]

@jaybee4118 how does even one of his views damage all women or all men?

[@lilyannarose]

Integrity is the highest of moral!

[@tubetorpedo]

What I've learned already while ago that most people are cowards. They might be decently nice people, nice hang around with, they just lack any spine and principles to stand behind even in situations they know what the morally correct thing to do would be. They just rather stay silent than open their mouths.

[@tubetorpedo]

@@jaybee4118 _"Or they were and they disagree with his views greatly. His views are damaging to ALL women and men."_ So what are those famously damaging views of his and how their damage ALL women and men? Last is a curios claim alone, especially when it assumes EVERY man and woman agrees on those things/opinions are harmful. Because even if some of them do not agree, then it means it's not ALL women and men anymore.

[@BoothScience]

Never did I ever think that in 2023, this would be how things turned out. Graham... more power to you!

[@hughmac13]

How which things turned out? What does the year 2023 have to do with the unexpected turn of events to which you allude?

[@BoothScience]

@@hughmac13 Lots of things really... intense global conflict, ideological alienation due to identity politics, science denial from folk who should know better. It's a real rollercoaster.

[@ribbrascal]

​@@BoothScienceWe haven't even hit Peak Endarkenment, yet

[@hughmac13]

@@BoothScience Did you think intense global conflict was suddenly going to disappear in 2023, having been epidemic for a few centuries now? Regardless of what do you mean by "ideological alienation," people have been alienated from themselves and others for thousands of years. This year, 2023, has no reason to be different. Even though people have been denying science since it began to exist, at its most incipient germination, a few thousand years ago, I'm actually curious to know _exactly_ what you mean when you use that phrase. What do you mean? I hesitate to make an absolute statement like "there is nothing new under the sun," so I'll say there is very little new under the sun.

[@jaybee4118]

No, I thought trans people would be able to live freely by now, but they can’t thanks to people like Linehan.

[@helenandsophie100]

I hope Graham’s book is a best seller…he deserves it all and I hope he rakes in millions for all this hard work and for what he’s lost! He has paid a high price to defend women, thank you 🙏

[@ooosh1]

Great book, I read it in a day on a beach. Thank you Graham for everything you do for us ❤

[@rensha8635]

Wow you are a fast reader! It’s a great book though for sure I had trouble putting it down!

[@pixie3458]

Marvellous man who stands up for women and girls as any decent man should.

[@danculbert6349]

How does he do that?

[@majasajesa]

Thank you Graham for everything you did and sacrificed. For women, and for the truth

[@wolfhugs2221]

The world needs more men like Graham. Brave and kind.

[@numberonedad]

graham's brain has turned to soup

[@wolfhugs2221]

@@numberonedad that sounds like a projection.

[@numberonedad]

@@wolfhugs2221 haha I'm not the one blubbering because I lost my family due to twitter

[@wolfhugs2221]

@@numberonedad and you find that amusing. How telling.

[@numberonedad]

@@wolfhugs2221 lol they are removing all my replies to you but yeah i do. there's people with graham's views all over the media who don't lose their family.

[@loladoesntlikecola]

He's a comedy genius and I'm very grateful for his intervention to try and defend women's rights and safeguarding of vulnerable children. Enjoying the book.

[@danculbert6349]

He doesn't care about women or children he just hates trans people 😂

[@wm5113]

Thank you Brendan, for such an incredibly informative interview with such a brave man. To Graham, as a woman, we need as much help as we can get right now. Thank you!! Regards M

[@belindafrisenda4306]

Thank you, Graham,for standing up for women... and the younger generation as a grandmother of a grandson age 23 years & two grandaughters aged 20 years & 17yrs I really feel for the next generation... I tell my husband I think we had the best childhood and teenage years 60s & 70s going through to the late 80s.... Yes, Graham, it's right to always tell the truth.' Well said, Graham, I admire you...Thank you 👏

[@ClezVideos]

I was lucky to meet Graham at the LWS event in Dublin and he was such a lovely person.

[@sandiemcglynn6360]

I’ve just bought this book and can’t wait to sit and read it. Total support for Graham and of course I agree with everything he says.

[@owenmcgheeandbdawg]

This has been so enlightening. Two people discussing common sense and the lack of it.

[@jaybee4118]

Yes, Graham Linehan does lack a lot of common sense. Like not alienating a group of people so badly his family leaves in in disgust, you’d have thought someone would know better than that in this day and age.

[@alisonwren3624]

It was the transactivists doxxing his wife, and also causing the family income to plummet that were important factors in that!!! I have no idea what other things affected the decision to divorce, but the effect of transactivists venom was obviously a huge factor!!!!

[@AngelaHavey]

I will not be compelled to tell untruths. Biological sex matters. I also will not go down the pronoun, compelled speech route. Teaching trans ideology to children, encouraging children to transition, mutilating young bodies, is criminal. We need to stand for truth and reality and not pander to hurt feelings. If someone is anorexic and think they are fat, we would not encourage them to starve!!

[@fiveleavesleft6521]

Do biological sex differences explain much of the differences in outcomes between men and women?

[@AngelaHavey]

@fiveleavesleft6521 in sport there are definite differences. Men are on the whole stronger and bigger build. Costumes do not define women but their dna, chromosomes, biologicL sex is different.

[@fiveleavesleft6521]

@@AngelaHavey There are plenty of well documented differences between men and women, both physical and psychological. Feminism has essentially swept these under the carpet (social constructionism) which paved the way for the Trans lunacy.

[@carolynbrightfield8911]

​@fiveleavesleft6521 look back over history before it is erased entirely. Different cultures, different climates etc influenced how males and females dressed. External costume is only as relevant as the individual and society deem it to be. As for all males have exactly the same hormone levels, and ditto all females - as your comment seems to imply, that is scientific naivety in the extreme. It is such a pity we have left the concept of distribution curves behind. I'm female. I could no more be chosen for a female Olympic team than fly to the moon. I'm short and inappropriate body shape,lol. And yet biological males feel excluded based on their sex. Where is the 160 cm height female category for me, so I don't feel excluded, lol? Then the 170 cm category, now let's start subcategories for high oestrogen levels etc. Sport has always been exclusionary to cast swathes of people. Oh, and how rich do you have to be for that Olympic training? With the right parents to take you to lessons from age 3? 5? Success in sport, like most things in life depends on so many pieces of "luck" in life. These people don't accept themselves for who they are.

[@fiveleavesleft6521]

@@carolynbrightfield8911 I'm very obviously talking about average differences. You accept that they exist physically, but can you extend that to psychology that could lead to differing outcomes? If not, why not? I'll give a small example. Women, on average, have a better sense of smell and a lower disgust threshold than men. This is thought to have evolved due to women being the gestators and primary care givers- therefore having more reason to prioritise cleanliness. If you now think about that in the context of the feminist "gender household chores gap" you can see where I'm going with this. When couples argue about jobs not being done around the house it's usually more of a "what conditions do i feel comfortable in" argument than a "who is lazy" one. Of course, acknowledging this would mean one less way feminists can demonise men, so they ignore it.

[@johnsimpson8893]

Keep going Graham (and Brendan). Don't let the buggers grind you down.

[@TLIO-kc1vz]

I don’t think the buggers have a dog in this fight.

[@baroquefiddle4790]

I can't thank Graham enough! I'm an Irish female athlete and am horrified by all of this. We all need to stand up to this dangerous ideology!

[@torchawinnhame4700]

Fantastic interview. Graham is a fine man. Thanks for everything you’ve said and done Graham. 😊

[@KevinSolway]

According to the above comment by venga3, a lot of things he has said have been terribly bad.

[@roby72s]

At these tumultuous time is always a pleasure to stop and listening to a great conversation on current issues. Graham Linehan is a hero, and whoever did this to him, represent the weakest, twisted and evil people in our society. Thank you gentlemen.

[@Gloria_Smess]

What a lovely guy Graham Linehan is.

[@edieb3666]

The fact that you like radical feminism because it excludes you and is just for your daughter speaks to what an amazing father you must be. Thank you for having real integrity.

[@annal2740]

I hope I live to see the day when Graham is thoroughly vindicated.

[@natalieroy7589]

100%

[@alimannion4095]

Hear hear!!

[@ruthodonnell2350]

From a woman a big THANK YOU

[@lw63]

Stay strong Graham - you're a special person!

[@magswilson2039]

Very good interview. I’ve been on Graham’s side all through his fight for women. I’m a pensioner with two daughters and two granddaughters, all but one of which have not been captured by this ideology. I can’t understand any woman who accept that a man can become a woman just by stating that he says so and that they are not a threat to us. I believe there isn’t a woman alive who’s not been affected by unwanted or inappropriate male sexual behaviour and I thank Graham for all he does. I’ve bought his book as a statement that I believe in him and hope it is a success and brings him the recognition he deserves.

[@59jalex]

I hope that Graham understands that the overwhelming majority of people are with him and his opinions.

[@thomaschristopher1513]

How do you know what the majority of people think?

[@BuffaloSoldier1965.]

So right about Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker, such a shame that they have been suddenly silent. Their cowardice is deafening and hugely disappointing.

[@rachLXXVII]

Add David Mitchell to the list

[@Malky5279]

And Stewart Lee.

[@arrows3576]

Brooker and Lee are both outspoken SJWs. Brooker literally referenced Gamergate in one of his end-of-year specials at one point. Lee spends half of his shows talking about the monstrous chuds he hates so much these days. They're not silent, they're just a little more agile than Linehan.

[@moraymac2922]

@@rachLXXVIICan’t stomach Mitchell now. Used to be a fan. Now I just see him as a tiny pathetic man.

[@richalderson6069]

Graham is a very special person. He's put himself out there in a way very, very few people have the guts or intelligence to do. Much respect to him.

[@danculbert6349]

To what end? What's he achieved?

[@richalderson6069]

@@danculbert6349 Have you listened to the podcast? Cause that's a pretty silly question.

[@danculbert6349]

@richalderson6069 I did, that's why I'm asking it. What did Graham achieve? Trans people havent vanished. They never will. And all of the societal implications of trans people existing will transpire with or without Graham Linehan. He's literally pissing in the wind.😂

[@richalderson6069]

@@danculbert6349 Yeah well, women: adult human female people will never vanish either, even though trans activists want to make them subservient to the demands of trans identified males obliterating their sex-based rights in their private spaces and sports and everyday life.

[@Libertariun]

@@danculbert6349He’s raised a flag for the greatest people in the world to fight under against your STASI style thugs.

[@Woody88888888]

What a great guy. Only the great suffer for the truth. Big respect.

[@Beemoobee754]

Great to see you is still going strong despite the wankers best efforts. There is hope when people like you exist Graham. Thank you for your voice & resilience

[@patriciaturvey8426]

I wish there were more men in this world like you, Graham. Thank you.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Graham is an absolute star ⭐️

[@ML-vy8xo]

This man has made me laugh for over 20 years, and I would implore anyone who has been entertained by him to thank and support him for his service to comedy and humanity by buying his book Tough Crowd. Thanks Graham, and stay strong against the bullies.

[@MackerelCat]

Great interview, both interviewer and guest. Thank you Spiked keep up the good work.

[@johart9994]

Graham I just want to give you some love !! Thanks for standing up for women!

[@collieclone]

I don't know who to thank more for this interview: Graham, or Brendan. Their courage has to serve as an example to everybody who believes in the right to hold your own opinion and express it freely, even when others do not wish to hear it; in fact, *especially* then. It is such a fundamental right that it seems absurd to have to defend it in 2023.

[@emejota2680]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you, mr. Linehan❤️

[@niansenx]

Legend and hero. We need more!

[@chontelletie2905]

Great interview! Thanks Graham for sticking with this at great personal cost

[@neilmeadows8890]

A great listen....Brendan O'Neill asks the right questions and is a skilled interviewer. Graham Linehan is a courageous, principled man. A man's man. Good on you Graham, keep fighting the good fight.....

[@roriemarie2968]

IT Crowd is genius. Thank you Graham for what you do!

[@metgirl5429]

Terrific interview Please keep fighting for us all 🕊

[@TonyLing]

What a lovely man

[@avoiduser]

Thanks to Graham for bringing to light this madness

[@stmatthewsisland5134]

On Brendan's recommendation - a couple of years back I read 'The world turned upside down' about the topsyturvey world of the 17th century; I have to say it has stood me in good stead understanding the madness that is currently unfolding day by day.

[@camriley]

Excellent interview. It was thanks to Graham's sounding the alarm on Twitter a few years ago that I first became aware of the destructive tendencies of trans extremism. Much respect and gratitude to him for his continuing efforts and unwavering support on this important issue.

[@loveridgelizzieable]

He peaked me, too!

[@sylasgirl]

“Trans extremism” - We really need to replace the word ‘activist’ with ‘extremist’ as it’s a far more accurate word to describe the sheer destruction they go out their way to cause.

[@alchemicalgirl]

What a hero!! Graham and The Mess We're In kept me sane in one of the darkest years of my life. Can't wait to read his book!

[@sharpturns5558]

As a woman, I appreciate that men are speaking up about these issues.

[@normski9928]

Graham has been through absolute hell this last decade. I'm amazed he's still alive and more so, sane. He is the most principled man I've ever known. He deserves a fair deal. Graham Norton, Sonia Friedman, Stewart Lee and Hat Trick productions , shame on you !!!

[@deebee22130]

Absolutely! I used to be a fan of Graham Norton.....Not anymore. He's one of many cowards....

[@linmorell1813]

Thank you for your insight on Queer, I couldn’t work it out before. It’s eye opening as a woman I hate the thought of the impact it’s having especially on my gay friends.

[@cestmoi4532]

Great interview. Thank you for exploring this story!

[@colin5577]

I love Graham’s writing. In the interviews that I’ve seen with him of late, I’d like to hear more about how he felt when he was part of the cancel mob and how he feels about that now. It was touched upon briefly here, but he’s getting an easy ride from those he’d have happily destroyed a few years ago. Which is fine… I’m delighted he has at least partially joined the ranks of the sane. I just want to be sure he won’t jump ship at the earliest opportunity.

[@AdrianGilbert1]

It's amazing how many people who thought they were on the left are discovering that actually they aren't. They belong to the common sense branch of trhe human family. Welcoime aboard Graham and by the way, your comedies are all excellent becaue they are funny as well as clever.

[@neildunford241]

Graham - may you live long enough by the river, to see every, single fcking one, of those who've attacked, excluded, failed you, float past. Not quite Sun Tzu...but you get my drift...

[@mairinhughes5089]

You are a hero Graham. A rare but true feminist supporter. You bring awareness to this madness so elequently and at such a great cost to yourself. Namaste 🙏 xx

[@danculbert6349]

You do realise trans people aren't going to go away 😂?

[@thomaschristopher1513]

What did he do to support feminism before campaigning against trans people?

[@kevinking8222]

Graham Linehan, you're a profile of courage Thank you

[@DrFletchington]

Thank goodness for Graham, and the other men and women speaking up on this idiotic new cult that endangers women.

[@roriemarie2968]

Thank you for speaking out.

[@te4110]

As Graham says, we need to have the "porn" conversation. How many young girls, that are coming out as trans, are doing so because they don't want to enter sexual life as it is depicted in porn?

[@bertieboo]

Thank you Brendan for standing with women and girls, as Glinner does ❤

[@thomaschristopher1513]

Odd how Glinner only became an outspoken defender of women's rights when he needed a justification for hating a minority group.

[@aesopstortoise]

I've just realised that 'trans' means 'not'.

[@nicky611]

i use trans= fake.

[@Tezzzaaa]

Short for transform, no?

[@loveridgelizzieable]

Yes! Basically, whenever a TRA says a thing, be aware that he or she actually means the opposite.

[@deebee22130]

Or fake....

[@crazierthan-u7571]

I'm an American who has never heard of Father Ted or the IT crowd, but I'll be getting Graham's book. As a "person with dish-pan hands," or whatever they're calling biological women these days, I applaud and profusely thank Graham for having our backs. I doubt that any of the rights women have won over the decades would have been possible without the support of men like him. It's tragic the price he is paying for helping us hold onto those rights, as well as trying to protect our children.

[@PR7-82]

You got to watch Father Ted 😂

[@alisonwren3624]

@@PR7-82My all-time favourite is Black Books!!!! With fabulous Bill Bailey

[@racheliza7604]

To Graham . You are very much not alone. This it literally madness. Is the point of this to reduce the population? I’m so thankful that my children have safely grown up without harm being done to them.Don’t despair!

[@Ryan33-d5h]

Legend of a man

[@Djordj69]

A moveing and important interview. Many thanks

[@GlynDwr-d4h]

A significant portion of the society caring more about the truth than they do their jobs or the approval of others is a significant problem for our woke social engineers.

[@Reality6789]

I am going to buy your book Graham, I urge everyone to buy it, it deserves to be a best seller and make you a fortune ❤

[@markkavanagh7377]

When is the audible book coming out? I want to hear the great man himself tell me his story.

[@lynneivison5773]

I went into public toilets in Paris the otherday. I had to pass several young men - I felt embarrassed and intimidated. Thank you Graham Linehan - the friends who deserted you were not your friends in the first place.

[@lukebarton5075]

Let hope you were able to use your “Paris experience” a way to lean and grow as a person. It sounds like a horrific ordeal.

[@tracypitchford6920]

With regards to Graham and his previous attack on Dunkula, he’s apologised. They spoke and he realised he was wrong. People can change and grow. JK Rowling was always on the left but this was a bridge too far for her. And for him. Hell, in the 90s I voted for Tony Blair. I soon realised how wrong I was. I’d like to thank Graham for standing up for women & girls, but also for young gay people and kids with autism. Those kids are being irrevocably changed and it’s horrendous. I do not want biological men in my changing rooms, sports, toilets, hospital wards or women’s prisons. Or in rape centres and safe houses. Makes me so angry. Watching men physically attack women, punching them or throwing soup at them (KJK). Locking them in a room (Riley Gaines). Threatening with rape (JKR) etc IS actual toxic masculinity

[@chelseapoet3664]

I devoured Graham reading the audio version of his memoir in a couple of days. Just brilliantly written.

[@sarataylor885]

We also need to teach middle aged and older people how to avoid echo Chambers on line, it's like turning the corner and coming face to face with every bully you've ever had.

[@gooshie3]

These activists are small. Graham is just far away. He'll be back. (good luck with the book).....

[@katespellxx9529]

Really enjoying catching Graham's interviews as he promotes his book. This is terrific thank you. Good on you Glinner, you're a good man. #Solidarity

[@3omar3aysha]

Graham Legend-han #hero

[@anniel6305]

what a wonderful guy. I keep thinking of him saying to the TRA crowd..'go home and apologise to your mother'. I wish you well Graham x

[@samanthapatrick4345]

Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth!

[@unclem7816]

Thats so good. I can't wait till the sequal.

[@ben31uk]

Pre ordered a hard cover of your book on day one on Amazon U.K. Still haven’t received it I don’t know if there is a problem with Amazon still hasn’t left the Amazon warehouse on the tracking

[@Rick_Cleland]

Demand that they get it sorted out! Right now!!

[@helendancelot]

Maybe big demand?

[@camriley]

Same here. Frustrating

[@tinaw60]

What's not to love about Graham Linehan?

[@Josie545]

You are a hero to women Graham. I wish I was younger I would marry you in an instant. I hope you find a loving supportive woman very very soon

[@marcwilliams9824]

Does Graham ever acknowledge he was fully in support of cancel culture until it came for him?

[@Poecilia1963]

He has talked many times about his regrets about his past behaviour.

[@venga3]

​@@Poecilia1963Only after they cancelled HIM. He was, surprisingly, fully in support of cancel culture when it benefited, and his behaviour was appalling and unethical. Now he's "reflected"... because he is alone and broke.

[@Poecilia1963]

@@venga3Is it because he's alone & broke, or is it because he simply realized how wrong he was? (I didn't see any of that period, by the way, I'd never heard of him until recently). Anyway, I guess this comes down to - can people change? (I believe they can). If they can, do we forgive them, and if not why not? Is redemption possible, or are people forever tarred by past mistakes? (If that's the case, why bother trying to grow & be a better person). Do we believe in second chances? Everyone will have their own answers to these questions.

[@EnglishTMTB]

​@@Poecilia1963or was it being isolated and broke that prompted the reflection that resulted in a realization that what he'd been doing was wrong?

[@Poecilia1963]

@@EnglishTMTB No idea.

[@jojochristy5113]

buy the book

[@agnesvanya2329]

I will continue to watch, listen to, and read anything by Graham Linehan. He's so brilliant. Also, I will continue to call myself a woman (not a cis woman) and defend women's sports and private spaces. I was a competitive swimmer and can't imagine having to compete with biological men or share a dressing room with them. I will continue to be compassionate and sympathetic toward people unlucky enough to feel that they were born in the wrong body. Nevertheless, I will defend the English language against mutilation of its pronouns and other terms. I make my living as an editor, so that's a dodgy position to take these days. I will also defend children, if I possibly can, from the virtue-signaling "progressive" zealots who would smugly and happily ruin their lives without the slightest risk of suffering any consequences for doing so. History will condemn them, at least I can hope it will, but that won't help those children. I will continue to be appalled at the spinelessness of people with a platform who, unlike Graham Linehan, don't publicly defend common sense.

[@pac-t7237]

Such an important conversation. There needs to be more like this to balance this crazy ideology damaging so many vulnerable young people. Well done Graham for speaking out on this subject and Brendan for giving him a platform.

[@danculbert6349]

Huh? 😂 ideology? Pretty sure transgenderism is a state of being not an ideology. That's like calling homosexuality and ideology

[@Libertariun]

@@danculbert6349It’s an ideology that’s being inculcated in kids.

[@danculbert6349]

@@Libertariun Transgenderism isn't an ideology you absolute mong

[@belindafrisenda4306]

Really enjoyed that Brendan O'Neill

[@willie2761]

Ireland : Elect this man. He is honest and has principles unlike...

[@TheKategolden]

Graham you are a living legend.

[@typhoontim125]

Eejit 🙄

[@daisyjanepink1833]

Graham is a hero. Having had a very hard life I'm not leftwing. I want to keep my own stuff not be given other people's stuff in return for my freedom. Left-wing people like Graham are motivated by kindness. He's such a good person, makes me want to cry.

[@johnfrancis4401]

Graham is a genius. He's now becoming a hero for standing up against this woke madness that wants us to believe men can become women.

[@annys4797]

There are many feminisms Brendan and feminists have been at the forefront of the pushback against gender ideology. In the 90s, a split occurred between some feminists in the academy, specifically poststructuralists, and grassroots feminists activists. The former tended to see themselves in lofty terms as theorists and thought leaders and rather looked down on activists organising around "wimmins" issues. Following Butler, they argued that gender stereotypes persisted despite decades of feminist activism, so it was necessary to radically deconstruct not only the concept of gender, but also sex. From this perspective, trans are seen as a sort of avant-garde. Seems the trans movement had their own ideas and agenda. I suspect many academic feminists do now see the misogyny and homophobia in the trans movement, but as Brendan said are too invested to roll back on their previous position. It's striking to me how many have grown silent on trans issues in the past few years.

[@PR7-82]

Yeah the intersectional feminists are all about "no terfs " 😢

[@alisonwren3624]

All the differences between male and female behaviours exist on Bell curves, many can be attributed to the different socialisation of male and female children, however our biological sex IS binary, and in general the modal value for women differs from the modal value for men, height being a very obvious attribute. The academic sociologists are very attached to socialisation as supremely important, this biologist reckons basic biological differences are also important!!! But there should be no restrictions on the opportunities offered to both sexes.

[@translunar1]

Graham, you are a star!

[@hangingaround2954]

People like Graham are a complete rarity, he’s the boy who said the Emperor was wearing no clothes. He will be proven to have been 100% correct in everything he’s been saying.

[@shonagriffiths8907]

Graham is a very principled man as is James Dreyfus who has also put his neck on the line. On the other hand, good old Grahame Norton has revealed himself to be a lot less benevolent than we once thought.

[@venga3]

No. He was the one running with the woke mob and cancelling others. It's just that eventually, as it always happens with these types, they run into disagreement and someone gets purged. He got purges by his cronies due to the trans issue. If he had been pronfree speech from the start this wouldn't have happened. He's got no morals, no principals and is essentially a blind idiot that got one thing right. He's just making the rounds because he's alone, desperate and broke. I don't trust him a bit.

[@erichamilton3373]

2023: one of the greatest champions of Women's and Gay rights is a straight man. The times really ARE changing.

[@tessoftheterfervilles9469]

Ooo! I've always hated Charlie Brooker. His smugness really irritates me.