‘The transgender movement has become Orwellian’

Brendan O’Neill discusses the pronoun police with Amrou Al-Kadhi on Sky News.

[@elleo371]

The guy wearing make up isn't talking about free speech, he's talking about compelling other people's speech

[@MarkVA71]

And looking for accommodations aka special rights.

[@ramonarickettez]

Elle O nicely articulated!

[@allahspreadshate6486]

Exactly.

[@bobtee6466]

That girly fella needs a mirror for makeup

[@neili4970]

Thats what lefties and commies do they play the victim screaming nazi all the while they the ones who really acting like it.

[@bertohead]

"2 in 5 trans people are attacked" except their definition of "attacked" is: someone addressing them with the wrong pronoun...

[@kingdomkid7225]

berto and then the importance of the definition of words emerges again. You’re absolutely right

[@peekaboots01]

Exactly

[@Messier45_Pleiades]

LOLOL This is true.

[@Silver.Forest]

Or when he said "hate crime", I was thinking...well what does he define as a hate crime? Is a hate crime me saying "I love being a woman" and/ or saying it without the "cis" attached to it?

[@thunderpants3500]

Or refusing to believe their lie.

[@allahspreadshate6486]

So I'm not allowed to call you "he" but you can call me "cis"? Got to love equality...

[@clementeen]

what’s cis? pardon my ignorance, first I’ve heard that term

[@SongMangosteen]

@@clementeen The prefix “cis” means “on the same side as.” So, basically cisgender means the gender they were initially identified as at birth. This term was made up in the 90s by the trans community.

[@deborahhanna6640]

It is a slur no man or woman should accept. Also, I will not accept TERF.

[@SongMangosteen]

@@deborahhanna6640 I agree.

[@ryde2012]

Unfortunately we’re not all made equal so embrace it

[@maninthebox3863]

The problem is not that they're "adopting" a pronoun. It's that they're forcing everyone else to use it.

[@ms.ripley3236]

itll be confusing at some point cuz they or them is the traditional plural

[@jesipohl6717]

Mr Galbraith.

[@MiddlePath33]

He feels safer if people call him “they”? Ok, I feel safer if he isn’t allowed anywhere near a woman’s room.

[@tinyguy9398]

Exactly. Throw his own messed up logic right back at him. I'm pretty sure though he'd argue that his rights to feel safe trump your own because "he's part of a more oppressed group". Such nonsense.

[@andy.m265]

Kim Bardgett Yeah, i see what you mean 😂😂😂😂

[@johnnyrotundo6483]

or a playground.......

[@higgs135]

he should call himself "Mentallio"

[@flawlesssack1122]

I love woman I want to keep them safe

[@sonofcleinias7748]

There's a difference between free speech and enforced speech. One of them is not free and is not English

[@jesipohl6717]

Tommy Robinson loves you

[@yasamanmansoori2789]

As a woman, we don’t claim this dude lol

[@notthefather3919]

As an lGbt dude, we don't claim him either.

[@suezee2790]

@@notthefather3919 You just did: LGB-T

[@Madonnalitta1]

@@suezee2790 love the colours.

[@noodlenoggin5854]

*He* can use whatever pronouns he wants. I'm free to ignore him and use the pronouns that I find appropriate

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

He should be able to tolerate that

[@miras2222]

every psychiatrist knows the basic rule: dealing with deluded people never reinforce their delusion

[@susiewood5329]

I wonder whether anyone who has gender issues ever gets diagnosed with a mental illness. Clearly some are very ill indeed.

[@seanhession8501]

@@susiewood5329 well up until 20mins ago it was known as gender dysphoria now its a lifestyle choice

[@shaykearney4638]

@@susiewood5329 in the recent past, yes all as a matter of fact. Dysphoria is a thing.

[@fartloudYT]

@@shaykearney4638 for those 5 people that have it. the rest are pretentious idiots.

[@brokeneyes6615]

I think that’s if the person is truly deluded. What we’re seeing though seems to be a thought out work around designed to drag a person in via double binds, word play and false accusations. It reminds me of the addicts around union station in Chicago who’ve been taught by the jesuits to use things like how they work for God, help children and so forth to guilt trip you into giving them money. If their target doesn’t give the money, they’ll say something like “god will remember this on judgement day” before walking off and repeating the script.

[@melmo5218]

Call yourself what you like - just leave me out of it.

[@hansmeiser32]

That's why I think this dude was a bit dishonest. I (and probably most other critics) don't care what pronouns he uses, I care that he wants me to use bullshit pronouns. That's the line he crosses. And I will certainly not respect a dude who wants to tell me how to speak and what words to use.

[@SladeL]

Exactly, Mel Mo.

[@tekay44]

It’s impossible for them to allow that. You must approve 100% or suffer the consequences.

[@madaleine0n864]

hey , thats like.....how girls think...………..

[@madaleine0n864]

@Lisa P ….Changing room workers always let me use......too bad.

[@shaunpierce4174]

I'm more bothered that she apologised to Amrou for calling him a gentleman when he clearly is a man, stop bowing to these people.

[@deborahhanna6640]

Only because enough time went by that someone must have pointed it out to her- clearly they thought they needed bases covering. I am offended because he twitches like a meth addict & his makeup.... well he is no Blair White for sure.

[@cancelmyjobDOTcom]

Deborah Hanna WAIT A MINUTE When you said “they thought they needed base covering”, Are you saying the guy thought the news needed base covering, or do you mean the news thought it needed base covering, or did the guy think he needed base covering, or did the news think the guy needed base covering?... that’s why we only use they if we don’t know what sex the subject is or if there are more than one. These people enjoy using extreme examples to justify rare occurrences. They is used mainly for plural form of things and in the emergency case where you don’t know the sex. Now it is being used casually if the subject doesn’t know it’s sex.

[@deborahhanna6640]

I am sure someone on the news thought they would be liable for litigation. She obviously didn't do it to annoy her guests but it was a pretty exuberant greeting.

[@deborahhanna6640]

But it does get confusing fast.

[@deborahhanna6640]

I don't advocate murder for trans. I just want them to leave women's rights & women's spaces alone.

[@jzero5461]

"we're just asking for some respect" respect is a socially negotiated concept. when you force someone to "respect" you its no longer respect, its domination.

[@hittitecharioteer]

Indeed.

[@nleak92]

Respect is earned not given

[@joannebailey8277]

How TF is anyone supposed to take him seriously.

[@richardk5246]

You have to take him seriously because he will have a h(s)issy fit if you don't. Plus the police will call you to check the way you're thinking.

[@karenmckenzie5931]

Your damn right, there. This World has gone utterly nuts.

[@robertholmes8917]

They are all digging their own hole. Currently it is in the media being supported. But honestly the wider community does not give a shit

[@johanswede8200]

@@robertholmes8917 Never met one. Don't care. End of story... They are just narcissists. "Look-at me" people. Boring...

[@elenabob4953]

Sorry but the correct formulation is "How TF is anyone supposed to take THEY (him and his multiple personalities) seriously."

[@Philiptanzer]

Blue lips seems confused, he's not being asked to debate whether he has the right to use the "they" pronoun, he's being asked to debate whether he can force *us* to use the "they" pronoun.

[@arcturus8218]

his idea of freedom is to false others is laughable

[@captainz9]

Exactly. You can say you want to be referred to as a Fluzbunny, I'm gonna call you whatever I feel like. What right do you have to control my speech? If I offend you, then so be it - grow up, there is no "right to not be offended".

[@EeezyNoow]

Blue lips normally mean blood oxygen deficiency. Perhaps he's hoping someone will give him mouth to mouth resuscitation. Or perhaps he's going to a fancy-dress party as Barack Obama.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

The authoritarian cries out in pain as he/she/xie/they censors you!

[@Philiptanzer]

@Truthful Chap I imagine this was an effort to keep feminism fighting against itself. The intersectionalist structure is inherently unstable, giving it a little push every now and then is not necessarily a bad thing. To be clear, I doubt Brendan supports all woman short lists, but he knows the people who support blue lips certainly do.

[@Mr.McWatson]

"I'm concerned the trans movement has become dictatorial and orwellian, having created an elite language that one must use in order to not be branded a dissident" Makeup man: Misses point, presents straw man

[@DHFlip18]

Oh man if I could only pause every fallacious statement made and correct the stupidity out of people. Politicians do it best. Blue lips over here does it well too.

[@offgridcurtisstone]

Dude just came in from shooting hoops with the boys, slapped on some makeup, and sat down for an interview.

[@livelife5947]

The “it” pronoun suits him better.

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Bugger you got in there before me LMAO. It or that

[@jossandman]

@@ragnarironspear1791 Yeah Me too haha

[@spiralm8667]

He, unless he can change his chromosomes, he is just a man appropriating a woman

[@Pal.Cockrum]

As in “what is it”

[@matthiaswalker38]

"That"

[@therian_forever12]

Brendan has the patience of a saint. Wish I could stay this calm when faced with this level of idiocy , arrogance and delusion.

[@katie2858]

I hear the Pope's going to beatify him as Saint Brendan of the Bleeding Transphobes.;)

[@whitehorsedown6499]

Camberwell should change its name to camberunwell.

[@LOVEchristHEwasVEGAN]

same. i couldnt!

[@benchmarkbullysuk2149]

I can’t believe the insanity of the world we live in today 🤯🤦🏻‍♂️

[@x.y.7385]

Yup, I believe this is the beginning of the end times

[@x.y.7385]

Right....I pretty much only see men saying they are women...weak men

[@theunifiedfield.]

Amrou's argument eats itself with some serious cognitive dissonance. He says to Brendan 'who are you to police what people's pronouns are', when it's the trans community who are trying to do that very thing.

[@anicecupoftea2216]

TheUnifiedField Exactly. It’s just narcissism and a total lack of self-awareness. It also makes no sense. In normal, civilised, face to face conversation we all use the pronouns you/your. How someone refers to another person behind their back is none of their business 🤷‍♀️

[@nirmalsandhu5256]

Where did he say that

[@copycat-copycat]

not a single trans person is trying to gate-keep cis people’s gender expression 😂

[@murderoustendencies]

Amrou : "You have no right to tell me what to do" Also Amrou : "Now use this pronoun in the literal opposite way of what it's supposed to define otherwise you're a bigot" Amrou works at the MiniTrue.

[@bertrandkurtrussell870]

I'm not going to call him "they" just because he wants attention.

[@condew6103]

Yes, I am so sick of people who want to turn every contact with them into "I'm special".

[@Jason_g_kennedy]

I call people by there name, if a person doesn't like it then tough.

[@whitedevil4122]

I'll think about call them 'they' when they stop acting like big girls

[@ActionMan965]

"Tolerance is our destroyer"

[@jasoncreamer5747]

Looks like he just got off his day job as a rodeo clown.

[@alisonwilliams-bailey57]

You assumed "his" pronoun They is scixo several people male and female Certainly hasn't had the op. Hence is technically a male Transvestite hence the make up. But can't be bothered with the "vestite" bit I.e. Clothing. Shows the level of the privilege he doesn't even need to bother either wearing women's clothes, doing an op taking hormones. Yet gets his face on MSM.

[@katie2858]

Well, I guess Spiked writers have to have a main job to make ends meet.;)

[@susanfoletta3903]

Ha! Ha! How does he expect to be taken seriously with a tattooed face??

[@whitehorsedown6499]

Hey Clowns are people to goddamn it.

[@garlandsmth]

Rotgdflmmfao!😅😅😅😂😂🤣🤣

[@hittitecharioteer]

Brendan O'Neill is just so considered, dignified and reasonable. His decency oozes from his every pore.

[@bluegoka]

10:21 “I’m not asking anyone to change the law for me right now.” *Canada entered the chat*

[@seasidevti]

If you go out in public looking like a clown , expect to be treated as such

[@derek-press]

especially on a bus

[@TheLogicBeast]

'My preferred pronoun is 'they'' My preferred response is 'Bollocks.''

[@richardsmith2879]

‘’ bollocks’’is sexist, the correct response is ‘breasts’.

[@TheLiamis]

Same.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Lol that just about sums it up nicely! What a joke... what a waste of energy!

[@LarsLarsen77]

My gender is "Emperor" and my pronouns are "His Majesty/Your Majesty"

[@TheLiamis]

@@LarsLarsen77 hello your majesty, I am the great and mighty galactic overlord tiddles the 3rd, nice to meet you. My pronouns are god and supreme one .

[@juesmith4840]

Sorry, I can’t take him seriously looking like that. 🙈

[@DaveB1979]

Oh how embarrassing that this guy hasn’t realised his mates have painted his face while he was asleep and has now gone on Sky News to do an interview

[@bobolinkr]

🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁

[@jk3443]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@cactusboysucculent5137]

I think they look rather nice. Different.

[@nigecheshire9854]

cactusboy succulent YEP “different “🤣

[@JoeHeine]

🤣🤣 😳 I literally jumped with fright when he appeared. I guess that makes me “Trans-phobic” I was fearful for a second

[@elizabethblane201]

This era will go down as one of society's greatest follies.

[@dalegribble5661]

Agreed

[@dezinedude4563]

Yes indeed if this society actually survives the "era". What a confused jerk this dudette is. He/she/they is the intolerant one!

[@leondohrman887]

Safer... He feels safer when people say “they” I would feel safer if people weren’t so idiotic and fragile

[@filminginportland1654]

Leon Dohrman I agree. I’m transsexual, and in the old days the general rule was that you’re going to have to get a thick skin if you attempt to transition because society will NOT accept you. We were also taught that this should only ever be undertaken if it’s your only option due to gender dysphoria that has made life unbearable. Essentially, as a last resort. All these new groups of people who don’t meet any traditional definition of being trans are demanding all sorts of crazy things. They make us all look like clowns. We aren’t even allowed to disagree with them as they’ll attack us even more viciously. I don’t know what’s behind these new groups of young people but this isn’t what we’ve been fighting for for so long. This isn’t how one creates acceptance in society, and I wonder how solid their identities even are if they are going to be so fragile. Whatever this is, it is completely different from actual trans people, and I’m sorry they’re causing so much trouble in our name.

[@leondohrman887]

Filming In Portland honestly, it’s not that I feel they are causing trouble and I’m upset about it. To me it’s some sort of greater issue. It seems (and I may be wrong) that the struggles that they face are mostly online. I’m not saying they don’t face hatred, but I would bet it’s mostly from online trolls. We all know how much easier it is for a person to spew hatred on a keyboard rather than to someone’s face. I’m all for being who you feel and being an individual but it’s getting a bit ridiculous when a person says they would feel safer if you used the pronoun they. Give me a break

[@ozzyel4594]

I'm not comfortable with referring to anyone as "they". It makes me feel unsafe. It questions my identity as a man, denies my right to free thought, and denies my undeniable truth. Two can play that game.

[@tonitg8021]

I am a 60 year old transgender male but I don't wear makeup to make myself look like a clown as he does in the video. As a transgender male myself I try to dress so I don't look stupid even though I am clearly just a man dressed as a women to people in public.

[@Lurch685]

We have just been introduced to the world’s first Transjester

[@LOVEchristHEwasVEGAN]

hahahah

[@ramonarickettez]

Lurch685 WIT!

[@lewis17297]

You win the internet for the entirety of 2020, Congraduwelldone!

[@kaykay5140]

Lurch685 good one 😂😂

[@carpenoctem1577]

Ok so that makes two new words I've learned in the past 30 minutes to do with trans culture. The first being transtrender and now transjester 😆. I better start writing these down next to my list of pronouns.

[@monopoly1027]

We live in such a tolerant and "virtuous" society that people can simultaneously claim victimhood whilst also leveraging that victimhood over others as power. Absolutely mad.

[@MrJohnybirchall]

Accusing Brendan of being childish, while wearing blue face paint 😂

[@cbcarlse]

“Good afternoon gentlemen”. Clearly there is nothing gentle about the clown.

[@vault1549]

That dude isn't even trans, he's a man in makeup who identifies as "they"

[@guess7576]

You just explained transppl

[@fringedweller5425]

As soon as I hear 'they" I start looking around for the other person. 'They' truly have a personality problem

[@coreyS33]

There's no such thing as trans

[@TheLiamis]

It's a typical snowflake, there can never be enough attention for themself.

[@Hi-kq1vi]

We used to call them cross-dressers, but I understand that term is non PC nowadays.

[@commissarofsubversion1885]

He doesn’t identify as a man or a clown? That’s weird, because he looks like both.

[@Cat-fm6nt]

Factsss

[@andrewmaize203]

😆Best comment

[@ReeseL4D]

They is a gentlethem.

[@ThePanicman66]

Flawless comment 🤣👍🙈

[@jayjaydubful]

Brendan O'Neill is impressive. He is a very astute thinker and a clear, concise speaker

[@cinnamon4524]

If he had friends they wouldn't let him on TV with that lipstick 😂

[@SkyBlue-vn9im]

👏🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@DavidBensonActor]

"Good afternoon, gentlemen." The debate could have ended right there

[@funkyfiss]

Perfect example of how these preferred gender pronouns don't work. Even "woke" journalists can't use them.

[@mondoflambe8522]

That was just "A Slip"

[@karendavis8778]

That was hilarious and “they” missed it.😀

[@jakesnake165]

Be what you want to be but don't infringe on me and I won't on you as far as you going into my daughter bathroom get out

[@Johnconno]

I'd have preferred a mass-debate.

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

Hey, he’s trying to tell everyone that his rights override yours.

[@meagan8666]

In regard to his own body and his own life.......yes his rights in that regard do override yours. And your rights for your own life and body override anyone else as well.

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

Meagan look at your comment again and see if you still feel comfortable with what you wrote. This is the problem. No ones rights should override another. 1% of the population will not dictate how things will be and these radical trans are hurting the ones that just want to live their lives without forcing acceptance. You will never have 100% of people ever accepting this.

[@TheDominicProject]

No, you're just a dick and want to be rude to people you don't know.

[@InsideOutInkDemon]

@@meagan8666 what about when someone elses rights over their body and life means overriding someone elses rights to their body and life? I mean in terms of sports, spaces, and attempts to define certain sexual attractions as transphobic

[@SuperBigwinston]

So true.

[@Ilovegirlotsandlots]

Its not “sis” women pal, its just women. Now who’s being divisive?

[@muscariwhites]

Mr Young - Fictionist follow posie parker, she is trying to get the women flag up be it won’t be because it’s offensive to transgender women, it’s offensive to us real women!!

[@kristopherloviska9042]

Cis, not sis

[@Ilovegirlotsandlots]

Kristopher Loviska thank you for the correction, but it’s irrelevant because I have no intention of using the term in the future.

[@RBEZ-fu6lg]

Why does that dude look like he was the victim of a sorority make up prank while he was asleep?

[@christophermallett8166]

Imagine needing to have people call you "they/them" in order for you to feel SAFE. If that doesn't tell you this is a mental health issue, nothing will.

[@girumzemichael704]

Christopher Mallett 👌

[@missj2045]

100%

[@knit1purl1]

My mother was an immigrant to the U.S. whose first language was not English. On multiple occasions I witnessed this woman make a fool of herself in public because she was being victimized for her "accent." No one was victimizing her. My mother was mentally ill.

[@Phuzz828]

well said. and we certainly shouldnt be letting them subvert and dictate how we communicate. And F the news channels for their clear agendas in this

[@anaklusmosgreek3198]

*"You shall now call me "They" Me:"WHO TF!?!? Do you think you are?? Legion? You just taking words from the dictionary?"

[@livelife5947]

I’m not changing my language to suit some nutcase. Sorry 😐

[@kaykay5140]

Live Life amen brither

[@karenmckenzie5931]

Too right

[@angelaparsons200]

Me neither 🙄

[@dennisthomas8618]

Right On!

[@piamadison5539]

Well said

[@caileanseamus1876]

He looks like he's been French-kissing a coal scuttle.

[@Eyeofthemaelstrom]

That had me creased ;)

[@apathyintheuk265]

@@Eyeofthemaelstrom Me too! I may not recover - I've got work in eight hours!

[@rathnaitmullen8541]

Cailean Seamus heeheehee

[@angelainemina2255]

Coal scuttle? Is that what a butthole is called in BBC porn?

[@jimmymolo]

Cailean Seamus 😂😂😂

[@theintrepiddroner6152]

"they" has always been used to describe schizophrenia..

[@Samsgarden]

I’m utterly convinced that we’re contending mostly with narcissistic personality disorder. Nobody in their right mind demands to be referred to as ‘They’

[@lanazak773]

Or histrionic

[@lechenaultia5863]

Nobody in their right mind wears blue lipstick !

[@shylinh5939]

@@lechenaultia5863 Perhaps them was cold or has a medical condition, in which case, going full-on petulant, affected adolescent might not have been such a good idea. In other respects, it was a very good idea because the performance given usefully and clearly depicts the most significant characteristics of the gender identity ideology movement/cult /church or whatever. Authoritarian, bullying, misogynistic - always making full use of male privilege whatever they call it, intolerant, ill-informed, censorious, presumptuous, use of references to marginalised, persecuted and vulnerable state, usually exaggerated, and fundamentally dishonest.

[@zainabsiddiqui7358]

‘The transgender movement has become Orwellian’. 100% correct.

[@justinfacer6332]

Has always been

[@Indi3R]

in what way?

[@justinfacer6332]

@@Indi3R compelled speech?

[@justinfacer6332]

@@Indi3R It's not about them being left alone to do as they wish it's about forcing everyone else to conform to their way of thinking. That's not to say all but the tiny percentage that's political and pretends to speak for the rest .

[@justinfacer6332]

@Brittany D Forced to deny biological sex is completely different. You're telling a person they MUST say something that's objectively untrue.

[@ae-ribae6426]

The woman interviewer should be ashamed of herself for pandering to the transperson.

[@lidahall5928]

Agreed. It's cringe-inducing in the extreme.

[@lobsterminion693]

She was being as impartial as possible to avoid skewing the conversation. She did her job well.

[@murderoustendencies]

I agree with Jason. It is not her job to have an opinion, it is her job to look at a person with blue crayon all over their face and speak to them in a serious way.

[@bluelady4183]

murderoustendencies 🤣🤣🤣🤣i thought it was purple!!!!

[@Heavenschild77]

I feel like the trans movement are pushing it all a bit too far. It’s not enough for them to be just accepted.

[@ibrahimsulaiman9047]

The fact that there's even a debate about this madness shows how far things have fallen.

[@ReformedWhiteKnight]

Ibrahim Sulaiman - yes, the TV stations know why they invite people like that trans guy: to invade our consciousness and to further their political agenda!

[@TheDominicProject]

Yeah, since when was being nice to other people such a big deal. I thought in free societies people could do what they wanted? And here's you lot up in arms about something that effects you exactly 0 times.

[@SonoftheAllfather]

​@@TheDominicProject It's not just about "being nice." It's about the social coercion they use to dictate what another person should or shouldn't say just to satisfy their deluded reality. They try to act as if a person who refuses to willfully delude themselves and be bullied into using certain language is committing an act of violence or denying their existence or something. And who the F are you to assume it doesn't effect anyone here? I am personally effected by this madness. A member of my family has decided to pretend they are the opposite sex, and if I refuse to play pretend-time, even when the person is NOT PRESENT, certain members of my family get mad at me and act like I'm the one with the problem. People who resist willfully deluding themselves (just to satisfy political correctness) are not guilty of anything.

[@ibrahimsulaiman9047]

@@TheDominicProject If people can do "what they want" then why criticise my comment? Are you trying to curtail my freedom of speech? And no, it doesn't affect others "0 times". The radical leftists behind this nonsense are trying to enforce people to accept something they disagree with, enforce changes to the English language, enforce their ideology onto our children in schools, etc, etc.

[@TheDominicProject]

@@ibrahimsulaiman9047 lol. Nice victim complex, sorry did my comment get you arrested? I can't believe you still can't accept this. Freedom of speech is not the same as being free from criticism. I could call a black person the n word, I have the freedom to do so, but that'd still make me a prick. Same applies here, you can do what you want, but it is essentially bullying. Calm down seriously. Whether you like it or not, these people exist. The idea is, in schools, in PSHE, where they learn about sex and drugs and and bullying and all kinds of things necessary to consider for preparing for adulthood, kids will also have discussions around queer people or racism or gender identity. It is just to make people aware, to foster understanding, to prevent hate. Imagine if you had been taught about this stuff? You wouldn't be so irate... You can live your life as you want. Stop attacking those who live as they want. Either you're a prick or you're a human being, which is it?

[@uomodonore245]

These people are usually not actually transgender, and they usually don’t seem to be emotionally very stable.

[@FrancineL81]

psychologically yes, theyre people who arent what they claim to be yet get militant forcing it partly because they see a need to reinforce their own fragile beliefs to themselves as well

[@ladylaois8184]

uomo d'onore that’s my thought

[@piamadison5539]

Someone should coin a new term - transmental to describe them. Set of fruit loops.

[@trevorwall87]

He looked like his head was going to explode when she said gentlemen 🤣🤣

[@tonemc6047]

They should be called what it states on their birth certificate.

[@cherbug1197]

They don’t want to be judged but they judge us. 🤦‍♀️

[@kingdomkid7225]

Cherbug11 thank you for using his preferred pronouns 😎 j/k

[@mariea82]

Cherbug11 ohh no ot only works one way. They just want to shut us all up and accept their madness

[@ReformedWhiteKnight]

Cherbug11 - I remember in the 80’s the gays ask for tolerance and say: ‘we are not monsters!’ Fast forward to 2020 and they are saying: ‘you are monsters!’

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

I always knew I was a monster

[@Ryan-oy7cz]

Cherbug11 exactly

[@MikeCartledge]

Welcome to 2020: Wear a clown mask and demand the whole world adapts to you. How about no?

[@MiraBella1972]

THANK YOU!!

[@poppymoon4122]

Exactly.

[@marychadwick4727]

Spot on!

[@kenjidev576]

Sounds like Joker 2019 to me.

[@yourmajesty2109]

i feel i am a SNakE

[@drummonkeystuffuk1875]

He wants to be addressed as "they" Oh no, he hasn't got multiple clones has he?

[@marth3116]

Look at the fucking state of that kid. How are we supposed to take anything he says seriously?

[@josephbishara4791]

I love how Brendan O’Neill expresses his points so calmly and eloquently.

[@michelleobi9046]

I am not a cis woman, I am a WOMAN! I can't get over how a minority are trying to ram acceptance down the majorities throat. The thought process and lack of logic is what baffles me. The transmovement is a dictatorship. Thank you Brendan for speaking out.

[@Paul2377]

Joseph Bishara I'd have more respect for him if I believed him. I think he says most of what he does for attention and to make a living. Like, why did he jet off to Australia to appear on every talk show going during the same sex marriage debate over there? Oh yeah. Attention. :D

[@vladputin3664]

Ihe apology for calling them "gentlemen" just shows how ridiculous this is

[@LOVEchristHEwasVEGAN]

yeah even turning a term of respect into something sinister

[@pablolobo6560]

And the THEY didn't even seem to notice. Lol

[@jbo4547]

@@pablolobo6560 exactly, what a fucking joke

[@insertnamehere5146]

its all a bit of a giggle that is even confusing the appeasers like Sarah Jane Mee. I wish we had the un-politically correct Sky news Australia instead of this politically correct and fully woke bunch of asswipes that run Sky news UK and the rest of the media in the UK.

[@MyNebukadnezar]

I think the correct PC term is: „Dear gentlemen and dear gentlewomen.“ ;-)

[@richalderson6069]

How can anyone give respect to someone they have never even met who just demands you refer to "them" what "they" want. What a completely self-serving narcissistic demand, the last thing that deserves respect.

[@markhenryramsey9132]

By all means live as a woman. Go about your business, nobody cares. But you can never BE a woman if you weren't born one.

[@MidlifeCredo]

My preferred pronoun is “her royal highness.” RESPECT MY PRONOUNS!

[@avaangel433]

You almost took my pronoun. I prefer Her Royalness of the Most High. Whew, that was close!

[@forsis80]

I'm God. And you will call me GOD and only that or i'll send you to prison -her royal highness

[@anthonycoca2202]

Midlife Credo My brothers call me Dutchess.

[@rampantgerbil9152]

Who are THEY to police the speech of EVERYONE else.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

They’re special... ugh, you just don’t get it - Neanderthal lol! They get extra privileges - sit down and shut up, Nazi! You’re not special enough! (Heavy satire/irony - no offence meant lol)

[@EvaMoritz]

The voice of reason was asked politely to shut up but the guy in the bad makeup could make all the points he wanted. Interesting no?

[@LindsayLohan1]

i’m not normally the type to dismiss other people as being sensitive snowflakes, but there really is no other way to describe this guy. “when people call me they i feel safer” my 5 year old sister is less fragile than this dude

[@spiralm8667]

Can anyone tell me why I should respect anyone who is basically a living minstrel show, but using woman-face instead of black-face?

[@campetrie6562]

Comment of the decade!!!

[@jwest4773]

@Cary B It's open season on women nowadays. I guarantee no one gives a shit about offending us. It's all about the men...

[@fatbikerchick6717]

@@jwest4773 Check out terfisaslur.com to see what these compassionate and respectful people are saying about women.

[@jwest4773]

@@fatbikerchick6717 No need to visit dubious sites, just watch Ch4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year (end December) to see how it's absolutely fine to ridicule and disrespect women with schoolboy-like untruths about women's bodies. Complained to Chanel 4, but they couldn't see a problem...

[@barbarasherman4870]

J West women need to demand respect and protection whenever they feel threatened. The trans community got all this power because they wouldn’t shut up. We need to do the same.

[@thewhinjaninja3610]

In the 80's these people were called "Cross Dressers".

[@lynnehamer239]

👏👏👌👌

[@darkzim3872]

or weirdo's

[@feleciaclemons5074]

And they were fine!😹😹😹

[@darkzim3872]

@@feleciaclemons5074 not in the 80's

[@feleciaclemons5074]

@@darkzim3872 i don't mean, like, " fine" as in good looking, but " fine" as in .... Not so.... This?? I dont know..

[@leejohnstone3051]

Gender neutral means a person with multiple genders (multiple personalities) which is called schizophrenia

[@lucienelson]

Lee Johnstone ...dissociative identity disorder🤓

[@xz3024]

Why would I care if someone is prone to suicide?? Why would I be bothered with that person’s demands, if they are pernicious to me, just because that person’s sense of self esteem is so low, that need my validation all the time? Sorry, but you are grown ups. You need to take responsibility of your own feelings and happiness, it’s not society’s job to make you feel good.

[@Umbrella2]

I get the feeling he doesn’t know what Orwellian is, not a bright spark.

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

The progressive left probably regard Orwell as a far right fascist

[@01What10]

I think your right, Orwell seems to be unknown to a lot of these people. I've mentioned him for reference in conversations and debates and his name or ideas don't even register with them.... What a sad state education is in. That's a big reason this crap is able to flourish - Undereducated masses. Orwell should be required reading at the very least in High School/High School level equivalent.

[@LOVEchristHEwasVEGAN]

hahahah true

[@MsShena2010]

"They" has the right to ask people to use it and people have the right to say no.

[@girumzemichael704]

Shena Williams 👌

[@missj2045]

I choose to identify "they" as "it."

[@carollangley2984]

LMAO

[@james-xf1ox]

True af.

[@SMartypAntsPants]

Exactly.

[@sammcmaster5378]

“Hello gentlemen!” 😂😂

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

The person on the right had missed the entire point. And refused to listen with any ounce of humility. Kudos to the calm journalist on the left.

[@dongkhamet1351]

This comments section is quite reassuring.

[@crimsonite1524]

things are starting to change. 3yrs ago comments were different

[@ReformedWhiteKnight]

Dong Khamet - Yes, in that people have not been completely fooled into accepting the absurd as the normal! So there is hope that the indoctrination and the brutal force of the social engineers will not crush the minds of millions of sane people so easily.

[@christophermallett8166]

It's the spineless corporations that help to push the agenda for fear of being labelled "phobic" that we should feel most aggrieved with.

[@dongkhamet1351]

@@ReformedWhiteKnight we have a simple task. In the words of Jesse Lee Peterson (check out the "Savage Moments" videos here on KZbin if you haven't yet been introduced): "Speak up but don't hate." Cheers and best wishes!

[@dongkhamet1351]

@@crimsonite1524 thanks for the additional reassurance! People are waking up.

[@ItsmeonY2]

He looks like he just ate a smurf.

[@yourboss8340]

Lol

[@cyntogia]

So that's what happened to Gargamel.

[@sed8me69]

Smurf Blew down his throat.

[@wheale]

How dare you misgender them! 🤣

[@sed8me69]

@@wheale, yeah them smurfs did no wrong, that dirty carnivore....

[@ianjones7718]

back in the day he would have been locked up in an institute for the safety of the public

[@andysheepleton]

He's not "asking", he is demanding, and no one is opposed to a Trans person's right to use whatever terms they like they are opposed to them demanding that others use their terms or they summon up whatever punitive actions they can including violence.

[@rgjr.6055]

Trans movement = you must tolerate me but I will NOT tolerate you

[@allahspreadshate6486]

You understand it.

[@AlienRelics]

"I'm not asking anyone to change the law for me, right now..." 10:20 Anyone else catch that?

[@clairegs290]

Steve Greenfield yup ...very sinister

[@madvulcan8964]

Yah.

[@shadowartist8892]

Ummmm.....Canada?

[@Silver.Forest]

Yes. Yes I did and its disturbing.

[@tylerstone675]

Heard the same statement in South Africa

[@caroldelaney4700]

Respect goes both ways that’s how I have lived and been supported all my life

[@odiedodieuk]

Did anyone see the clown react when the host said “gentlemen”.

[@JR-gc5ef]

‘They’ can call themselves whatever they like. But don’t expect society to call a man a women and allow them to invade real women’s and girls spaces & sports.

[@thomasholland2384]

Child: Mommy HE is wearing make up. Mother: No child it’s a ‘they’ in make up not a he 😒 God save us 🙏

[@iviejennifer]

Exactly. I say that to my son he's going to look at me like I'm the crazy one.

[@TheLiamis]

Man: "go do the dishes and shut up woman" "Dont listen to her shes nuts, it's a bad clown in drag son"

[@greyclydesdale]

Nah she said it right the first time. "It's" an "it"

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

God help the English language x

[@cactuscallie5090]

It is REALLY difficult to take him seriously with that face...

[@hannahmartin9056]

So many things... I love how one person speaks reasonably and calmly and makes logical, rational points, while the other rolls his eyes and gets all upset that the first person still retains the right to use words to express truthful thoughts and observations. The whole "you're debating away our existence" is really just an acknowledgement that "why don't you agree that biology is no more than a social construct" is not a very supportable position.

[@cheechalker8430]

You know what is “exhausting?” These idiots _desparate_ need for attention They’re upset they’re not getting a bigger fight - that most people don’t give them 2 minutes thought And it ABSOLUTELY is a misogynistic movement

[@rebeljustice.3876]

its a misanderistic movement…

[@filminginportland1654]

Chee Chalker Except that both biologically male and female people are part of it, and they don’t identify as either sex

[@MrRonmcneely]

There’s no having a reasonable discussion with a whiny, immature narcissist

[@mariemason4252]

You nailed it! They all suffer from malignant narcissism.

[@rathnaitmullen8541]

Ron McNeely yep

[@TheMary0831]

Yes, you can't win an 'argument' with a narcissistic child, which is what every TIM I've tried to talk to is. I give up and walk away. They throw tantrums and call names. Ridiculous.

[@QueensSpeechUK]

The man in the bad make-up thinks emotional blackmail and hyperbole is a substitute for actually having a point.

[@-flavz3547]

She apologised for saying "Good evening gentlemen" to two men!!!

[@ScragNath]

Be whatever you want but I refuse to be forced into using a language that normal people just don't want to speak or even acknowledge.

[@micrhymer4062]

Funny he said freedom of speech but we can't call him a him.

[@missj2045]

how about compromise, and call him an "it?"

[@james-xf1ox]

That's a gay dude not a woman or any other bullshit name he wants.

[@LondonPark27]

"Youre not a queen cause you sit on a throne or you rule people. Youre a queen cause you couldn't cut it as a man, so you had to put on a dress, that's why!". -Chichi Rodriguez.

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

Woman: adult human female

[@truthfactreality6814]

"They" need serious psychological help. This is an absolute fact.

[@seank1033]

The world is not responsible for accommodating your "feelings" - which is the central argument over pronouns. People, particularly men, have gone completely soft.

[@zoefloreus7066]

Exactly!!

[@stub1256]

The 'slip' at the beginning of the interview highlighted part of the problem well.

[@notthefather3919]

Linguists agree that languages evolve organically, not by force of the interests of a vocal micro minority.