Comedians Richard Ayoade and Jonathan Ross today joined a rapidly growing list of popular entertainment stars whom trans activists are trying to cancel after they commended Father Ted writer Graham Linehan’s new book. The Mail has more.
The pair’s ‘crime’ – according to the campaigners – was to review a book written by controversial comedy writer Graham Linehan.
Mr. Linehan is a long-time target of activists, who shut down his planned appearance at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival. He performed elsewhere in the city.
Last night, he announced he had written a book about his experiences of going from the widely-celebrated writer of Father Ted and The IT Crowd to being cancelled.
The front cover of ‘Tough Crowd‘ features two quotes from Mr. Ayoade and Mr. Ross.
Mr. Ayoade, who shot to fame playing Maurice Mosse on The IT Crowd, said: “His brilliance in prose is equal to his brilliance as a scriptwriter.”
Mr. Ross’s featured remark said: “A must-read book – funny and utterly compelling.”
The innocuous comments sparked an online pile-on from activists directed at the two comedians.
Bad Writing Takes fumed on Twitter: “LGBTQ+ fans have been shocked and disappointed to discover that along with the usual collection of transphobes, Graham ‘Glinner’ Linehan’s new book contains an endorsement from Richard Ayoade.
“Ayoade has not publicly endorsed transphobic or anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry before.'”
Jen Ives claimed: “Just tore down my topless Richard Ayoade poster.”
Trans woman and broadcaster India Willoughby posted online: “Well that’s Richard Ayoade in the bin, along with already confirmed TERF [trans-exclusionary radical feminist] Jonathan Ross.
“What is wrong with these people?”
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“What is wrong with these people?”
Yes, that’s what the majority have been wondering since this nonsense started years ago India, or Ian or Wayne or whatever your name is, fella.
I’ve decided it’s one or more of: low self-esteem, personality disorder, mental illness, sexual frustration and perversion, pig ignorance, or no-other-hobby narcissism.
Which is it with you Ian / Wayne?
You mean Jonathan Willoughby.
It’s mental illness. Sans doubt,
I wonder if snivelling apologies will follow from Ayoade and Ross. I do hope not, but that tends to be the norm these days.
Somehow, I don’t think so, HP. The Trans activists are on the backfoot now. They’ve played their hand and lost. They’re being shown up for what they are – mad!
I hope you are right Aethelred.
I don’t know enough about Richard Ayoade, but I cannot imagine Jonathan Ross apologising. He couldn’t look his friends, Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand, in the eye if he did. Jonathan and Russell have been through far worse, and survived. (Russell thrived.)
What could they apologise for?
RA: “His brilliance in prose is equal to his brilliance as a scriptwriter.”
Hardly controversial!
JR: “A must-read book – funny and utterly compelling.”
Who would argue with that?
What needs to happen now is a massive pile on on the side of Linehan, Aoyade and co against the trans terrorists.
Come.on for god sakes, the rest of the industry, get up a bit of moral courage and put an end to this relentless badgering by these intolerant militants.
What you’re saying would be great to see but they won’t though. Ayoade is globalist establishment to the bone. Cut him and he bleeds rainbow blood and HSBC cash. Ross got ‘educated’ about ‘trans issues’ by his daughter..
This will only stop when the crowd starts turning against the mob instigators.
It just needs to happen once. They are cowards who will crumble and retreat at the first sign of proper pushback.
For ‘moral courage,’ read cojones. More than appropriate given the circ’s.
They’re friggin’ barmpots, the lot of ’em. Except it’s more malicious than being just plain loopy but harmless and the crazies are everywhere. There’s no escaping this mind virus, and it’ll take more than a flaming face nappy to protect yourself from their ill effects. In France they’re having a whinge and trying to persecute a male gynaecologist because he stated biological facts, what with being an expert in this particular field and all. I guess they want to make it a crime to say a man can’t have a cervix. Good on him for giving as good as he gets. We must not capitulate to the nutjobs or be harassed into submission by the screaming banshees.
”An LGBTI rights organization in France is calling on the Minister of Equality to intervene in the case of a gynecologist who they are accusing of “transphobia.”
On September 8, SOS Homophobie, which describes itself as a “national association against LGBTIphobia” took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn a gynecologist for stating he only provided services to females. The comment from Dr. Victor Acharian, who operates in the Pau region, was made in reply to a Google review he received in which a trans-identified male’s partner complained that Acharian refused to provide services to him.
“It was my trans partner’s first appointment. He refused to see her, his secretary threw us away coldly. I advise against [visiting]. Never again,” the review stated.
In response, Acharian replied directly.
“SIR, I am a gynecologist, and I take care of real women. I have no skills to take care of MEN, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they [have] become women. My GYNECOLOGICAL examination table is not suitable for examining men. You have specialized and very competent services to take care of men like you,” Acharian wrote, emphasizing his text with capitalized letters. “Thank you for informing TRANS people to never come for consultation with me.”
https://reduxx.info/french-lgbti-organization-calls-for-gynecologist-to-be-condemned-after-he-stated-he-only-serves-real-women/
A web search for gynecologist produced the following ‘nice’ definition:
A gynecologist is a doctor who specializes in female reproductive health. They diagnose and treat issues related to the female reproductive tract. This includes the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and breasts.
Anyone with female organs may see a gynecologist. And 80% of those who see one are between 15 and 45 years old.
Emphasis mine. Presumably, at some point in time, mere female organists may no longer call themselves women unless some expert has classed them as such.
What is wrong with those people? Even the former German leader from the last war wasn’t all bad. He was a vegetarian animal lover, and his book is still on sale.
More distraction and division fodder for the parasitic class’ cloaking devices.
Just bought the book.
Amazon ‘Best Seller’ already, #1 in in ‘Actors & Entertainers Biographies’, four weeks before it’s published, and it was only announced last night!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/books/270437/ref=zg_b_bs_270437_1
Graham said it will also eventually be on Audible.
It can be purchased here if anyone prefers:
https://www.eye-books.com/books/tough-crowd
I’m sure it will also be on sale in Waterstones in the run up to Christmas, if you can find where their woke staff have hidden it.
Well done Will for providing a link to buy the book that isn’t Amazon. I choose not to shop with them because because of their lack of workers rights, use of zero hours contracts etc. I’m not sure how woke they are, but I’m sure they’re at least part way down the woke rabbit hole.
Have ordered the book, if nothing else Graham deserves a bit of dosh and a strong show of support, although I’m sure it’ll be a cracking read. Can’t wait for October to get my copy.
They’re not people. It’s a movement run by the same organizations that financed feminism, BLM and anything else that served the purpose of divide and rule. It’s a mistake to get involved. Another rabbit hole to dive into which slows The People from working towards a single goal: Get off the FIAT financial system and expand those different ways to trade over which the private bankers have no control, ridding us of inflation and interest. He who controls the money supply…
I’ve just checked, and the hardback edition is currently No 2 in the whole Amazon UK chart.
The ebook isn’t out until 12th October, but I’ll be buying it.
Can’t remember who said it (might have been Nerdrotic on YT) but the list of cancelled artists is now so long they’re beginning to outnumber the wokerati conformists. It’s now a badge of honour so wear it well. (I would say pride but, you know, reasons.) And great advertising for the book – you go, Graham!