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Biscuitt@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days ago

Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest

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Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest

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Biscuitt@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days ago
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  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works
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    Wait. In what world is literally telling your followers to physically attack trans people not inciting violence?? What the actual fuck is wrong with everyone involved in this story?

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      Just Met Police things ¯\(ツ)/¯

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police#Controversies

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_sexism_in_the_Metropolitan_Police

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    “Gender critical” “Father Ted creator” Transphobic lunatic Graham Linehan

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    The third, on 20 April, said: “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and, if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”

    Linehan insisted at the time that while he may have been guilty of making a “bad joke”, he had not been aiming to encourage violence.

    Great, now people on TERF island are getting paid to tell their followers to physically assault transgender people.

    The judge found that the writer had taken Brooks’s phone because he was “angry and fed up” and had damaged it by knocking it to the ground.

    The conviction for damaging their mobile phone was also overturned on appeal.

    And get to damage their property without repercussions.

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    Now they can put this saga behind them and get back to arresting 80 year old wheelchair bound “terrorists”

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      New PM is on the way, it’s time to break the age gap

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    If a transphobe is in a space, they are committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and, if all else fails, punch them in the face.

    • NickwithaC@lemmy.world
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      *balls.

      • 𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.au
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        Don’t think Rowling has them.

        • NickwithaC@lemmy.world
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          Only one way to find out…

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    This is bad, actually. “The met no longer investiges non-crime hate incidents”

    Or is it not? I find it hard to tell.

    Also fuck that guy.

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    Someone should kick Graham Linehan in the balls until he is no longer identifiable as a male.

    Remember, this is apparently not considered a call to incite violence, so it’s all OK. :)

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      “This case prompted a significant change, which means the Met no longer investigates non-crime hate incidents“

  • Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    getting paid to sexually harass teenagers??? joke country

  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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    That’s not what I would have given him.

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    Didn’t know the police could apologise to you 💀

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