David Tennant - Kemi Badenoch

[5 In a Row]

Killboy said:

Lets draw this out.

The "Minister for Women and Equalities" is having a spat with some who has just won an award for being a celebrity ally at the British LGBT Awards, calling him "A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology".

Quite.
Who is it that's bringing race into it.

[Killboy]

5 In a Row said:

Quite.
Who is it that's bringing race into it.

Race is the least funny part of it all.

[biggbn]

Hants PHer said:

Countdown said:

It’s not censorship. DT has zero ability to “censor “ Badenoch (as evidenced by her playing the “is it coz I’m a woman “ card?

I’d rather people virtue signalled like Tennant than Twunt- signalled like Badenoch, Braverman et al

I agree that DT has, thankfully, zero powers of censorship. I was replying to biggbn who suggested that, more generally, censorship was acceptable for those in public office. I don't think it is, subject to the law of course.

I also agree that Kemi's response was a bit silly, in that Tennants' remarks were neither misogynistic nor racist, just daft in my opinion.

It appears that you approve of people being daft and rude (Tennant) if you agree with them. If you don't (Kemi) then you dismiss them with an insult. Got it.

I certainly never suggested censorship was ok. Tenant has no power to censor Badenoch. It was a comment intended as a criticism of the content of her 'output' and ability. ..I'm sure I don't reqlly have to explain that, unless you think that having played a fictitious but very powerful Time Lord actually imbues Tenant with the power of censorship?

[Murph7355]

captain_cynic said:

This.

By drawing attention to it, it's only amplified Tennant's sentiments.

Terrible optics for the Tories... Homophobic politician vs beloved British actor... What's she going to do for an encore, take a st through Judy Dench's letterbox?

It shows neither of them, nor the organisations they work for/support, in an especially good light.

He'd have been much better off keeping specific people out if it. Say thanks for the award and that you'll continue fighting for the rights of people.

She'd have been much better off saying "That's not an especially nice thing to wish upon people you do not know (and I quite liked you in DrWho). For the record I take equality very seriously" (or just not bother saying anything at all).

Nobody wins in these sorts of situation. But everybody thinks they have.

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Interesting article from a former Revolutionary Communist Party member https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/06/25/david-ten...