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@Eastside_Kai @tumultuoscalm Simon pegg, he act voices him in the small animated episode from the comics
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@arthursspoon To me this sounds like he’s clearly being sarcastic? Like I don’t understand how this is being taken literally.
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WELL EVERYONE LET'S WRAP IT UP BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL
captain lesbian ⧗@sapphicaptain
in this clip bradley slutshames gwen and makes rude comments about angel's physical appearance. he enjoyed kissing his white female costar (georgia) and called another hot (katie) but then makes these comments about the only woc on the show. source: s1101.photobucket.com/user/Suriahear…
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@ijbailey He apologized to BAFTA, and on that night, he left the ceremony. However, he never addressed Delroy or Michael by name nor explicitly acknowledged the deep distress, humiliation, and racial harm he caused them by (yes, involuntarily) shouting “niggers” at two Black men.
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Other than why the BBC aired that slur, these are the other important questions. What counts as a "real" apology? He apologized, and even voluntarily left. Was that enough? Also, how are we defining harm here? Who was harmed? And how much?
Uju Anya@UjuAnya
John Davidson’s apology was inadequate, because he didn’t acknowledge the harm his tic caused Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan, which—of course—was not his fault. His “sorry” wouldn’t have been for culpability or ill intent, but to show empathy for the Black people he harmed.
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@Mitch_Henessey6 @annanotherthng @AndyMcCrimmon @ArsenalEnigma @monisha_rajesh He’s a working class caretaker living in one of the most deprived bits of the uk, he made it to the baftas, probably one of the biggest moments of his life and had leave early knowing he caused that much distress and harm. He’s hardly living the dream, is he.
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@Mitch_Henessey6 @annanotherthng @AndyMcCrimmon @ArsenalEnigma @monisha_rajesh Mate don’t be obtuse, there’s no way on earth he’s not aware. He literally left the event early because of it.
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I hope every single person who decided on behalf of Black people that they should shrug off the n-word reads this. His parents cried. The word has more impact than any of us could ever understand so stfu and listen to Black people.
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@quirked_up_anzu Thats not how it works at all. "If i had tourettes" you don't, and you clearly lack the basic understanding of the condition to even have a meaningful conversation about it. - Signed the partner of someone with Tourettes, who has another partner with tourettes.
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if I had tourettes my tics would be shouting "trans rights", "vote", and "black lives matter" because I'm a good fucking person
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@quirked_up_anzu hiya mate just letting u know u don’t get to choose what u say w tourette’s & that’s a known fact ah x
if u got to choose what u wanted to say, it wouldn’t even be tourette’s because it would be voluntary xx
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@quirked_up_anzu Joining a mob pile on against a vulnerable person doesn't strike me as something a good person would do. Neither does having to say I'm a good person. Also I don't think you understand how tourettes works.
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@quirked_up_anzu *I'M A GOOD PERSON*
*Proceeds to grandstand about hypothetically having morally superior tics over a guy actually suffering from an uncontrollable tic disorder*
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@Reina_Calafia @widyeaye @monisha_rajesh How do you know he hasn’t? Why are you assuming the worst of him?
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@widyeaye @monisha_rajesh Davidson should willingly apologize properly to both Delroy and Michael. No diagnosis, condition, or creative context ever makes racial harm acceptable. The victims shouldn't have to accept this behavior all because someone has a disability. A disability isn't permission to harm.
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Having seen the clip of Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo being subjected to the n-word on air at the BAFTAs I hope they were both given formal apologies. The way Black people are expected to remain dignified every time is so unjust.
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Louis Theroux has interviewed paedophiles, nazis, the klan, westboro Baptist church, aryan, conspiracy theorists, sex perverts, South African apartheid adherentsa and ultra Zionists but he loses sponsorship for interviewing someone who criticises Israel?
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@Supergoon231 @ScotNational Lmao he’s an 89 year old man stood there with 2 canes. I think if you can’t piece together his stance on the matter without him holding up a sign then you might be a bit slow
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@ScotNational No balls to hold up a sign declaring his support for Palestine Action then?😂😂😂
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Watch as legendary filmmaker Ken Loach, aged 89, joins an Edinburgh demonstration against the proscription of Palestine Action.
The award-winning director stood with activists wearing shirts reading: "Genocide in Palestine, time to take action.'
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@idkmyheadhurts @arvofart Yeah I didn’t know until I saw this tweet
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Natalie Wynn is a grown woman. She deserves all of the same rights and basic human dignity as anyone else, but she’s fully responsible for her own decisions and words. She’s not a symbol, she’s a person, and she made a terrible statement
Ari Drennen@AriDrennen
You can simply choose not to participate in the public shaming of a trans woman in a world that so often gives us zero grace no matter what we do or say.
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The Reverend Sue Parfitt, an 83-year-old retired Anglican priest from Bristol, was among 20 people arrested in London today "on suspicion" of supporting Palestine Action.
Am I allowed to say she's a hero, or is that banned too?
She's a hero. Please share if you agree.
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I unambiguously support @Pal_action and will continue to do so whatever their status in law.
Peter Mitchell@_bezpilotnik
I unambiguously support @Pal_action and will continue to do so whatever their status in law.
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@AlanRMacLeod I’m pretty sure I saw in another post that this image was made as satire, calling out that Israelis steal parts of Palestinian culture - but just a heads up that it’s not real :)
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Our editor is a woman, our assistant editor is a woman, our newsroom has more than double the amount of female reporters than it does male. Standing up for transgender people who have been relentlessly bullied by the public & media doesn’t make us “anti-women”, it makes us human
The National@ScotNational
This week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an 'anti-woman newspaper'. At The National we deal in truth, and will not be cowed by a billionaire trying to control media output to fit her own worldview, writes our editor Laura Webster✍️
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Madleen, named after a Palestinian fisher, is set to sail today to Gaza to help break the aid blockade imposed by the Israeli army. Stressing its peaceful intentions and nature, the Flotilla announced itself clear of any forms of weaponry.
On board, the team includes: Alana Hadid, Susan Sarandon, Daniel Machover, Abby Martin, Brian Eno, Max Porter, Aiysha Hart, Greta Thunberg, Liam Cunningham, Indya Moore, Guy Pearce, Rahma Zein, Maxine Peake, Melissa Barrera, Lisa Moorish, Nicole Jenes, Juliet Stevenson, Misan Harriman, Khalid Abdalla, Nan Goldin, Susan Abulhawa, Del Naja, and Carice Van.
The ship carries life-saving aid, including baby formula, medical supplies, and more.
The journey begins from European territorial waters, sailing entirely through international waters into Palestinian waters off Gaza.
Official Telegram Channel of Flotilla
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🧵 Roger Waters tried for years to get Thom Yorke to use his “important voice” to help the Palestinians, or to at least stop playing shows in Israel and giving “tacit approval” to their system of apartheid, subjugation, occupation, and colonization.
Email he sent him in 2017:
Caitlin Johnstone@caitoz
The full Thom Yorke statement after 20 months of genocide is pretty much what you'd expect. Shitlib both-sidesing, victim LARPing, blaming Netanyahu for Gaza while whining and denouncing "the unquestioning Free Palestine refrain that surrounds us all" for being too nice to Hamas.
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