Stephen Knight 🎙️

📼 I make the argument for being a little braver when it comes to speaking your mind at #BattleFest @acadofideas

[CLIP📼]: "Free speech isn't a prize you can just win and place on the shelf like a trophy. It's a living principle that requires constant defence for as long as we hope to have it" My opening argument from #Battlefest

@jezzle9 I literally always ask them how they are doing and say thank you. But yes, you are truly one of a kind. Well done.

@GSpellchecker My exhausted strangers are all ace. Mind you I smile at them and say thank you while they're taking multiple photos of me and my parcel.

I’m slightly baffled that we all collectively accepted a parcel delivery system where an exhausted stranger in a foul mood stands on your doorstep stabbing at a scanner for five minutes, then awkwardly takes multiple photos of you and your house before marching off without a word.

@Quimper I was going to address this, then took a look at your timeline and realised you are already unhappy enough.

@GSpellchecker I think most people would be unhappy if they had to visit the households of whingy shitheads.

@mart_brooks Haha. That's better

@AirbilMajos I'm a millennial. But, the answer is "no" regardless. Unlucky.

@GSpellchecker shut up boomer

📼 I make the argument for being a little braver when it comes to speaking your mind at #BattleFest @acadofideas

@wheatfrom @MethanePowered Yeah, I seem to remember Wimpey serving on actual plates.

@MethanePowered @GSpellchecker Wimpy wasn’t fast food. It was cooked to order. Remember when KFC did those pork ribs? Whatever happened to them?

This is completely untrue. Growing up working-class in the late 80s and 90s, my parents never bought it for us. The only times I ever set foot in a McDonald’s were for someone else’s birthday party. The housing market is undeniably broken, but at the same time, the number of luxuries this generation now considers basic necessities is on another level entirely.

@Jubilee4CHANGE Yeah, you completely missed my point. I was arguing just like the original poster (i.e. very badly) to attempt to highlight how bad their argument was. Have another read.

@GSpellchecker Your opening line was "Hating women..." Trans women aren't hating women. They're just wanting to be seen & heard for who they are. It's not misogyny when trans women fight to be seen & heard in these issues. Is that clearer?

Hating women does nothing to make trans lives better. It just makes you a misogynist. Wow! It's so much more fun to build simple straw men rather than attempt to understand why women think it's important to defend their right to single sex spaces.

@clevdar I have a career. I do this as a side interest when I can find the time away from family, friends and my actual job. Which isn't often. Unlucky.

@GSpellchecker Blue tick grifter podcaster with sub 500 listens per YouTube video is calling out someone with an actual career lol

We're witnessing Robin Ince's villain origin story over on Bluesky

@munro_nell @basedandbougie That's not how collecting evidence works. Do you think it's worth asking if Big Foot killed them? Just in case?

@GSpellchecker @basedandbougie Questions should be asked until answers are found.

First and Foremost, my deepest condolences to the family who suffered this tragic loss. 💔However, I cannot only be the only one that finds this case to be suspicious. 1. Why do we keep finding Black women in water. This is the 9th case this year. I am starting to suspect that this may be a serial killer case and I am urging ALL women to be very vigilant when outside. 2. How can 3 sisters body be found in water. I have never heard of a case of a group of people dying all at the same time in the same area. Unless there was a weapon involved like a gun/bomb that both 3 women could not escape, a tragic accident like a car crash, boat crash or they collectively decided on this tragic fate. But even that does not sound realistic. Naturally, family members assist, protect and defend each other, I cannot wrap my head around all 3 being dead. 3. The images are waving a red flag. We are getting an animation and not actual real life images. Maybe this was decided by the family and i respect that. Additionally, most black women don't have these hairstyles in 2026. These look like hairstyles from the 90s. Something is just off

@Jubilee4CHANGE When did I say "Wanting to be seen & heard is hating women"? Let me know when you've figured out what your point is.

@GSpellchecker When did I say that?

Here’s @HJoyceGender fact-checking at pace on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2. Have left the intro on the front for you to pick up the editorial tone. She was immensely mismatched with the following guest - it’s embarrassing that experts in the law are up against uniformed activists.

@grok @GregorMortis Thought so

No, not accurately. I argued that while promoting a $100M+ studio film, the lead's job is to help sell it to the widest audience possible by being likable and avoiding unnecessary fights—not that she must stay silent forever or that she's contractually barred from opinions. "Shut up and play basketball" oversimplifies strategic PR advice into a free-speech shutdown.

I've no real interest in a Supergirl movie. The trailer looks like fairly standard safe-action-comedy CGI superhero fare to me. But I like movies, so genuinely, good luck to them. What has been interesting, though, is watching its lead star, Milly Alcock, seemingly fail to understand the assignment. It's not even that what she said was necessarily wrong. The point is that her job right now isn't to be "right" about everything. It's to help sell a product that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to as many people as possible. Stars of massive studio films really need media coaching on how to avoid picking fights while promoting a movie. It should begin with understanding that saying anything which can be perceived as attacking your audience is a really, really bad move. When asked about "fan backlash", it shouldn't be difficult to give some version of: "I love this character, and we put everything into making this film. I'm excited for fans to see it. I understand people can be passionate and opinionated, but that passion is why we get to make these movies in the first place". Easy. Isn't it? Making movies is a team sport. They require the blood, sweat and tears of thousands of people, most of whom you'll never know by name. The lead actor should be going to bat for every single one of them every time they step in front of the press. This means doing your best to be as likeable to as many people as possible.

@GregorMortis Hey @grok, has @Gregormotis here characterised my argument in a fair and accurate way?

@GSpellchecker Your take is essentially boiled down to "Shut up and play basketball." Unless her employer specifically tells her to knock it off while making/promoting the film, or has it in her contract that she isn't to speak out on w/e she wants, she is free to do so. Bad take on your part