Is David Tennant The Problem?

[naomi24]

//Rishi Sunak has intervened in a deepening row between Kemi Badenoch and David Tennant over LGBTQ+ rights, appearing to brand the actor “the problem”.

The Doctor Who star said he wished the women and equalities minister would “shut up” and suggested he hoped for a world in which she “doesn’t exist anymore”, while she fired back that he was a “bigot”.

The prime minister waded in on the spat on Wednesday morning, writing on X, formerly Twitter: “Freedom of speech is the most powerful feature of our democracy. If you’re calling for women to shut up and wishing they didn’t exist, you are the problem.”//

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-tennant-kemi-badenoch-lgbt-trans-rights-b2569022.html

 

Why should Kemi Badenoch and other women standing up for women's rights shut up?   I used to like David Tennant.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - // Andy Hughes, he said he wishes the women and the minister would shut up. //

Then he's a boor and an idiot.

I only read of his comment, I didn't see an actual quote of what he said, just concluded what I thought he meant.

I am happy to stand corrected, thank you.

[andy-hughes]

OG - // He probably should've kept them for his mates down the pub, not use them in his capacity as celeb to preach to the world his mistaken view, and attack Kemi. //

This is an unfortunate by-product of our celebrity-obsessed society - we empower famous people as though their fame automatically makes them wiser, and their views more important and valid.

It doesn't, and we should start being more aware that being a famous actor does not automatically hoist your moral compass onto a higher plane, or make you less prone to being an ignorant bigot, it just gives you an unjustified platform to share your pointless opinions with the rest of us.

[douglas9401]

Just another whitey bad, black good story. Move along now.

[dave50]

Why are the vast majority of actors/musicians/artists lefties? What is it with them, why are they afraid to stand up and support normal thinking people? Who are they afraid of?

[andy-hughes]

douglas - // Just another whitey bad, black good story. Move along now. //

Not everyone is willing to reduce a news story into knee-jerk cultural stereotyping.

But we can call on you, should the need ever arise.

[andy-hughes]

dave - // Why are the vast majority of actors/musicians/artists lefties? What is it with them, why are they afraid to stand up and support normal thinking people? Who are they afraid of? //

Because they have a level of empathy and appreciation of life outside themselves, which are essential to form a personality with any level of creativity in it.

If by 'normal thinking people' you mean people who think as you do, there is rather more to the world than that.

[douglas9401]

Thank you for your comment, your thoughts are valuable to us in trying to figure out where we've gone wrong over the years.

Please continue to post at great length on any matter that comes up, quantity is king. x

[andy-hughes]

douglas - // .... quantity is king. x //

No, quality is king, but your posts demonstrate that you still don't understamd what that means.

[THECORBYLOON]

NAOMI, "he said he wishes the women and the minister would shut up".

The link states, 

'The Doctor Who star said he wished the women and equalities minister would “shut up” and suggested he hoped for a world in which she “doesn’t exist anymore”, while she fired back that he was a “bigot”.'

He wasn't referring to woman AND the equalities minister, he was refering to one person, the Minister for Women and Equalities.

If he been referring to women AND the minister, why did he wish that only she did not exist and not include the women he had wished would "shut up"?

[andy-hughes]

Corby - // 'The Doctor Who star said he wished the women and equalities minister would “shut up” and suggested he hoped for a world in which she “doesn’t exist anymore”, while she fired back that he was a “bigot”.' //

The idea behind his statement being that he hoped that there would eventually be no need for an 'Equalities Minister' is fair enough, but he didn't help his case by stating that anyone at all should 'shut up'.

Free speech gives him a platform, he should not be keen to use it to deny the same to others.

[douglas9401]

I know what I meant, Mr Hughes, but carry on with your lastwordery, I'm off to bed.

Best to the family, I guess they send you here so they don't have to suffer.

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm not arguing that, I'm pointing out he was referring only to one woman and not including other women in his comment.

[THECORBYLOON]

If he had referred to "women AND THE equalities Minister" that would have meant the Minister and (some) women.

[andy-hughes]

Douglas - It's too hot to be sniping, sleep well.

[Mozz71]

I'll be interested to find more information of Tennant's so-called "transing up" of one of his kids. All four appear to be of their birth gender (although his oldest boy has extremely long blonde hair, he still appears to be a he)

[jno]

their eldest is non-binary, which I believe is why the Father Ted writer called him an abusive groomer. People do get carried away with the parenting of others, though I would have thought politicians might have other things to do at the moment.

[youngmafbog]

It's her job.

If you dont like her or the country you know what you can do.

[dave50]

Non binary, fgs! Attention seeking more like. Just look down, see what's between your legs, theres your answer, accept it and get on with your life.

[Mozz71]

The eldest son is non-binary? So the 20-something son his wife had before they met and he adopted? So the so-called "transing up" isn't any kind of child abuse as hinted at in previous posts here, but just showing support to his adult son on a personal matter of gender fluidity?

 

My God, the man's a monster.

[Khandro]

Just to add. Mary Wakefield writing in The Spectator (15th June) 

......Also available at Waterstones, in the children’s history section, is a jolly cartoon book by Emilie Dufresne called Pride in Sport (reading age seven-11 years), which celebrates gay athletes throughout history. The martial arts fighter Fallon Fox, a man who identifies as a woman, is pictured as a smiling young cartoon girl. He has a speech bubble: ‘It’s not about the genitals… it’s not the chromosomes. It’s the thing located inside the cranium!’ What the real Fallon actually said, after he cracked two female opponents’ skulls, was: ‘See, I love smacking up TERFS in the cage!’