graham linehan and the gays who fangirl over him
they're letting him get away with homophobia. it needs to stop.
Fangirling. What is it? According to Urban Dictionary, it's a person accused of behaving excitedly toward an individual or some fandom. Is the term meant to be complimentary? That depends on the situation.
A few years back, someone accused me of fangirling over Milo Yiannapolous. It was not meant to be a compliment. The person who said it was a petty and vindictive self-loathing prick who kept trying to engage in character debates with me and lost. Alot. A whole lot.
Is the person still at it? Likely. I've not heard from the coward and hypocrite since Yiannopolous' fall from public grace. Rather than staying true to his beliefs regarding feminists and transgender people, for example, Milo abandoned them, and his allies and supporters to join the ex-gay circuit.
And that, as the saying goes, was the end of that.
But what's not of end is the practice of gay people fangirling over celebrities who are homophobic.
Here in the movement to disassociate the gay community from the transgender community - transgenderism is a homophobic movement that directly opposes the interests of LGB people, for those who haven't yet gotten the memo - a significant portion of the LGB community keep condoning the actions of a certain is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist who, on at least three occasions has used homophobic slurs against gays.
His name? Graham Linehan.
I was unable to ascertain exactly when Linehan became part of the anti-transgender circuit. But according to one online source, it started in 2020 when UK TV network Channel 4 removed an episode of The IT Crowd, a British television sitcom written and directed by Mr. Linehan was criticized as transphobic.
The incident led to Linehan becoming involved in anti-transgender activism and making statements such as transgender activism endangers women, likened the use of puberty blockers to Nazi eugenics.
Linehan's so-called "anti-transgender" views led to the end of both Linehan’s TV career and marriage. To maintain his high-income lifestyle, Linehan rebranded himself an LGB rights activist. He created an audio/video podcast, has a Substack, wrote a book, and frequently travels around the world to speak on women and trans issues.
To be clear, I don't have a problem with any of it. Well, I do wish I was afforded the same opportunities he's gotten but let me not dwell on the past. It's unhealthy and discouraging.
But somewhere along his journey to redemption, Linehan, on at least three occasions has generated a fanbase of notable gay and bisexual men and women, people who more or less have allowed Linehan to engage in homophobic name-calling and rhetoric.
To be fair, his targets have been mostly LGB trans rights campaigners who have used their wealth, celebrity, and or political celebrity to make the case for trans inclusion, people who are clearly delusional and out of touch with reality.
But just because they are, that doesn't mean we should be giving Linehan a license to call people groomers and pedophiles, let alone attack gay political viewpoints and theories.
Just because queer theory has been perverted by special interest groups and bad actors existing under the guise of "LGBTQ" doesn't give Linehan the right to use it as a social weapon.
No, yes, gay activists have a duty and obligation to prevent people from exploiting our social issues. That includes Graham Linehan.
That said, it should come as no surprise that many of the people letting Liinehan "get away with it" are the same people who have resorted to the lowest forms of smear, a lot of times for clicks and likes, but most times it's for their own personal satisfaction and moral purification.
Who they be? I'd name them but I risk leaving someone out and - wait for it - that wouldn't be fair.
Are these people fangirling? Yes, they are. It needs to stop.