John Cleese Pulls Out of Cambridge Union Talk over ‘Woke Rules’(variety.com)
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John Cleese Pulls Out of Cambridge Union Talk over ‘Woke Rules’
https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/john-cleese-cambridge-union-woke-hitler-1235109132/
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So what? It is ok to be upset from time to time. Or even most of the time.
True, but some people might not want to hear from you again if you upset them. It's a pretty marginal/debatable example tbh.
Wow...
The Cambridge Union website really says "Defending Free Speech Since 1815": https://cus.org/
The Cambridge Union website really says "Defending Free Speech Since 1815": https://cus.org/
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Cleese didn't blacklist himself, he cancelled the Cambridge Union. Cambridge suffers the greater loss in that transaction.
They used the Fawlty Towers bit where he literally made fun of hitler...
The bit I'm sure he was referencing was the "Mr Hilter" bits in Monty Python... He literally played Hitler to make fun of him...
It is hilarious though that Cleese can Godwin any argument instantly.
The bit I'm sure he was referencing was the "Mr Hilter" bits in Monty Python... He literally played Hitler to make fun of him...
It is hilarious though that Cleese can Godwin any argument instantly.
I assume that mr Bradwell will be the next on the deny/excludelist for using the word "blacklist"
Good for him. It's sad to see these Universities going so downhill.
Edit:
> In a letter, published on Facebook, Mr Bradwell said Mr Graham-Dixon offended members when he used Hitler's "deplorable" words about Jewish and black people in his speech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-5921439...
That seems like a bad idea. Even if you're not expressing those sentiments yourself, voicing them out loud is certainly going to upset some people.