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One of the celebs who whinged and cried a lot about opposition to the apartheid terrorism directed against the Palestinians being ‘racist’. Yeah, such genuine commitment to anti-racism:

 
Jeff Robinson said:
One of the celebs who whinged and cried a lot about opposition to the apartheid terrorism directed against the Palestinians being ‘racist’. Yeah, such genuine commitment to anti-racism:

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This bit he's done about a sperm sample relates to Israel's treatmet of the Palestinians? :confused:
Or does this relate more to Rachel Riley?
 
Jeff Robinson said:
One of the celebs who whinged and cried a lot about opposition to the apartheid terrorism directed against the Palestinians being ‘racist’. Yeah, such genuine commitment to anti-racism:

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Don't know anything about his politics or pronouncements, but his comedy routine is shite and not at all funny.
 
8ball said:
This bit he's done about a sperm sample relates to Israel's treatmet of the Palestinians? :confused:
Or does this relate more to Rachel Riley?
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Rachel Riley. She’s referring to the set as a whole, which included the Holocaust joke.
 
Jeff Robinson said:
One of the celebs who whinged and cried a lot about opposition to the apartheid terrorism directed against the Palestinians being ‘racist’. Yeah, such genuine commitment to anti-racism:

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What's confusing me here is this tweet was five weeks old before anyone replies to it. In fact the video was put on Netflix on Boxing Day, but the complaints about the "joke" only started last week. :confused:
 
This isn't directly Labour or antisemitism-related, but suppose it might as well go here cos it's the closest thing we have to a Bored of Deputies thread:
www.jewishnews.co.uk

‘Get back on the plane’: Board condemns London visit of far-right Israeli leader - Jewish News

UK Jewish groups distance themselves from Bezalel Smotrich after he said he was visiting to meet rabbis and community leaders
www.jewishnews.co.uk www.jewishnews.co.uk

www.timesofisrael.com

Under fire from mainstream UK Jews, Smotrich says ‘small group’ wants to silence him

Likud party decries 'blunt and shameful' statement by Jewish umbrella organization saying far-right MK is unwelcome in Britain
www.timesofisrael.com www.timesofisrael.com

Maybe I've not been paying attention, but is this a pretty significant shift from the BoD? I can't really think of any previous instances of them telling the Israeli far-right to fuck off that bluntly. Or is this Smotrich actually more objectionable than some of the racist dicks that they've defended in the past?
 
19force8 said:
On the contrary, I think lots of people must have seen it and just thought "bad taste joke about the holocaust, but that's okay because it's about gypsies not jews."
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Well, sure. That’s the problem. But I do think the time lag thing is a product of how television works in the streaming age. I have Netflix and I didn’t even know that show was on there. (Not that I’d have watched anyway). I think probably there was just minimal audience because there’s so much damn content out there.
 
danny la rouge said:
Well, sure. That’s the problem. But I do think the time lag thing is a product of how television works in the streaming age. I have Netflix and I didn’t even know that show was on there. (Not that I’d have watched anyway). I think probably there was just minimal audience because there’s so much damn content out there.
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Yeah, some of the stuff being recommended on the “things to watch on the ViewScreen” threads is stuff that’s been on there for a while.

Also, people with low levels of callousness are unlikely to watch a Jimmy Carr special.
 
danny la rouge said:
Well, sure. That’s the problem. But I do think the time lag thing is a product of how television works in the streaming age. I have Netflix and I didn’t even know that show was on there. (Not that I’d have watched anyway). I think probably there was just minimal audience because there’s so much damn content out there.
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I have Netflix, knew it was on there (before the joke made the press), but didn't watch it.

I still haven't.
 
likesfish said:
Don't know if Carr was just being offensive.
Or was, doing an Alf Garnet and pointing out people's bigatory
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I strongly suspect the latter with the excuse that "it's a comedian's job to push boundaries and make us question our prejudices"

The problem with that is it's a very thin line to tread. Done well (Stewart Lee and James Acaster) it can be really effective, but done badly ("'til death us do part" & "love thy neighbour") it reinforces those prejudices and hurts people.

I haven't watched the show yet and I'd love to have my prejudices challenged, but I ain't holding out a lot of hope. Due in part to a strong dislike of Jimmy Carr :facepalm:
 
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