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    Linehan objects to Father Ted episode on Eurovision

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    3. Mobrules2 on

      Linehan is a perfect example of how bigoted people will adopt and support each other.

      He used to be vocally pro-Palestine but now he has to tow the right-wing line on everything so they support him in his war on transgender people.

    4. irradiatiessence on

      Linehan’s funniest episode was his wife leaving him. Fantastic writing and a brilliant outcome.

    6. DMattyD on

      Thats cool. I object in the strongest possible terms to every view this man has expoused since his headloss. Both of these objections are as effective as the other.

    8. AluminiumCrackers on

      > In a petition shared on social media, Linehan accused RTÉ of using the episode as “a tool of antisemitic harassment” and called for the resignation of RTÉ Director-General Kevin Bakhurst.

      He is such a melt.

    11. JohnjoM8 on

      And can I get a show of hands for anyone caring what Linehan thinks…..

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    13. diarm on

      They should air Ru Pauls Drag Race immediately afterwards just to properly send him over the edge.

      Any chance we can just wall off an area of Leitrim or Carlow and throw himself, Burke, O’Doherty and the rest of the nutters in there out of the way? 5 years away from the internet and we might be able to reintroduce them to the wild.

    14. TheRealPaj on

      I like some of his shows, BUT, I will never tire of telling how this supposed ‘comedy legend’ tried insulting me with ‘beardy’. That was it. ‘Beardy’.

      Yes Graham, I have a beard. How perceptive of you. But I can shave my beard, if I so desire. You’ll always be a prick.

    17. FairGoodTipp97 on

      Honestly, the night of the Eurovision I’m going to broaden my mind a little bit by rereading William Shatner Tekwars

    18. laluneodyssee on

      Since Linehan feel of the rails, I found it a little difficult to separate the art from the artist when it came to some of the shows he worked on.

      In a weird way, his opposition here has helped me a small bit get over what a bigoted fuck he is.

    20. Irishwol on

      Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … Ha! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … Ha! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … Ha! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha … !!!

    22. Lynch8933 on

      He has fallen down this Israeli rabbit hole. The Linehan of 30 years ago would have had a field day with this current version of himself

    23. imgirafarigmi on

      I took a bullet for all of ye and listened to him on the Joe Rogan podcast. A hard pair to listen to. It’s a few hours I can’t get back in my life, but I’m glad to know a bit more about him.

      He’s obsessed with the transgender boogieman and shoehorns it in to the conversation at every chance. I don’t think it’s an act. He seems convinced that an epidemic of perverts are running into womens’ bathrooms and that boys are commonly being castrated.

    24. qwerty_1965 on

      You know who I feel sorry for. Arthur Matthews. So much of his work now associated entirely with Linehan.

    25. Flaky_Zombie_6085 on

      “I do not give my permission” – and since when is his permission needed?

    26. blipblopthrowawayz on

      Linehan would protest the sky if he wanted to argue it’s colour was arse. He’s a bully who goes after everyone in his sights, even people who’ve worked with him and were his friends at one point.

    30. Kneon_Knight on

      There is so much mental illness with that man now. I hope he gets help. He brought so much joy to my life over the decades.

    31. Diligent-Ad4777 on

      This guy could have been a national hero and dined out on fr Ted for the rest of his life. Now he’s a laughing stock and his views have sullied a beloved tv show

    32. oldappian on

      He calls it ‘my show’ but it was co-created with the brilliant Arthur Matthews.

      Linehan is so far gone, he must lead a pretty lonely existence, trapped in his own madness.

    33. CodSafe6961 on

      When you lose all your friends and the only people left to hang out with are massive right wing psychopaths so you have to fit in with them now.
      The crazy thing is the original IT crowd episode wasn’t really that bad and the joke was more on Matt Berry’s character.
      He has basically thrown his life away making everything about trans issues when it he just shut up and moved on back then, he would still be highly regarded.

    35. jumpbutton23 on

      Linehan has pretty much given the game away for the entire right wing grifting aparatus. Some people give the illusion of having serious moral and intellectual convictions on some topics but not him. He has openly stated that, basically, he thinks “the left” were soooooo wrong about trans people that he automatically adopts the opposite standpoint to “them” on every issue. He has no disagreements big or small with the generic, boiler plate right wing collection of opinions – because he doesn’t seem to really think very deeply about any of them. He is the definition of ‘well this will trigger the libs, so this is what I will say’. He spent years being pro-Palestine and broadly liberal on most topics but now that his entire life is consumed by Culture War Team Sports and he’s on one specific team, he loves Israel.

      There truly is no hatred quite like transphobia, in terms of how it poisons your brain.

    36. MrMercurial on

      Must be nice for him to think about something other than trans people for once.

    38. WilsonWaits2 on

      The same tired line about how criticising the actions of Isreal is antisemitic.
      Complete nonsense – if anything it’s exactly the opposite

    39. Specific-Manager-125 on

      What an utter tool ….opposing Israel is not anti semitism ….its pretty easy to understand if you’re not a reactionary knuckledragging fool

      Although I’d like to thank him as he makes me happy to know the boycott is really pissing off his ilk

    40. dangerdouse1888 on

      Annoys me so much the ignorance of people on the right in relation to what’s happening in Palestine

      If you are right wing fair enough people are entitled to their views but to purposely put your head in the sand and blindly support Israel purely because the “other side” rightfully supports Palestine is pathetic