I'd say Graham linehan just for the extent of the screeching bigotry when he came out as a transphobe. But Philip Pullman was a kind of big one personally because I loved his books when I was a kid.
Linehan being a huge transphobic ass is such a letdown. The IT Crowd episode with "the internet" was one of my favorites, and I didn't interpret the joke as being anti trans, since it relied on Douglas being both a dunce and a jerk for humor. Despite the edginess, I guess, of the interviewer lady acting like a stereotypical man, I thought the entire point of it was to laugh at Douglas for both not listening when she tried to be upfront and for getting so hung up on it when he finally realized. I mean, at the end, he's crying about losing her, despite getting in a fight that's entirely his fault, even if there's some tropes being used.
Came out in support of J.K. Rowling during the whole terf meltdown thing.
Edit to clarify: during the shitshow around J K. Rowling going full terf he complained about divisiveness on both sides of the debate and went on to Twitter asking people to help him pick a side, then put out a tweet that was along the lines of, "I don't hate trans people but the terf's concerns are all completely valid."
I'll see if I can find the tweets if I can.
Damnit. I just bought the His Dark Materials series for my kid. Figured "author of a notably atheist series" was safe enough. TERF island overcomes everyone, apparently.
I'd say Graham linehan just for the extent of the screeching bigotry when he came out as a transphobe. But Philip Pullman was a kind of big one personally because I loved his books when I was a kid.
Linehan being a huge transphobic ass is such a letdown. The IT Crowd episode with "the internet" was one of my favorites, and I didn't interpret the joke as being anti trans, since it relied on Douglas being both a dunce and a jerk for humor. Despite the edginess, I guess, of the interviewer lady acting like a stereotypical man, I thought the entire point of it was to laugh at Douglas for both not listening when she tried to be upfront and for getting so hung up on it when he finally realized. I mean, at the end, he's crying about losing her, despite getting in a fight that's entirely his fault, even if there's some tropes being used.
Guess I was wrong, though.
Oh no, what's Pullman done?
Came out in support of J.K. Rowling during the whole terf meltdown thing.
Edit to clarify: during the shitshow around J K. Rowling going full terf he complained about divisiveness on both sides of the debate and went on to Twitter asking people to help him pick a side, then put out a tweet that was along the lines of, "I don't hate trans people but the terf's concerns are all completely valid." I'll see if I can find the tweets if I can.
That really sucks, I liked the His Dark Materials trilogy as a teenager, and not just because of the deicide.
Not the absolute worst, but still illustrative of the Boomer Brain Worms they seem to infest the entire generation.
Damnit. I just bought the His Dark Materials series for my kid. Figured "author of a notably atheist series" was safe enough. TERF island overcomes everyone, apparently.