• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    TIL the creator of Father Ted is a bigot. Fuckin bummer. Why can’t these assholes keep their shitty opinions to themselves?

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      He wrote an otherwise funny episode of the IT crowd, but the B plot involved violence against a trans woman. When he was criticized for it, the universe presented him with a choice:

      • reflect on one cheap joke, or
      • make it his whole identity