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The Brendan O'Neill Show

74: The rise of woke homophobia, with James Dreyfus

The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Actor James Dreyfus joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the cruelty of cancel culture, how radicals became censors and how gender ideology undermines gay rights.

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The adults are indulging the children because they're still to go, I don't like what he believes.

0:58.5

And the adults go, oh well, we'll make it okay for you. You know, we'll make it okay so you're

1:03.9

not offended and you feel unsafe. People are afraid of opinions now. People are afraid of what

1:09.7

of belief. When people ask you, what are your pronouns? This is not a question. This is a test,

1:16.0

because if you don't answer, oh, he, him, immediately. And you say, you can just call me James.

1:24.1

Oh, oh, yeah. That person will go to someone else. He's a transfer. He's a test.

1:32.7

Hello and welcome to the Brendan O'Neal show with me, Brendan O'Neal. This is a podcast in which

1:38.4

an esteemed guest joins me to talk about the big ideas, the bad ideas, the problems and the

1:43.6

controversies of life in the early 21st century. In this episode, I am delighted to be joined by James

1:50.0

Dreyfus. James is an actor. He's widely known for his excellent work in TV and theatre. His TV

1:56.4

shows include the thin blue line and gimme, gimme, gimme. And he's also appeared in films including

2:01.8

Notting Hill. More recently, James has been one of the very few creatives who's put his head

2:06.7

above the parapet on the issue of cancel culture and so-called wokeness. In particular, James has

2:12.5

raised some really important questions about how trans activism is impacting on women's rights

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