• victron@programming.devEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    So, Lemmings only go with titles, instead of reading the article, like redditors? Smh my head

  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    11 months ago

    Cleverly made the joke to female guests while attending a Downing Street reception earlier this month.

    Yikes! The added context makes it even worse.

  • HipPriest@kbin.social
    01·
    11 months ago

    God’s sake. I mean… At least he’s apologising? I could imagine some of our recent lot doubling down on this and refusing to give in to wokeness blah blah blah…

    But yeah. I’m really trying hard to be charitable cos it’s Christmas and everything. That’s not really pleasant stuff to hear from the guy who is in charge of the Police (over 1,100 under investigation for sexual assault or domestic violence atm)

  • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneEnglish
    02·
    11 months ago

    OH HO HO HAH HAH!!! RAPE JOKES EH WOT?!?

    SO TERRIBLY WITTY EH OLD CHAP?!?

    MARVELLOUS I SAY, MARVELLOUS!!!

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      He didn’t make a joke about raping his wife, it was a self deprecating joke about making it so his wife wouldn’t realize there are better men out there.

      But good on you for being so offended by something that didn’t even happen. Marvelous, I say, marvelous.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    11 months ago

    He made a joke in poor taste about his own wife. Not like he advocated raping strangers. Not like he advocated raping his own wife, it was a poor joke. It was meant in a self-deprecating manor.

    Jesus people, let a bad joke go. I’m quite sure he hates himself for it and is quite regretful. Or shall we beat his ass more?

    When conservatives talk “cancel culture”, this is the kinda thing they point to. Don’t feed them ammo.

    • ThenThreeMore@startrek.websiteEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      He’s a Tory. I very much doubt he feels bad about the joke, more likely just feels bad that he got caught. Last month in parliament if you believe his accuser he called a constituency a shit hole and if you believe his defence he called a fellow MP a shit hole.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      11 months ago

      quite sure he hates himself for it and is quite regretful.

      He’s a Tory politician. He wouldn’t hate himself for selling his mom for an extra year of shitting on poor people and immigrants. He definitely doesn’t hate himself for this.

      He hates that he was called out for it, but that’s it.

  • nekandro@lemmy.mlEnglish
    04·
    11 months ago

    According to MBFC, CNN has bias by omission and consistently fails fact checks. Not sure why this story is allowed.