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Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales (news.sky.com)

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[+] DessertStorms@kbin.social -8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This just in: famous rich white man who jumps, unprovoked, to the defence of another famous rich white man openly being Islamophobic, to defend said Islamophobia, and who, years later maintains the position that punching down at marginalised and oppressed people is perfectly acceptable (nice selective quoting there) - not a bigot!

Oh no, wait, looks like it's actually bigots defending bigots all the way down.. ¯\(ツ)/¯

(E: also, because apparently it still needs saying - being a comedian isn't a magic bullet that somehow nullifies bigotry, just like saying "it's just a joke!" after saying something vile isn't)

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wasn't selective in the quotes, I copied his entire statement. But I don't really care if you think he's a bigot, and I'm not trying to convince you he's not. Maybe he is, I don't know him personally.

All I'm saying is that you haven't presented anything convincing to support he is. I disagree with him, but I don't see anything bigoted about his statement.

Or, are you implying that I'm a bigot too because I disagree with you?