John Cleese: "Room for hope?"

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

John Cleese @JohnCleese

Just reading about how, during his last moments in the bunker in Berlin, Hitler was beside himself with fury, screaming blame on the German people for letting him down

Then he shot himself

Room for hope ?

12:19 PM · Dec 24, 2020

[Blecht]

1. I hope John doesn't end up in Twitmo for this

That is where I am until Saturday for expressing similar sentiments.

[Lunabell]

2. I used to love John Cleese.

Until he came out anti trans. Very disheartening.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. I didn't know that about him

He joins J. K. Rowling.

[Lunabell]

6. Surprised me.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/john-cleese-transphobic-tweets-jk-rowling-1234837693/

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. It's a shame. It reminds me of when most gay people were closeted

They stayed in the closet for fear that they would be discriminated against, shunned by friends and family, or even become victims of violence. Because they were closeted, most people didn't "know" any gay people, anti-gay bigotry perpetuated and most straight people just didn't get it

But then, little by little, gay people started coming out of the closet. People got to know them and found out they're just like other people. They have flaws, just like straight people. Some are wonderful, some are jerks, and some are somewhere in between, just like straight people.

So now, trans and non-binary people are starting to be more open about their gender. Many cisgender people still don't understand trans folk because they've never known any, but little by little, as trans folk people are open about their gender, more cisgender folks will get to know them and hopefully accept them, but there will always be bigots who don't.

[Lunabell]

20. I just don't understand how people can be so hurtful.

Especially someone whom I looked up to and thought had more sense than that.

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. People will surprise you

On one hand, he seems quite against Trump, but on the other hand he has this issue with trans people. But you have to remember that he's still an 81 year old fart, married to a woman 30 years younger.

One would think that having a gay member of Monty Python, Graham Chapman, might make Cleese more understanding, but apparently not. The thing is, Cleese didn't CHOOSE to be a straight cisgender man, he just is. Why can't he accept that everyone isn't the same?

I have a second cousin who is trans, female to male, and when he came out as a man, I wasn't all that surprised. In his case, I think there's a genetic component. He ALWAYS, wanted to wear boy clothes and wore his hair very short. When he hit puberty, he grew a lot of body hair as well as hair on his face. He has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, so his life has always been difficult.

But when he let everyone know his name was Joey, not Julie, I just wanted him to be happy. It took a little getting used to for his parents and grandparents, but they were okay with it and like me, they just want him to be happy. He's very involved in his church and when he told his pastor, the pastor just asked him if he wanted to be baptized again with his new name. He said yes!

Being kind and accepting doesn't cost anyone a damn thing. I wish Cleese and JK Rowling understood that.

[Grokenstein]

12. That, and his "London isn't an English city anymore" garbage.

Too many of those he used to refer to as "n*****s" in his scripts for MPFC and Fawlty Towers, I guess.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/may/29/john-cleese-criticised-for-saying-london-is-no-longer-an-english-city

[lame54]

4. 2nd amendment solution

[KPN]

5. Fingers crossed.

[bringthePaine]

7. even if the orange obesity tried, he'd miss, and still claim he made the shot...🤣🏌🏽‍♂️

[KS Toronado]

8. Just like his golf games........

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. ... where every hit off the tee is a hole-in-one.

[janterry]

9. Love, love, love John Cleese

so funny

[Submariner]

10. Thanks John Cleese....cuz i got alerted recently for saying the same thing in GD

Please don't alert Cleese's tweet.

[kskiska]

11. He wouldn't have the guts.

[calimary]

13. I like the image in your sig line.

That looks like one of my senators (Ron Wyden) walking out on trump in the middle of the fawning applause while Nancy Pelosi ripped up trump's script.

Quite satisfying!

[cureautismnow]

16. JC FTW

[W T F]

17. And we all know that The White House already has bunker for his convenience.

[safeinOhio]

18. He tends to screw things up.

I'd bet he closes his eyes when he fires the gun and misses.

tis only a flesh wound.

[paleotn]

19. Certainly would solve a lot of problems....

Mom use to say...if you can't say something nice about someone, say nothing at all. If she were around I think she'd put that rule on hold the last 4 years.