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Demovictory9

(32,324 posts)
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 12:05 AM Nov 2022

Monty Python's Eric Idle says he hates conservatives: 'they're horrible people' 'I hate them intense

https://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/z2o14p/monty_pythons_eric_idle_says_he_hates/

Monty Python's Eric Idle blasts anti-woke comedians, says he loathes conservatives: 'I hate them intensely'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/monty-pythons-eric-idle-blasts-anti-woke-comedians-loathes-conservatives-hate-them-intensely

Swisher asked, "How do you look at cancel culture today, because now everybody is watched under great scrutiny," asking if Idle had seen the recent Dave Chappelle's monologue on "Saturday Night Live."

"What do you think of the comedians like Dave Chappelle, for example, who’s saying that he’s being subjected to censorship?" she asked.

Idle appeared to disregard Chappelle’s claim that cancel culture is a phenomenon because, "Well where does he say it? On SNL," later adding, "Well you’re not being that much canceled, are you? If you were in your room complaining I’d have a lot more sympathy."

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"I grew up in that world," he said, explaining that he was a "war baby" from World War II, noting that fascism was "very real to us, fascism-what can happen if you let one person take over a country, so that still rings very strongly with me in my soul."


He also slammed conservatives in his own country, "I hate them intensely, I’ve always hated conservatives, I’m afraid to say I’m very prejudiced against them, they’re horrible people."
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Monty Python's Eric Idle says he hates conservatives: 'they're horrible people' 'I hate them intense (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2022 OP
K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2022 #1
he is right Skittles Nov 2022 #2
The ability to not waver in their alternative facts isn't the badge of honor they think it is. czarjak Nov 2022 #4
Yup. And there's a reason I set my sig line to what it is. canuckledragger Nov 2022 #10
I agree with Eric Idle. nt SunSeeker Nov 2022 #3
K&R Solly Mack Nov 2022 #5
Thank goodness at least one member of Monty Python hasn't turned into a dickhead in his old age. Grokenstein Nov 2022 #6
Fox News/New York Post love this! Liberal saying he hates conservatives: See! Liberals are the betsuni Nov 2022 #7
Only source i found for the quote Demovictory9 Nov 2022 #13
And When Conservatives Catch Wind Of This, They'll Prove Him Wrong........ ChoppinBroccoli Nov 2022 #8
I love him for saying this. Sky Jewels Nov 2022 #9
Bravo Eric Idle! burrowowl Nov 2022 #11
Eric Idle would fit right in here at DU! 😁 ShazzieB Nov 2022 #12
Nudge nudge lame54 Nov 2022 #14
I agree and I have a very strong I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #15

Skittles

(152,967 posts)
2. he is right
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 12:37 AM
Nov 2022

they ARE horrible people - I think the one trait EVERY conservative shares is the ability to look down on people

canuckledragger

(1,632 posts)
10. Yup. And there's a reason I set my sig line to what it is.
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 02:53 AM
Nov 2022

A lot of it is based on personal experience, observation, paying attention to things almost since the Bill Clinton administration.

I remember Limbaugh had TV show at the time and all I saw was a lot of bluster and accusation without anything to back it up.

And Eric Idle is right, they can and will do some horrible things if given free reign with no restraint. History proves this over and over again.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
6. Thank goodness at least one member of Monty Python hasn't turned into a dickhead in his old age.
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 01:23 AM
Nov 2022

Terry Gilliam's an incredibly whiny card-carrying member of the White Male Victimhood:

https://deadline.com/2020/01/terry-gilliam-complains-about-metoo-and-says-white-males-are-blamed-for-everything-1202820799/

John Cleese became the very same bigoted posh-twit he used to mock:

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48451384
https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/john-cleese-transphobic-twitter-drama-explained.html

Terry Jones and Graham Chapman have passed away, while to my knowledge Michael Palin has kept out of "controversy."

betsuni

(25,138 posts)
7. Fox News/New York Post love this! Liberal saying he hates conservatives: See! Liberals are the
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 01:31 AM
Nov 2022

intolerant ones, we conservatives are the innocent victims of their irrational hate. Liberal who "blasts anti-woke" comedians and others: See! Liberals are the snowflakes.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,764 posts)
8. And When Conservatives Catch Wind Of This, They'll Prove Him Wrong........
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 01:36 AM
Nov 2022

.............by flooding him with death threats and attempts to "cancel" him.

"How DARE you say we're bad people!?!?!?! You wouldn't say that if I were standing there pointing my AR-15 at you!!!!"

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,452 posts)
15. I agree and I have a very strong
Thu Nov 24, 2022, 08:29 PM
Nov 2022

Prejudice against conservatives too ,I fuckin hate them and thier "beliefs" about anything . And yes they are all horrible sociopathic people.

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