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John Cleese Stirs Twitter Pot With Jabs At Transgender Rights And J.K. Rowling Defense
John Cleese, famous for outraging millions in his Monty Python roles, is at it again. In a tweetstorm Sunday, the 81-year-old comedian defended J.K. Rowling and questioned aspects of transgender rights.
“Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman. Is that allowed, or am I being unrealistic?” Cleese tweeted in response to someone who asked why he couldn’t “just let people be who they want to be.”
He added later, “I’m afraid I’m not that interested in trans folks.”
Cleese earlier signed a letter of support for “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, who has similarly questioned the Twitter orthodoxy on transgender people.
Cleese wouldn’t back down, despite the firestorm of replies. “When a woman who was once a man is competing against women who have always been women, I think she has an advantage, because she inherited a man’s body, which is usually bigger and stronger than a woman’s.
“Does that prove phobia?” he asked.
I'm afraid I'm not that interested in trans folks
I just hope they're happy and that people treat them kindly
Right now I'm more focussed on threats to democracy in America, the rampant corruption in the UK, the appalling British Press, the revelations about police brutality… https://t.co/y6l33FBQNL
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) November 22, 2020
It's the complete lack of perspective that bothers me
Of course, that goes with a complete lack of a sense of humour
Heard a woke joke yet ? https://t.co/97Au5WjuGT
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) November 22, 2020
Oh I do sympathy and support all the time, for most of the Third world. Except for Glasgow, of course
I exclude all wokes, of course. I hope they fry in their own sanctimoniousness and narcissistic posturing
Until they get a sense of perspective, that is… https://t.co/yfzfWDx7Az
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) November 22, 2020
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