Up to now it has had a pretty free flow, with the exception of a few brave souls on university campuses or in our schools taking lonely stands, and in most cases being harassed, called ugly names, or even pushed out of their professions.
Check out the home pages and Twitter feeds of some of Ontario’s school boards and note the obsessional focus on woke issues. At the same time take a moment to talk with some Ontario parents whose children are in these factories of the higher wokeism. It is — and this should come as a shock — a true thing that many parents speak, with some anxiety, of the dilemma they are in. These parents are typical. They are not, emphatically not, political in any sense.
The pushback is finally arriving. Douglas Murray, a British author, in his The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason, offers a counter response to the whole range of woke dogmas. Other people who have spoken thus have been fired or disciplined. Even world-renowned author J.K. Rowling, who has spoken bravely on the integrity and autonomy of women, has been brutally insulted, demeaned and sent death threats. A more local example would be columnist Barbara Kay of this newspaper. Kay knows there is a cost to criticizing “accepted” thought.
What a made up buch of BS - As if THE Comrad Black hangs out and talks to average Ontario families - in 1950?
Just watched you on tele.. brilliant
Anyone who stands up to the woke mob deserves a heroes salute.
Absolutely brilliant Ricky, so many people out here totally agree with you 👍👍
This man has our full support. Genius of a comedian rickygervais
Rex - thought you were retired - if not, maybe time to go again?
Hahahahahhhhhhajahhahahahahahhahah look at all the triggered little victims
Had to Google who Rex Murphy is, so who cares?
It's not standing up to wokeism. It's standing up to men with sexual fetishes who are using male privilege to extort access to women's spaces and bodies by threatening to scream 'transphobia' if we say no. Transgenderism is fetishized, male sexual privilege, and nothing more.
Pffft. Poor use of the thesaurus this week, Rex. 'Bravo' is so common people of a word. Could have done better for your weekly populist and angry filled diatribe. Your heart was not in it. C-.
A kick in the nuts to the Nutless(:
It’s ok to be woke, unwoke or semi-woke in Canada,Rex. U have the freedom to live as u choose IF u don’t trample on _anyone_ else’s rights, anytime, anywhere. Canada has hate laws to protect every single human, even if they have different views than u. It’s the same in Britain.
As the “let’s be nice to people” net gets cast wider, and historical WASP intolerances get pushed aside, the Rex Murphy crowd is inevitably going to stomp and kick up a fuss. It’s just the natural order of things. I’m sure the Neanderthals weren't big on extinction either.
The unwoke brutally insult, demeaned and send death threats complete with nooses to the PM, vile harassment theJagmeetSingh at a political event and yet not a peep from Rex ...
Rex Murphy is what happens when you let ugly fester. He is peak over-privileged white man. Looking forward to the day his columns are no more.
Maybe have Rex Murphy sit down with your editorial team and explain to him the following. CdnMediaFailed
Yes, bravo to Gervais for putting those uppity trans ppl in their place! Losing family & friends, facing discrimination, physical & mental abuse, a 40% suicide rate for living their lives; they’ve had it too good for too long! How heroic of Ricky & Rex! TransRightsAreHumanRights
I want Rex Murphy’s job.
Pretty sure Mr. Gervais would tear Rex a a**hole in a conversation. He definitely isn’t a conservative ass kisser.
This is a blathering way for Rex Murphy to say he is against human rights.
He told like 45 seconds’ worth of jokes about trans people and they were actually pretty mild. He was just doing his job, not standing up against anything.
Let me get this straight RexMurphy1 : Bravo to Ricky Gervais for standing up to wokeism But Rex Murphy is saying Justin Trudeau should meet with people carrying 'F CK Trudeau Signs' and waving objects with a NOOSE Do I have that right? cdnpoli
Good old double dipping triple dipping quadruple dipping Rex. How many pensions and benefits are you collecting?
The thing about satire is that it should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comforted. In his latest special, Ricky Gervais decides to punch down - of course Rex approves; he’s been doing that for years.
If people learned to laugh at themselves and not take everything so seriously then they would find life and the world happier.if you look to find offence in everything the world will always seem grim.
political correction is the language of cowards.
ah yes the guy who's known for being in the only british show where the american version is unanimously better liked than the UK version lol he's so funny.....
So it’s interesting. I’ve watched the content in question. I think the points are well made. I think more than anything we need to re-examine the use of the term “woke” as its turning into a meaningless slur for anything the lunatic right doesn’t like.
Ricky would not like Rex
_RexMurphy_ please retire
Ol’ Rex. Continuing his slide into senility and irrelevance.
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This bullshit about the woke culture is just old men like Rex Murphy feeling like they are being pushed out by the younger generations. They are, that's the circle of life. I have faith in my children & grandchildren that they will continue to make Canada a better place to live
Wretch Murfee, you freaky weirdo
He would hate Rex Murphy. He'd take him apart. 🤣
Oh cripes, If Rex supports it, maybe Gervais did go too far
I still like Ricky but knowing Rex Murphy likes him too is like finding out your creepy old uncle likes the same music you do. It just doesn't slap the same after that.
Bravo to Rex Murphy for standing up to attractivism.
We want sleepyism, not wokeism.
Gervais gets a tip of the hat from fascists
RexMurphy1 - Shush! Adults are working.
Woke simply means aware of social or racial injustice. Why are you so bothered by that Rex?
As much as I love to see this it's also too little too late and clearly for ratings as the tides turn.
Wokeism is another way for white men to have more privilege over minorities
Oh yeah, so brave. 🙄
… and the last time Rex spent any time in a classroom was 195? His take on what’s happening in schools is utter nonsense. Comedy, however, has always pushed boundaries. That’s not new.
It's about damn time someone did, good for you rickygervais ! Never cave to the woke mob!
Did Rex turn into an incel or was he always one?
Being woke is for mental midgets that are happier wallowing in the mire of self-pity than doing the hard work to better themselves. Large numbers of blacks in the US & Indians & Eskimos in Canada are this way. They enslave themselves and don't know it.
yep...cue the I'm so virtuous that I'm going to make a comment on Rex's age scum
he speaks good sense. 'what makes you so privileged to think you have the right to not be offended by anything?'
Gervais' posturing is that of a fat little Brit who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and pretends his success is pure vindication of all his alleged inferiorities. Some self-awareness would serve him well...well, at least limit his 'Ahhhh...see I gotcha there!' nonsense.
Beards and cocks - hilarious! 😂
If woke is the opposite of Rex, I support woke.
Nah mate, Ricky peaked at the Globes, but he will continue to make bank like every other edgelord grifter. Whatevs.
way to show your ass Bigot
What? no Will Smith jokes?
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