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@LisaKewish [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [52]: I’ve just published a post on John Cleese. It’s with video link and on my site. You’ll find it in the Diversity Category.
#diversity,#cancelculture,#freespeech,#transissues,#woke,#inclusion,#equality,#love,#culture,#community,#humanrights,#loveislove [URL redacted]
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@KenMcglown [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : If you're the sort of person who uses the words snowflake or woke in a derogatory manor, then we have nothing to talk about. #woke #snowflake [URL redacted]
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@DanielLancto [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [21]: Why is Graham Norton defending cancel culture? [URL redacted] #Woke #bbcnews #CancelCulture #IdentityPolitics #wato #bbcpm #bbcqt #TalkTV #LBC #Kuenssberg #Ridge [URL redacted]
#CatchcryCancelCulture
#CatchcryIdentityPolitics
#WebsiteSpikedGarethRoberts "Most of us understand that 'cancel culture' is a polite way of talking about the intimidation and bullying of people with the 'wrong' opinions, by a small number of crazed online children and disturbed young adults. ...
Speaking this week at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Norton decreed of cancelling: 'The word is the wrong word. I think the word should be accountability.'
He didn't stop there, either. Our new arbiter of the discourse named the guilty: 'John Cleese has been very public recently about complaining about what you can't say. It must be very hard to be a man of a certain age who's been able to say whatever he likes for years, and now suddenly there's some accountability.'" https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/10/12/why-is-graham-norton-defending-cancel-culture/
#EventUKCheltenhamLiteratureFestival
#PhenomnAccountability
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@JuliaLiner [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : @EstherMcVey1 #Woke [URL redacted] [URL redacted]
#OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyEstherMcVey "Thank god for John Cleese for taking on the woke warriors saying their agenda is'disastrous for comedy & killing creativity.'
To be honest I watch this woke world & laugh out loud as it reminds me of his old Monty Python sketches. John's not only a comedian but a clairvoyant too!"
#OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese
#OrgUKMontyPython
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@SonjaThrash [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : *Best comedy @JohnCleese Funny as feck stuff like #Woke Retweet [URL redacted]
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@KaliaBranin [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : Amazing perspective on '#woke' #culture by @JohnCleese:
"Woke ideas are the opposite of behavioural cognitive therapy which is used to make people less #depressed and #anxious!"
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@RosaLomedico [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [04]: Excellent elucidation of co-relations of the reductionist / mechanistic to life by @dr_mcgilchrist @JohnCleese @howtoacademy
Of which #woke is one unfortunate consequence @stephenfry @fullydavid [URL redacted] @ClarkeMicah @alaindebotton @jordanbpeterson
#IRLPsychiatristIainMcGilchrist
#OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese
#BrandHowToAcademyVassiliChristodoulou
#IRLBroadcasterStephenFry
#VlogRebelWisdomDavidFuller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XDDo0Xu9Y&t=24s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FetaCpCaQr4&t=14s
#NewspaperUKTabloidTheDailyMailPeterHitchensAKAClarkeMicah
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@TimothyWatzke [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [03]: Glad that #johncleese cancelled his #appearance at @Cambridge_Uni .
I wouldn't want to #talk at any place that is #woke. Won't give my money to someone who is, or is stuck up.
I think we should #blacklist anything that is #woke...like #cambridgeuniversity. [URL redacted]
#OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese
#WebsiteSalonKylieCheung "The 'A Fish Called Wanda' actor announced Wednesday that he's canceling a scheduled appearance this week at Cambridge Union, a debate and free speech society at the University of Cambridge, Variety reports. Cleese cited the Union's decision to blacklist art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon for Graham-Dixon's recent impersonation of Adolf Hitler at a Union debate last week.
'I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler. I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does,' Cleese tweeted [tweet] on Wednesday morning." https://www.salon.com/2021/11/10/john-cleese-backs-out-of-cambridge-appearance-over-woke-rules-is-praised-by-piers-morgan/
#1988_AFishCalledWanda [Wikipedia]
#EDUUKUniversityOfCambridgeUnion
#IRLHistorianAndrewGrahamDixon
#PoliticsFascismNaziPartyAdolfHitler
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@TimothyWatzke [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [03]: This is why #woke sucks. @Cambridge_Uni --- #blacklisted #johncleese because of stupid "Woke."
I would have LOVED to see him and hear him talk, i have a #degree in #film... @JohnCleese
I would #blacklist #cambridgeuniversity for this. [URL redacted]
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@CyrilGeorge [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [164]: @RutlandRon @Elizabe04647609 @GretaThunberg @GBNEWS @Nigel_Farage As the muppet ISN'T grown up, perhaps we could summon the #Swedish Truant-Officer-cum-Swedish-chef. We should also recall #MontyPython @JohnCleese @EricIdle @TerryGilliam to satire duty - there is no-one else in the whole #woke world who could (dare) parody the prima donna of pap [URL redacted]
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@LucyYolles [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : John Cleese is CRUSHING #Woke #CancelCulture!!!
[URL redacted] via @YouTube
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@CharmaineSandell [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : Ik ben wel benieuwd naar het nieuwe programma van @JohnCleese want dat #Woke gedram irriteert mij intussen mateloos #wnl #Op1npo #Humberto [URL redacted]
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@DawsonUllsperger [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : H.E.L.D. #woke #drama [URL redacted]
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@HenryKemple [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : There's nothing like good, solid starting assumptions, and this is *nothing* like good, solid starting assumptions
#JohnCleese #woke #CancelCulture [URL redacted]
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@CassandraOzenne [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : ‘Those young people and their damned skateboards!’ #CaNcELCulTuRE #WoKE [URL redacted]
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@KarenDiaw [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : @JohnCleese #woke odd how times change "when I were a lad" we loved comedy that offended our parents. Now Parents love comedy that offends their kids. I don't get how TV companies remove shows & warn language might offend, while kids lap up extreme violence of films like "Joker" [URL redacted]
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@CyrilGeorge [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [164]: @Startinglifeag1 I believe there is a clash of appointments; but @JohnCleese,co-star of her (apologies to the #Woke for using a pronoun) new sitcom "The age of Guilt-o-sense", is expected to urge @NicolaSturgeon into further comedic splutterances before a de-fanged tiger of Parliamentary Inquiry [URL redacted]
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@ShayleeKoplin [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : John Cleese, under fire from woke mob, hopes they all 'fry in their own sanctimoniousness and narcissistic posturing' [URL redacted] #JohnCleese #woke #wokemob [URL redacted]
#BrandTechSocialMediaAltBlazeMedia post https://www.theblaze.com/news/john-cleese-takes-on-woke-mob about
#OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese,
#OtheringHateTransphobia,
#CatchcryFreeSpeechFreedomOfSpeech and supposed
#TauntWokery
#TauntSelfRighteousnessSanctimoniousness
#TauntNarcissism
Addendum Interestingly, this link includes the following key/values: ?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20201123Trending-JohnCleese
Addendum Interestingly, this link includes the following key/values: ?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20201123Trending-JohnCleese
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@NatalieLeindecker [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : What is it with the @piersmorgan, @DailyMailUK, @MailOnline and all the rest of the lazy #RWM in the UK and the use of the term #Woke!? Do they even know what it means!? Based on the definition WHY DO YOU PERCEIVE IT AS A BAD THING!? FFS educate yourselves!
#BlackLivesMatter [URL redacted]
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@SimoneAgoncillo [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [06]: @benshapiro I'll do her one better. Read Charles Murray's "Coming Apart". Empirical evidence of the problem is made quite clear in his treatise. We're being ruled by a small group of which Oprah is a proud member. #woke is NOT the same as awake. #openminded first, then educated always works. [URL redacted]
#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBenShapiro
#AdvocacyUSTheAmericanEnterpriseInstituteCharlesMurray
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#2012_ComingApartTheStateOfWhiteAmerica [Wikipedia]
#IRLPresenterOprahWinfrey
#TheoryVictimhoodWhiteThymos ?
Supplementary #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesNafeezAhmed, #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesPeterJukes and #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesHardeepMatharu "Now, a very different type of 'dark enlightenment' has descended on the world-renowned university. Powered by US money and far-right European think tanks, Cambridge has recently become an outpost of a peculiar blend of national conservatism and apocalyptic Christianity, through the figure of James Orr - Head of Policy at Reform UK described as Nigel Farage's 'Kingmaker'. ... Recent guests and visitors read like a 'Who's Who?' of political pilgrims and scholars - almost exclusively from the right. Peter Thiel has visited; as has his protegee, Donald Trump's Vice-President, JD Vance, who described Orr as his 'British Sherpa'. So too have former Dutch MP and anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali; the conservative author and advocate of white identity politics Douglas Murray; the Canadian psychologist and anti-woke activist Jordan Peterson; and the comedian and writer John Cleese. MP Danny Kruger, now Reform's work and pensions spokesman, reportedly stayed at the house overnight. After Orr's appointment as head of Reform UK's policy think tank in September 2025, his work even attracted the attention of New Labour grandee Peter Mandelson, who was apparently planning to 'hold drinks in honour" of him, according to a source - just before his sacking as UK Ambassador to the US, after the extent of his relationship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was revealed. (Neither Orr nor the Foreign and Commonwealth Office would confirm or deny that this event actually took place)." https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/peter-thiel-and-reform-uks-cambridge-university-pipeline-project/ #NarrativeUtopiaDarkEnlightenmentNRx #EDUUKUniversityOfCambridge #PoliticsConservatismNational [Wikipedia] #PoliticsNationalismConservative #BeliefTheismChristianity #AdvocacyNLTheEdmundBurkeFoundationJamesOrr [Wikipedia] #OrgClassifPPUKReformUKPartyLtdFKATheBrexitPartyLtd #OrgClassifPPUKReformUKPartyLtdFKATheBrexitPartyLtdNigelFarage #IRLEntrepreneurPeterThiel #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPJDVance #AdvocacyUSHooverInstitutionAyaanHirsiAli #MagazineUKTheSpectatorDouglasMurray #IRLPsychologistJordanPeterson #OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyDannyKruger #OrgClassifPPUKLabourPeterMandelson [Wikipedia] #IRLBusinesspersonJeffreyEpstein
#NMUKITVChannel4 "Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation." https://channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-nigel-farage-filmed-undercover #BrandVerbatimLawrenceCarter, #BrandVerbatimLouisWilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RugPik-G1Jw https://www.verbatiminvestigations.com/?watch=yt%3ARugPik-G1Jw #2026_ #LiteralJournalismUndercover #LiteralJournalismInvestigative #BrandFarageMediaLimitedDanJukes [Wikipedia] [Government]
Supplementary #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesNafeezAhmed, #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesPeterJukes and #NewspaperUKBrdshtBylineTimesHardeepMatharu "Now, a very different type of 'dark enlightenment' has descended on the world-renowned university. Powered by US money and far-right European think tanks, Cambridge has recently become an outpost of a peculiar blend of national conservatism and apocalyptic Christianity, through the figure of James Orr - Head of Policy at Reform UK described as Nigel Farage's 'Kingmaker'. ... Recent guests and visitors read like a 'Who's Who?' of political pilgrims and scholars - almost exclusively from the right. Peter Thiel has visited; as has his protegee, Donald Trump's Vice-President, JD Vance, who described Orr as his 'British Sherpa'. So too have former Dutch MP and anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali; the conservative author and advocate of white identity politics Douglas Murray; the Canadian psychologist and anti-woke activist Jordan Peterson; and the comedian and writer John Cleese. MP Danny Kruger, now Reform's work and pensions spokesman, reportedly stayed at the house overnight. After Orr's appointment as head of Reform UK's policy think tank in September 2025, his work even attracted the attention of New Labour grandee Peter Mandelson, who was apparently planning to 'hold drinks in honour" of him, according to a source - just before his sacking as UK Ambassador to the US, after the extent of his relationship with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was revealed. (Neither Orr nor the Foreign and Commonwealth Office would confirm or deny that this event actually took place)." https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/peter-thiel-and-reform-uks-cambridge-university-pipeline-project/ #NarrativeUtopiaDarkEnlightenmentNRx #EDUUKUniversityOfCambridge #PoliticsConservatismNational [Wikipedia] #PoliticsNationalismConservative #BeliefTheismChristianity #AdvocacyNLTheEdmundBurkeFoundationJamesOrr [Wikipedia] #OrgClassifPPUKReformUKPartyLtdFKATheBrexitPartyLtd #OrgClassifPPUKReformUKPartyLtdFKATheBrexitPartyLtdNigelFarage #IRLEntrepreneurPeterThiel #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPJDVance #AdvocacyUSHooverInstitutionAyaanHirsiAli #MagazineUKTheSpectatorDouglasMurray #IRLPsychologistJordanPeterson #OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyDannyKruger #OrgClassifPPUKLabourPeterMandelson [Wikipedia] #IRLBusinesspersonJeffreyEpstein
#NMUKITVChannel4 "Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation." https://channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-nigel-farage-filmed-undercover #BrandVerbatimLawrenceCarter, #BrandVerbatimLouisWilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RugPik-G1Jw https://www.verbatiminvestigations.com/?watch=yt%3ARugPik-G1Jw #2026_ #LiteralJournalismUndercover #LiteralJournalismInvestigative #BrandFarageMediaLimitedDanJukes [Wikipedia] [Government]
#IRLScholarEdwardBernays
#1928_Propaganda
#IRLScholarNoamChomsky
Context #WebsiteTheConversation https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393
Supplementary #IRLFilmmakerAdamCurtis #2002_TheCenturyOfTheSelf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s #PhenomnVideoEssay #IRLCommentatorWalterLippmann [Wikipedia] #PhenomnCommunicationsPublicRelations #TheoryPhilosophyLibidinal
Context #WebsiteTheConversation https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393
Supplementary #IRLFilmmakerAdamCurtis #2002_TheCenturyOfTheSelf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s #PhenomnVideoEssay #IRLCommentatorWalterLippmann [Wikipedia] #PhenomnCommunicationsPublicRelations #TheoryPhilosophyLibidinal
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@EliseChernosky [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : @RPBlackburn @suchan104 @DPJHodges So #Brexit was a race issue... really?
Obviously 'white' #woke #liberals with their Spanish Villas didn't like the working class telling them where to get off #Snowflake [URL redacted]
#PhenomnBrexit
#OtheringElitesLiberalCulturalEducated
#MetaphorVersusEverydayPeopleLiberals
#CharacterisationWeaknessSnowflake
Addendum this comment reminds me of the classic sketch performed by #OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese, #IRLComedianRonnieBarker & #IRLComedianRonnieCorbett about the British class system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34CsPPw5uM&t=27s where in this case, those most critical of Brexit i.e. the "liberals with their Spanish Villas" / #IdentityClassWhiteCollarMiddle are framed as enemies of those who are (supposedly, unanimously) most in favour i.e. #IdentityClassBlueCollar + #IdentityClassRuling. One wonders though, who actually benefits most?
Addendum this comment reminds me of the classic sketch performed by #OrgUKMontyPythonJohnCleese, #IRLComedianRonnieBarker & #IRLComedianRonnieCorbett about the British class system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34CsPPw5uM&t=27s where in this case, those most critical of Brexit i.e. the "liberals with their Spanish Villas" / #IdentityClassWhiteCollarMiddle are framed as enemies of those who are (supposedly, unanimously) most in favour i.e. #IdentityClassBlueCollar + #IdentityClassRuling. One wonders though, who actually benefits most?
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@EliNylund [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : Comedians CALL OUT PC/CANCEL CULTURE (Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Jerry S... [URL redacted] #woke #comedy #wokeculture #blm #cancelled #ITakeResponsibility #pc #protests #riots #chaz
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