• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    4 months ago

    Any time I see the name of a male BBC celebrity, especially one who was around in the 70s, my first thought is “oh God, not him as well?”

      • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        I’ll just leave this here (the post is still up, I just didn’t want to link directly to the original but you can see it if you just change the site name in the url back to “reddit”)

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          4 months ago

          And worth leaving this here, which includes the interview, his apology and full context rather than a screenshot of a website linked on reddit long after the fact.

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              4 months ago

              Never said the dude wasn’t problematic at times, but no one wins from sensationalism

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        4 months ago

        Sir David Attenborough.