• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    He made a joke in poor taste about his own wife. Not like he advocated raping strangers. Not like he advocated raping his own wife, it was a poor joke. It was meant in a self-deprecating manor.

    Jesus people, let a bad joke go. I’m quite sure he hates himself for it and is quite regretful. Or shall we beat his ass more?

    When conservatives talk “cancel culture”, this is the kinda thing they point to. Don’t feed them ammo.

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      7 months ago

      quite sure he hates himself for it and is quite regretful.

      He’s a Tory politician. He wouldn’t hate himself for selling his mom for an extra year of shitting on poor people and immigrants. He definitely doesn’t hate himself for this.

      He hates that he was called out for it, but that’s it.

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    7 months ago

    Cleverly made the joke to female guests while attending a Downing Street reception earlier this month.

    Yikes! The added context makes it even worse.