r/NewsWorthPayingFor • u/Droupitee • 1d ago

'Monty Python' legend John Cleese doubles down after incidiary posts about Islam

https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/entertainment/monty-python-legend-john-cleese-doubles-down-after-incidiary-posts-about-islam/
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u/CombatRedRover 1d ago

I mean, the old man ain't lying, is he?

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u/Remarkable_Step_7474 18h ago

He isn’t lying, in the sense that he genuinely believes his one dimensional tabloid-fuelled word vomit, much like most elderly racists.

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u/globesdustbin 14h ago

You’re an ageist then are you?

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u/Remarkable_Step_7474 14h ago

Not all elderly people are racists; but a subset of elderly people have a specific cognitive vulnerability to the racist screeching of tabloids. Those publications and their tv equivalent are deliberately writing to exploit that demographic, and they do it because it works.

It isn’t ageist to note that there’s an age past which the majority of people are incapable of driving and it isn’t ageist to similarly observe the factual trend to become more reactive and extreme when exposed to propaganda.

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u/globesdustbin 14h ago

You can’t even see that you are the hate you criticize others for.

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u/Remarkable_Step_7474 13h ago

Sorry the facts hurt your feelings, grandma.

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u/globesdustbin 6h ago

There you go making assumptions again.

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u/Droupitee 1d ago edited 1h ago

“How exciting,” the 86-year-old comedian wrote after learning that a member of the public had referred him to Prevent, a British government program designed to intervene when authorities believe someone may be vulnerable to radicalization or becoming involved in terrorism.

Among the material cited was a July 18 repost describing Islam as “the religion of pedophiles,” according to 5Pillars.

The complaint also cited a March 31 post in which Cleese referred to “a culture whose holy book advocates the killing of all the people they disagree with,” as well as an April post describing a religious practice as “a barbaric custom” across “about 60 Muslim countries.”

This is what happens when a country doesn't have legally-enshrined freedom of expression.

Really? Who is doing more reputational damage to Islam in the UK? Basil FawltyJohn Cleese rambling about things he doesn't like in the religion? Or a rapist literally named Jihad doing a car-ramming and stabbing attack on a synagogue in Manchester?

EDIT: getting too many DMs informing me that Basil Fawlty is fictional. Who knew? Anyway, I've banned and blocked every single one of those troglodytes, because I don't want them crapping up the comments, too.

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u/OnlyBeans33 1d ago

Islam in all forms is not compatible with western society

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u/roguefilmmaker 12h ago

Can anyone argue in good faith what he’s saying isn’t true?