Posted on 08/10/2018 6:39:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
One of Britain’s most famous comedians has defended Boris Johnson’s “joke” about the Islamic burqa face veil, calling it “funny” and “an almost perfect simile”.
Rowan Atkinson, the man behind Mr Bean and Blackadder, which frequently mocked historical and religious figures, said that the former foreign secretary should not have to apologise for offending Muslims.
Other comedians such as Jonathan Pie creator Tom Walker, promptly chimed in with their own satirical takes:
I always found Blackadder to be predominantly white men childishly lampooning the history of other white men. That show would thankfully NEVER get made in these enlightened times. Thank God. And Rowan Atkinson it turns out is an Islamaphobic CUNT! Surprise Surprise. #OUTRAGE
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) August 10, 2018
Mr Johnson, a former two-time Mayor of London, compared women who wear the burqa to “bank robbers” and questioned why they would “go around looking like letter boxes” in a Telegraph column earlier this week.
In a letter to The Times this Friday, Mr Atkinson wrote:
“Sir, As a lifelong beneficiary of the freedom to make jokes about religion, I do think that Boris Johnson’s joke about wearers of the burka resembling letterboxes is a pretty good one.”
He also appeared to recognise that public opinion has been supportive of Mr Johnson, adding that his comparison was “An almost perfect visual simile and a joke that, whether Mr Johnson apologises for it or not, will stay in the public consciousness for some time to come.
“All jokes about religion cause offence, so it’s pointless apologising for them. You should really only apologise for a bad joke. On that basis, no apology is required,” he concluded.
All of your supremely tolerant progressive liberal types are apparently unified in their intolerance of Boris Johnson's burka comments.
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There goes his career. Maybe even his freedoms.
Easy.
The striped bag!.......................
This statement is absolutely not true. All there is out there is the lampooning of white men.
Two bags of garbage...............and some recyclables..............
It’s satirical..................
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Mr.Bean and the rest of his stuff would wind up in the hands of the modern day bookburners if they got their way.
Inspector Fowler would know that it’s no joke!
Where do the Monty Python lads stand on this?
They built their careers on lampooning Christianity.
Why do these people come to England in the first place?
To get away from ISLAM.............
Good question.
The Goodies generally stayed away from religion from what I remember.
For the same reason they come here.....to take over a naive and gullible, but generous and ‘tolerant’ country.
Their response was disposed of by the Spam filter.
You can only mock ANY OTHER RELIGION, and ALL WHITE PEOPLE
Just find the one sack of garbage that wants to kill you.
Well so much for My comedy career.
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