DynamicSpirit
Established Member
Absolutely - not free speech without consequence though.
The consequence here being I can laugh at silly, narrow minded, bigots getting themselves into a puce faced rage over the fact that, checks notes, a gay black immigrant man has been given the role of an alien time traveller on, checks notes again, a TV programme. It is nonsense and some it unpleasant nonsense.
Why would they be so worried/angry about this? What is there to be scared of? What is the threat? What is going to happen to them because of this decision?
But are they worried/angry? I don't know what you saw in the screenshot that you were shown, but after reading the comments about the Daily Mail, I thought I'd look it up to see what the fuss is about. I found 5 Daily mail articles about the new Doctor:
Doctor Who: Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa announced as new Time Lord
Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the Time Lord in Doctor Who, the BBC has announced. The 29-year-old will become the 14th Doctor on the popular BBC show.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Can the TikTok generation fans of Ncuti Gatwa save Doctor Who?
The highly acclaimed Scottish actor, 29, who was a toddler when he came to Britain as a Rwandan refugee, is the first black actor to play the role full-time and will take over from Jodie Whittaker.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Father of new Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa tells of his family's joy
EXCLUSIVE New Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa 's father has told of his joy after his son became the first black actor to star in the lead role as the 14th Time Lord.
www.dailymail.co.uk
How new Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa fled war-torn Rwanda for Scotland
Ncuti Gatwa, 29, from Rwanda, took to the red carpet at the BAFTAs in London this afternoon as the news broke that he's set to be the new Doctor Who.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Ncuti Gatwa jokes about Doctor Who casting on stage at the BAFTA's
As the actor, 29, was introduced by fellow Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood on stage to present the Best Scripted Comedy category she set up a 'knock knock' joke.
www.dailymail.co.uk
On a quick glance through, the articles themselves all seem pretty complimentary towards Ncuti - so, nothing objectionable in the articles themselves.
So I scrolled down to eyeball the comments. Maybe I missed something, but I couldn't see a single comment for any of the 5 articles that objected to Ncuti on the grounds of his ethnicity or sexual orientation. The closest I could see were a couple of comments that erred towards suggesting that his being black may have played a part in his selection. There were also a fair few comments expressing general disgust with the BBC or with Dr Who in general that didn't give any reasons (things along the lines of 'stopped watching Dr Who years ago blah blah'), And there were a fair few complimentary comments too.
I wonder if those in this thread who are slagging off the Daily Mail and DM readers are just making assumptions about what they think the comments in the DM probably are, without bothering to check first?