A facebook group has been launched to stop Rod Liddle from becoming Editor of the Independent newspaper. Liddle is renowned for a series of offensive outbursts.
A facebook group has been launched with the aim of stopping Rod Liddle from becoming Editor of the Independent newspaper. The former Today programme editor is renowned for his offensives outbursts.
The Guardian reported on Friday that Rod Liddle was being lined up to edit the newspaper. Alex Higgins, who blogs at Bring on the Revolution, acted quickly to set up a facebook group detailing Rod Liddle’s views and warning “If Rod Liddle becomes editor of The Independent, I will not buy it again.”
Higgins writes:
“Rod Liddle would be a disappointing choice for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ or the ‘Daily Mail’. For the ‘Independent’, it represents a direct affront to the readership.
“Many ‘Independent’ readers were already disappointed by the direction the paper had taken under Roger Alton, and we absolutely should not accept the appointment of Rod Liddle.”
He goes on to detail many of Liddle’s positions including:
– decrying “Muslim Savages“
– mocking the black British community for merely producing “rap music” and “goat curry“
– denying the evidence for Anthropogenic Global Warming theory
– a series of sexist articles and views including “So – Harriet Harman, then. Would you? I mean after a few beers obviously, not while you were sober.”
UPDATE 18.04
The facebook group has now attracted well over 1,000 people in under 24 hours.
48 Responses to “Stop Rod Liddle”
Will Straw
John, Balham Bugle – the point about the “Muslim savages” article is that while Liddle makes an important point about the treatment of women by some Islamic states, the rhetoric seeks to tar all Muslims with the same brush. This is as useful as talking about tight Scots or drunk Irish. It is a sterotype and distracts from the underlying point being made.
Harry Va Derci
Oh dear. You don’t do satire very well do you Will? Rod’s “would you” joke about Harpy was satirical of her own obsession with sexual politics.
Your problem appears to be that you haven’t the wit to ‘get’ Liddle
Whoosh
(Perhaps you could direct to the nearest Facebook Group campaigning about nepotism in politics?)
Anon E Mouse
Will – But no one else has the guts to mention it except Liddle.
I would have thought that progressives, as you claim to be, would be in favour of free thinking individuals whether you agreed with them or not.
Same with the Dutch cartoons – don’t tell me you’re in favour of banning them as well in case they tar all people with the same brush?
Of course that would fit nicely with the police state Gordon Brown has set up to control the masses…
(See what I did there Will re. GB)
MULE
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