Why Stephen Fry should come back to Twitter

[cindylouwho]

 xposted from my Scotland journey wordpress

So I am sure anyone who is anyone has heard about the Stephen Fry debacle. I have no idea if it is true or not. I just assumed it was someone arsing up his comments as it has been done before.

Stephen Fry is a comedian. Perhaps he was being tongue in cheek? Facetious maybe? I can’t imagine someone so intelligent and worldly as SF not thinking women can enjoy sex.

Even if he did mean it, he has the right to his thoughts and opinions, and people have the right to disagree. What people shouldn’t have the right to do, is to be a dick and send him hate tweets and messages. That is bullying, and as adults we should be above that, especially if we are trying to make a point to the youth of today who HAVE been bullied and hurt by words.

Stephen Fry needs to come back to Twitter to continue this dialog over free speech and rights, and views on sex. He has the power to reach millions, and influence people’s thoughts on the subject in a positive manner whereas I do not. It doesn’t mean I can’t try.

Stephen Fry, please come back to Twitter. My Twitter feed isn’t the same without you.



If you agree or disagree, take it up in the comments.

Comments

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

If there's one person who should know the power of words, it's Fry. He knew exactly what he was saying, because he's said it before, as Taiga points out. Bottom line, it's what he really believes about women. It's misogynistic and offensive. It's right that he be taken to task for it. And if he's allowed to say these things, others are allowed to express their anger as well.

[cindy-lou-who8.livejournal.com]

The only issue I have is that people were being outright hostile and threatening to him, which I don't think was warranted. It is one thing to disagree, it is another to be hostile.