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This is a normal post It doesn't just mean whataboutery.
It means someone can be a hypocrite and still right.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 15:03, Reply)
This is a normal post His hypocrisy makes his sanctimony unbearable.
He is capable of being funny, but this particular whiny little bitch routine got very stale, very quickly.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 15:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I've never been a fan of the smug-faced cunt.
But shredding £10,000* on social media during the height of a cost of living crisis was never going to go down well with anybody.

*He claims that he didn't actually shred the £10K and the wads of cash he filmed himself shredding were fakes. But it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this was more utterly short-sighted backtracking.
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 16:07, Reply)
This is a normal post I did think he was funny when he first started appearing on tv.
But then I swear the first time I saw Sarah Millican do a routine I thought she was funny. That must have been a dream though.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 16:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not entirely sure there are any funny female stand-ups.
Apart from Eddie Izzard, and I'm not certain that he counts.

I also used to think that Joe Lycett was funny, but that's when I was confusing him with his less-smug doppelganger, Joe Cornish.
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 16:26, Reply)
This is a normal post You do realise that other people can see what you type don’t you?

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 17:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes. What bit did you take most exception to?
There's an ignore button if you find my contributions overly triggering.
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 17:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Glorious, Unrepeatable and The Definite Article are all solid gold routines.
He did go off the boil after that.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 19:21, Reply)
This is a normal post The bilingual skit from Dress to Kill is one of the great contemporary stand‐up performances, in my opinion.
I say 'contemporary', must be 20+ years old now. Christ.
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 19:31, Reply)
This is a normal post His French and other foreign languages stuff really irked me, because, at least when he started doing it, his French was fucking shit. Maybe I should check out your suggestion, but if he speaks French in it, I’m not going to like it.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 19:49, Reply)
This is a normal post wah wah wah
god you're dull
 (sticklebrlcks ❤️, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post So David Beckham could criticise Joe Lycett for doing a Qatar gig
And if they call him out on it he says ".... doesnt mean I'm not right!"
 (dyllon nice beaver., Wed 21 Dec 2022, 21:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes.
If he did that, they'd both be right.

Though, to do so, Beckham would have to address Qatar's homophobia directly rather than ignore it for money.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 21 Dec 2022, 21:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Surely saint Joe shows you can do both?

(dyllon nice beaver., Thu 22 Dec 2022, 0:26, Reply)
This is a normal post You can do both.
You can be a hypocrite in your actions without invalidating your ideas.

...and back to square 1.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 22 Dec 2022, 9:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Be the change you want to see in the world, no?

(Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Thu 22 Dec 2022, 10:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Aye.
Actions are more important, but the original point seemed to be suggesting that being a hypocrite on any level (in this case, 7 years ago) somehow invalidates what someone is saying.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 22 Dec 2022, 10:36, Reply)
This is a normal post 7 years isn't a very long time though, really.
I feel that the hypocrisy is problematic in this case due to the context of Lycett's 'ultimatum'.
Lycett wasn't saying "Qatar is bad, you shouldn't go there." after being there himself. He was telling Beckham that his standing as a gay icon (?) in the LGTB community would be tarnished by his support of the Qatar World Cup and that his involvement would ultimately prove damaging for the LGBT community.
Basically "If you care at all about LGBT rights, you shouldn't travel to Qatar for personal gain". Despite Lycett being a queer man that has travelled to Qatar for personal gain.

Mind you, I'm not really fussed that he's being a hypocrite. The whole stunt was a "LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME" routine, just like most of the boring cunt's output over the last few months.

It's a bit of a shame, really. I watched him in a Jonathan Ross interview last night and he (mostly) came across as charming and relatively likeable. It's just this low effort slacktivism that turns me off. 'Oh, look. You're a somewhat recognisable, left-leaning TV personality appearing on Sunday with LK pretending to be a right-wing Tory supporter'. Genius
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Thu 22 Dec 2022, 10:54, Reply)
This is a normal post His point was that Beckham has
sold his liberal image (which he has built off the back of things like promotions in gay magazines) to help the government with the "sportswashing" of Qatar, via a ten year ambassadorship deal, not that people shouldn't travel there for any-old work.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 22 Dec 2022, 11:23, Reply)