RIP Rod Liddle
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Drago
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Wasn't he producer of Today on R4 for a while, IIRC...?
He was. Quite amazing when you think about the output of the BBC now.
Drago
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Today had its moments but was generally fairly neutral back then. I used to be an avid R4 fan but binned it off over a decade ago.
I dont think he did anyone any harm, so his passing is sad.
I dont think he did anyone any harm, so his passing is sad.
Ian H
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Apart that is from assaulting his wife after he'd cut short their honeymoon so he could start a relationship with another woman. But, you know, could happen to anyone.
Alex321
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I won't.
Yes a free thinker, but often presented opinions as facts, and not many of his opinions aligned with mine.
Drago
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Ah, no, thats not jolly nice at all.
No Ta Doctor
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He was a vile human being. I genuinely can't think of a single redeeming feature of him, but I fear even documenting some of the things he's said here would be viewed as inherently political. So I'll leave it there.
Accy cyclist
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'Vile'? Such vitriol! You didn't agree with his political opinions so the bloke who's just died is 'vile' in your book!! Honestly! 😏
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Alex321
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It isn't about his political opinions. It is about the fact that he was very much a racist and misoigynist and homophobe.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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He's no great loss to society.
glasgowcyclist
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I'll tell you why many regard him as a vile man (in addition to the aforementioned assault of his pregnant partner) without going into his politics.
You may or may not be aware of the following:
In 2012, he wrote a column in The Spectator about a teacher who’d run off to France with a 15-year-old pupil. Liddle stated that the one thing that had kept him out of teaching was that he “could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids.”
A few years earlier, in the Guardian, he’d asked in a headline whether it should “really be a crime to look at child pornography" (better known as child sexual abuse), basing the question around Pete Townshend, who’d claimed he accessed such material as research.
Mad Doug Biker
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No Ta Doctor
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There are very many people whose views I disagree with. The vast majority of them I wouldn't describe as vile. Liddle was a racist, homophobic, misogynist, paedophilia apologist who was given newspaper columns in Britain's biggest papers to normalise his bigotry. He won't be missed by me.
