BBC is FLOODED with complains re trans character in Doctor Who!

[thewayne]

FLOODED, I say!

SOOOO many complaints!

How dare they pollute Doctor Who with including a trans character in one of the Specials, specifically the Star Beast, the first episode with David Tenant returning!

Yep, twelve dozen complaints rolled in!

144.

Out of a viewership of some 7.6 million people.

Approximately 0.002 percent. Not two tenths of a percent, two THOUSANDTHS of a percent.

BBC naturally had to be respond, and it was classic BBC:
Summary of complaint
We have received complaints from viewers who object to the inclusion of a transgender character in the programme and from others who feel there are too few transgender people represented.

Our response
As regular viewers of Doctor Who will be aware, the show has and will always continue to proudly celebrate diversity and reflect the world we live in. We are always mindful of the content within our episodes."

Love it!

https://gizmodo.com/bbc-doctor-who-transgender-complaints-response-disney-1851136244

Comments

[kellan_the_tabby]

This is there aren't that many TERFs in the UK, they're just REALLY, REALLY LOUD.

I wish I had the link(s), but I've seen at least one & possibly a couple reports of people analyzing anti-trans stuff on twitter, specifically focusing on people from the UK, & there were a LOT of tweets but they were only from a relative handful of people. They just posted a whole lot, & boosted each other, & generally made a whole lot of noise, & pretended like they were this huge majority.

[silveradept]

Ah, so much like how certain very fringe groups here in the States proclaim themselves to be the majority and everyone supports them, even though most everyone doesn't. Good to know.

[thewayne]

cough Moral Majority cough

[kellan_the_tabby]

Very much so. I just wish neither group had the political weight they do.