So called jokes about rape!

MissAdventure

It's his trademark to make offensive jokes - Jim Davidson was the same, (and hated!) until suddenly everyone liked him again.

Good lord he's nothing like Jim Davidson.

And if you all think he is, that explains a lot.

Ms Price certainly hasn't forgotten has she?

But he doesn't need to learn from that experience. He doesn't have to behave the way you want him to. If you don't like him, fair enough. Calling him the names he's been called on here and making assumptions about him and his motives is up there with the anti-Meghan brigade.

Some get irony and some don't. ??

FB is a Scot isn’t he Volver? Are you really that partisan?

It's his trademark to make offensive jokes - Jim Davidson was the same, (and hated!) until suddenly everyone liked him again.

So because his comment about Katie Price's son was 11 years ago it should be forgotten? No it was in bad taste then and provoked an outcry. However, he appears to have not learned from that experience - or could it be that he says these things to generate publicity for his latest tour

Who do you go to see lixy?

(Yes, its a trick question )

I agree that what he said about Ms Price's son 11 years ago was unacceptable. I find it difficult though to hold a grudge for that long though.

Unlike some, it seems.

No, not acceptable in any context whatsoever.

I wasn't there to hear it and would never go to hear Mr Boyle or Mr Gervais, though I do like stand-up and have been to many sessions over the years.

'It's only a joke' = 'It was only a bit of banter' = totally unacceptable.

Beggars belief, it really does. Truly appalling.

Kamiso

He’s always been a nasty piece of work with a very aggressive attitude. I’ve always switched off anything he’s appearing in even if I would normally watch it. Horrible creep.

Yes he said this about Katie Price's son, "I have a theory as to why Jordan (aka as KP) married a cage fighter she needs a man strong enough to stop Harvey from f*****g her"

A creep indeed.

Oh how droll "he speaks highly of you" like any one would care what that piece of work thought!

I think that's the point of what he said nanna8 ??‍♀️

Jokes about rape are never funny. Whatever the circumstances.

Ah, OK, so some people are acceptable and some aren't.

But you don't know what Frankie Boyle is inferring - or even implying - so obviously he's beyond the pale.

Mr Boyle again - from the Scotsman, no less: “Can I just say, my routine about raping and f*****g Holly Willoughby was part of a very long routine about whether or not it's OK to do a joke about that, and I look at it from both sides, there are pluses and minuses.”

Get out the pitchforks. Bandwagons will be here shortly.

Is this my utter inadequacy with regard to Twitter or has he muted all replies on his tweets about free speech?

What I have quoted up thread is also in The Independent and The Scotsman who have probably also taken those words out of a long preamble. In any event this person has form, lets not forget what he implied about Katie Price and her disabled son. A fine example of toxic masculinity at its very worst.

I think we all know what David Baddiel, Jewish himself, is inferring in the title of his book "Jews Don't Count" without having the obvious pointed out.

Shame.

He speaks really highly of you.

He’s always been a nasty piece of work with a very aggressive attitude. I’ve always switched off anything he’s appearing in even if I would normally watch it. Horrible creep.

They used to say “in poor taste.”

Oh yes, I know what you mean. Thanks Galaxy.

Ricky Gervais jokes. I suspect it goes back a long way.

What other jokes has FB "whinged" about, please?

I think that we shouldnt police jokes, however as FB whinges about others jokes I couldnt care less if that happens to him. Petty of me obviously.

Quote about the whole sorry affair from Frankie Boyle:

More grief from the Daily Mail. The joke they “quote” is garbled nonsense, a concept and wording no comic would ever use. There is a very long routine in my current show which concludes that certain jokes are probably a product of toxic masculinity. You’d struggle to be offended.

So unless any of you were actually there, to hear verbatim what he said, I'm going to take a punt on this and think its the Daily Mail making things up.

Remember when Jimmy Carr got all that grief for alleged discrimination against romanies? When he was acting as a character who says unacceptable things? As I said at the time, David Baddiel has written a book called "Jews Don't Count". Are we offended?

No, not being unreasonable at all.
It’s not my kind of humour, I don’t know anyone who’d find it anything other than disgusting.
I wonder how Holly Willoughby feels about it. Could she complain to the Police? Could it be seen as hate speech. The worry is some people find this kind of thing funny.

You aren't being unreasonable at all. I can't imagine why anyone would say such a thing or think it acceptable.