"Imagine being on the side of sterilising and mutilating children"

Spitfire CEO, Will Evans, suspends co-founder Christian Henson for being pro-safeguarding

Will Evans, whiteboard by Moley

What a difference a day makes.

Remember that lovely, compassionate and concerned tweet yesterday from Christian Henson, co-founder of Spitfire Audio? He wrote it and attached my video about how Stewart Lee has become a partisan hack who is betraying his audience by lying to them.

One of Stewart’s lies is of course, that so-called Cancel Culture doesn’t exist.

Well, guess what? Christian’s been put on leave.

It’s not going over well. The quote tweets alone are scathing, with many pointing out that Will Evans is…

a) breaking the law

b) suspiciously anti-safeguarding

c) a disgrace to the arts

Nikki ♀️Respect my sex if you want my X @Nikki13687705

This is what cowardice looks like. Presumably you know this man as your colleague & friend? How dare you let others dictate where he should work & what lawful opinions he's allowed to voice. The arts are buggered. And you are playing your part in that. Shameful.

Spitfire Audio @SpitfireAudio

A message from Spitfire Audio's CEO. https://t.co/O8yWjiKJna

d) undemocratic

Colin Wight @colwight

Christian is going to take a break and reflect? Where have you sent him, Xinjiang? https://t.co/1vwJ10GM4T

Spitfire Audio @SpitfireAudio

A message from Spitfire Audio's CEO. https://t.co/O8yWjiKJna

e) spineless

Lord Asher Newbold-Ibáñez 🍸 @Asher_Newbold

You spineless cowards. What excuse will you give in a few years time, when the pharmaceutical and surgical transitioning of confused teenagers is publicly recognised as the 21st century's equivalent of frontal lobotomies or Thalidomide?

Spitfire Audio @SpitfireAudio

A message from Spitfire Audio's CEO. https://t.co/O8yWjiKJna

As one tweeter said, “Imagine being on the side of mutilating and sterilising children”.

The replies are no better for the company.

Caroline ffiske @carolinefff

@SpitfireAudio You will look back and realise you have behaved like a coward. Honestly, get a grip. This is a live debate; children are being harmed and women are losing their single sex spaces. You won't even allow open debate on the subject?

Rachel Rooney @RooneyRachel

@SpitfireAudio Christian is entirely right to be concerned about social and medical transitioning of autistic children. I speak as one with an autism dx, who's raised an asc son to adulthood, with training as a specialist teacher working with autistic youth. It is you that needs educating.

Vicky Thompson @VThomps11168091

@SpitfireAudio Apologising because Christian has an informed opinion on it being bad to perform medical experiments on healthy children MAY NOT BE THE ENLIGHTENED STANCE YOU THINK.

Meanwhile, here’s Stewart Lee demonstrating what comedy looks like when you’ve given up on providing truthful analysis.