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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 17:11:03 GMT
I see some careless Tory MP is in the shit for saying "nigger in the woodpile". The phrase just means the hidden problem. Ok these days it's seen as old fashioned and offensive to those looking to be offended, and as such she was ill advised to use it. But it isn't a racist remark. Despite that, the news is full of "MP's racist remark". I despair at people's stupidity.
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 10, 2017 17:17:14 GMT
Probably been instructed to say it to distract from something hideous the government are hoping to sneak out today.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 17:21:30 GMT
.... "nigger in the woodpile".... Reported
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 17:40:28 GMT
.... "nigger in the woodpile".... Reported Reported. Well posting a copy of something is just as bad as posting the thing!
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Post by kris on Jul 10, 2017 18:02:55 GMT
What "the queer in the public toilet" is that offensive.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 18:08:52 GMT
What "the queer in the public toilet" is that offensive. Not to me. But i think it's important to differentiate between a term of abuse aimed at a person or people, versus a turn of phrase. Therefore calling someone a nigger is probably offensive to them (depending on who said it and why), but "nigger in the woodpile" isn't aimed at insulting a person or people, it's just a phrase like "luck of the irish", albeit a phrase that has gone out of common use. We should be less obsessed with this sort of phrase, and requiring the gollywog to be removed from robertson's jam etc, and worry more about the real ills and evils in society.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:09:19 GMT
I didn't think queer was particularly offensive. There probably is a proper rude term for turd burglars to be equated with nigger in terms of actual offence -theoretically - caused.
I don't really see how someone can be offended by an expression. If you say to someone "you are a fat nigger piece of scum" or something then maybe that's offensive to them yes. But the woodpile thing is just an old fashioned colonial type expression.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 18:10:26 GMT
Presumably the phrase "a chink of light" will be the next thing on the banned list!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:10:33 GMT
Cross posted with Tellymachus
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Post by kris on Jul 10, 2017 18:12:10 GMT
Some people are still upset by the after effects of colinisation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:13:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:14:39 GMT
Some people are still upset by the after effects of colinisation. Yes - they all came over here and took all the social housing. The empire strikes back.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 18:17:53 GMT
Some people are still upset by the after effects of colinisation. Yes they are. But surely it is better to concentrate on actual racism, achievement and crime levels in young black men, and all the other important stuff, and not create a culture where we have to be careful to use the correct term of the moment e.g. Nigger -> black -> Afro-Caribbean -> African American -> coloured -> person of colour (that last is pure PC bullshit! Which colour?)
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 10, 2017 18:18:43 GMT
Some people are still upset by the after effects of colinisation. Yes - they all came over here and took all the social housing. The empire strikes back. I gave you a "like" but only because it was mischievous, not because it was correct!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2017 18:25:34 GMT
I went to a private secondary school in surrey mainly inhabited by prat bankers and stockbrokers kids. There were one or two wogs as well. My best friend was an Iranian lad. Anyway at one point one of the white boys was going out with an asian girl. The other boys used to describe her as a "spearchucker". At the time it seemed fairly harmless but looking at it more closely it is quite offensive because she was not african.
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