D.A.F.C Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I quite liked the Scottish bits on Little Britain. "Scotland is a country that welcomes literally tens of tourists each year" cracked me up the first time I heard it [emoji4]Aberdoon stook hoose[emoji38] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 He's a skeleton I thought? The Spirit of Jazz is as blackface as the band Kiss. The character Rudy on the other hand... What about naboo?It never entered my mind that such surreal and ridiculous characters could be misconstrued as racist.You could find racism in almost any show if you looked at everything in such a critical manner.Hes a skeleton ffs.Is Raymond boombox racist?No he's meant to be a cop from Brooklyn.Who cares what colour he is its ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 It's hilarious that you've spent pages, days even (days which included a time out ban from a mod FFS), bemoaning that folk are victimising and assuming things about you based on a few posts on here, and yet here you are assuming I have a problem with a statue based on one single post. Yer mask has long slipped.We can do this to you but you can't do this to us.Seems a bit hypocritical. Just like your arguments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, D.A.F.C said: We can do this to you but you can't do this to us. Seems a bit hypocritical. Just like your arguments. Okay pal. Enjoy your weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 minute ago, The Moonster said: Okay pal. Enjoy your weekend. Mind and not reply to anything he says after lunchtime tomorrow. Would hate for him to cancel another big Saturday night to get in a fight about those bloody lefties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 hours ago, The Moonster said: Whilst that might be true, it makes no sense to choose your politicians by FPTP and then give platforms to the ones who didn't win. It's very easy to forget about the EU parliament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: What about naboo? Birthplace of Sheev Palpatine and Jar Jar Binks so probably worth cancelling as well, yes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Mind and not reply to anything he says after lunchtime tomorrow. Would hate for him to cancel another big Saturday night to get in a fight about those bloody lefties. Y don't they just leave if they hate r cuntry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Detournement said: It's very easy to forget about the EU parliament. How much air time did any other MEP get compared to Farage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 What has JK Rowling been cancelled from? Some consumers have decided not to buy her books because they disagree with her frankly abhorrent trolling and bullying of a minority community. The idea that people cannot choose to not consume someone’s art because of their views is absurd. Playing down JK Rowling’s opinions as ‘one utterance,’ massively downplays her consistent attacks, only today she is peddling retransitioning as if it is a common thing, where in actual fact .5% of transgender people will look to do so. She is a massive bigot whether she’s an ‘obnoxious c**t,’ or not. It filters down beyond that though.Say someone who works in McDonald’s publically agrees with her views. Would you agree with people going to their employer with screenshots, trying to get them sacked? If not, why not? People are generally sound enough and “bigoted” views are often born out of ignorance or naivety rather than deep rooted, irreversible prejudice - which is why I’d prefer to at least try have a proper conversation with people rather than just shouting bigot at them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Birthplace of Sheev Palpatine and Jar Jar Binks so probably worth cancelling as well, yes. Was it the birthplace of Palpatine though? Or is he meant to be some eternal being from the ether following Rise of Skywalker? Jar Jar Binks is enough anyway, Naboo has been cancelled. Tattoine next, still using slaves in this day and age. Edited July 10, 2020 by Genuine Hibs Fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Birthplace of Sheev Palpatine and Jar Jar Binks so probably worth cancelling as well, yes.The Mighty Whoosh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, anotherchance said: Would you agree with people going to their employer with screenshots, trying to get them sacked? If not, why not? People are generally sound enough and “bigoted” views are often born out of ignorance or naivety rather than deep rooted, irreversible prejudice - which is why I’d prefer to at least try have a proper conversation with people rather than just shouting bigot at them. No but then isn't what anyone is actually suggesting in regards to Rowling either. What people object to is that she has a massive public platform based on little more than possessing obscene wealth which allows her to pontificate on a subject she's repeatedly demonstrated a bigoted ignorance of. Shunting her out of public discourse doesn't actually meaningfully impact her ability to live her life and will likely have a broader public good of allowing other more vulnerable people an opportunity to live a safer life. It's not really comparable to trying to get someone sacked from a minimum wage for having shitty takes and then making it much more difficult to make a living. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: If someone in McDonalds was advocating for conversion therapy I'd absolutely want them to lose their job. I genuinely don't think I would at least not without some form of mediation. A McDonalds employee doesn't have a public platform or much clout in the same way any of the wealthy public figures whinging about this do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 The following sentence from the letter sums up this thread, and pretty much every "debate" about anything remotely controversial in society, perfectly. It's almost played out word for word and we're not even a dozen pages in. "an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Was it the birthplace of Palpatine though? Or is he meant to be some eternal being from the ether following Rise of Skywalker? Jar Jar Binks is enough though You can tell how well I'm acclimatising to working from home because I spent an hour yesterday reading Palpatine's wikia but can confirm he was born normally and subsequently acquired this power in the latter days of the Clone Wars. No, I'm not a VL. Edited July 10, 2020 by NotThePars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, MixuFruit said: Mediation with who? Most companies have a social media policy now, don't they? I'd hope that it would go to HR or whoever deals with these disputes. Advocating for conversion therapy would probably fall under anti-LGBT directives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 If someone in McDonalds was advocating for conversion therapy I'd absolutely want them to lose their job.To the point where you’d grass them up yourself? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 I only really started this thread in the hope that it would lead to massive heads gones and self cancellings but I've been too busy to read it. Did it work? I have a list of posters that I hoped would end up in the bin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tynierose said: Make the next one about which banned users you want back PerthshireBell, Lexi Collector and Jimmy85. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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