Gawd Elp Us Is Nothing Sacred?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/enid-blyton-blue-plaque-bio-by-english-heritage-includes-racist-and-xenophobic-criticism-12334601
....Perlease!

[DTCwordfan]

Dreadful word, I agree.....a politically correct synonym for'politically correct' in my opinion.

[andy-hughes]

I enjoy using the term.

It's a horrible word - perfect shorthand for horrible people stirring up horrible hostility for absolutely no good reason beyond their own futile and pathetic self-aggrandisement.

[Mamyalynne]

I thought you might Andy, I shall try to clear the poor hens from my mind's eye.

[Mozz71]

Andy //It's a horrible word - perfect shorthand for horrible people stirring up horrible hostility for absolutely no good reason beyond their own futile and pathetic self-aggrandisement.//

If only it was just used against those people, rather than anyone who speaks out about anything, no matter how justified.

[douglas9401]

Casual racism? It's when they get dressed up that the problems really start.

Off to Kirrin Island for some ginger beer now, sitting on a rug, I just hope my choice of drink doesn't mark me down as a closet homophobe.

Kisses on the bottom

XXX

[andy-hughes]

Mozz - // If only it was just used against those people, rather than anyone who speaks out about anything, no matter how justified. //

That's the price we pay for living in a soceity where lazy stereotyping and unjustified judgement are the way most people approach their fellow human beings.

[Mozz71]

Andy - //That's the price we pay for living in a soceity where lazy stereotyping and unjustified judgement are the way most people approach their fellow human beings.//

All of which you express a joy for using the aforementioned term. Doesn't reflect well.

[Atheist]

Andy 20:19
"...and subtle shades of lesbianism..."
Yu sound as if you disapprove of that. If so, why?

[andy-hughes]

Mozz - // All of which you express a joy for using the aforementioned term. Doesn't reflect well. //

I use the term specifically against the individuals who are categorically operating within said terms of reference - there is no lazy sterotyping involved.

I am able to assess the difference between someone who is speaking out about something because they care about it, and some immature twonk who thinks their outrage on behalf of someone who neither knows nor cares, makes them more important.

[Mozz71]

Andy, Damn shame you can't teach others to follow suit. Still, I mustn't complain, or I'll be a snowflake too ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

I wouldn't go so far as to say that the mere fact that in The Famous Five George is a girl, is a 'shade of lesbianism', subtle or otherwise.

[ToraToraTora]

gawd is there a cat fight going on here?

[ToraToraTora]

andy/mozz, can you pick wrestler names to make it more fun for the audience?

[Mozz71]

JD - //I wouldn't go so far as to say that the mere fact that in The Famous Five George is a girl, is a 'shade of lesbianism', subtle or otherwise.//

What because she has a male name? I'm sure she wasn't the only Georgina to shorted her name! Sheesh, people are strange.

[Mozz71]

Tora, I thought Andy and I were having a conversation. You must be bored.

[Mamyalynne]

Nah Tora, just a bun fight , sticky buns at that.

[Mozz71]

I reckon Tora just wants to see me and Andy in leotards.

[Mamyalynne]

For his next children's book.

[Chinajan]

// I wouldn't go so far as to say that the mere fact that in The Famous Five George is a girl, is a 'shade of lesbianism', subtle or otherwise. //

I rather think it's a reference to the schoolgirl 'Bill' and the 'mannish' Miss Peters at Malory Towers. :0)

[andy-hughes]

Mozz - // Andy, Damn shame you can't teach others to follow suit. //

It is, but I'm not a teacher.