Digby Jones…Cancelled (Or Not?)

[sp1814]

Why do some (in this case Digby Jones) think that they have the right to criticise others, but not face criticism themselves?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9849083/Digby-Jones-hits-dig-Alex-Scotts-pronounciation.html#comments

He complains about Alex Scott’s pronunciation and when he gets negative feedback he complains of being ‘cancelled’.

What does ‘cancel’ mean in this context?

Has he simply picked up on a buzzword?

[Bazile]

Anyway why is she being referred to as bame .

She looks like black/white to me

[youngmafbog]

Served in a laboubad r Government, so one of your SP. Perhaps you should write and ask him?

As far as I am concerned he is correct, there is no need for bad pronunciation and it has nothing to do with working class or regional dialect.

Still, as I dont pay the licence fee I dont really care.

[Spicerack]

Are Black people not Bame, Bazile?

[Bazile]

Yes
But is she not a mixture of black and white ?

[royfromaus]

Positive feedback = gammon pile in?
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Is that racism going to stay?

[Atheist]

And Digby came from Gwain! Didn't he, Mamy?

[Ellipsis]

Cancelled means somebody who vehemently disagrees with me chooses not to let me spout my "views" ("nonsense", in their view) on a platform they own. Applies equally to left and right, with loads of obvious examples. A very tenuous relationship with free speech, as usually there are many other venues in which the views can be spouted.

[Mamyalynne]

Atheist, unsure why that's directed at me.

[Spicerack]

Youm the Oracle, mamya.

[sp1814]

Bazil

You know what BAME stands for, right?

[Mamyalynne]

I yam ?

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

I’ve not voted Labour for years.

Also, “one of yours” - a bit reductive?

[sp1814]

Ellipsis

That’s not what cancelled means

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture

[sp1814]

royfromaus

An chip-laden shoulder.

[sp1814]

*Another

[Spicerack]

Ooh. I've got one of those too, roy.

[sp1814]

royfromaus

Do you think Digby Jones has been cancelled?

If so - how?

[royfromaus]

It's a racist comment.

Why people are ignoring it is beyond me.

[Ellipsis]

Where does what I wrote differ from what you linked to, sp?

[sp1814]

royfromaus

No it is not. It’s a description of a certain type of person. It’s no more racist than ‘redneck’.

Hence your chip.

If you think gammon is racist, I urge you to report the comment to the Ed and in the meantime can you explain whether you agree that Jones is being cancelled?