Chavs

[xx-OreO-xx]

What do you think of Chavs?

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[B00]

Agree tigerlily, but when I hear and have to live in the area where this happened....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/08/24/npark124.xml

I'm sure you'll realise why I feel such a strong dislike for the local Chavs.

Especially when I walked past a group of them last week and heard them guffawing about it.

[LeMarchand]

Good God! It's sounding like Chavs are the new minority that one must not criticise!

It seems to be a common misconception that the hatred for this group is a class thing; it's not: it's a hatred for lazy, shiftless, dim (but cunning) violent scroungers with no fashion sense.

[ludwig]

I agree LeMarchand, and the fact that your description fits a few royals I could mention goes to prove it's not a class thing.

[Quinlad]

Actually Le Marchand, it is absolutely a class thing.

Having an issue with unemployed violent criminals is fine. And goes without saying.

But 'chavs' is usually the term for anyone who appears on Jeremy Kyle, or who lives on a council estate and wears Burberry, or who wears white Reeboks and called their daughter Chantelle.

And the fact that these people are assumed to be scrounging, irresponsible, lawless oafs is pure, 100% solid gold snobbery.

[Drisgirl]

Snob ^^^^ lol

Chavs is a new term for what people concieve as lower class.

I however dont believe in a class system and in fact I am entirely opposed to it.

Would Layabout and scrounger not be a more fitting description to the common perception of 'chavs'.

Still snobbery what ever way you want to gloss it.

[anotheoldgit]

Stupid halfwits in 4x4s to go to Tescos in, with fake breasts.

What I would like to know is how does Gromit know they are fake?

Regarding Chavs, where would Argos jewelry department be without them?

[Kromovaracun]

And the fact that these people are assumed to be scrounging, irresponsible, lawless oafs is pure, 100% solid gold snobbery

No it isn't. It's just ignorance. Most folk who assume Chavs are entirely scroungers and the like are usually pretty damning of such behaviour irrespective of class. Plus they're often first to point out non-Chav members of the 'working class' (god I hate that phrase...) who are hard-working and contribute etc.

Note that I'm not defending the strereotyping. I just find the trend among liberal intellectuals to stamp class on everything extremely annoying.