Why Are The Pc Brigade So Desperately Searching For Isms?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27236363
He got in the SH for using the word "slope" last month, now some mumblings may have sounded like the verbotten word. Someone got into hot water last year for using the entirely urelated word "niggardly". I think most are not racist, is it really necessary to leap on even the tiniest of slips/mistakes/misunderstandings ?

[jno]

from what I read, he did deliberately use the word "slope" to describe an Asian man, then claimed he hadn't realised people would be offended. Not a misunderstanding at all, and not a tiny mistake either. So he needs to watch his step, doesn't he?

[Old_Geezer]

His mumblings were clearly going to put a word offensive to some in mind, and as a celeb he should know that isn't on. I may well think folk ought not to take offense especially as many try to justify it if a dark skinned individual, particularly comedians, use it, but they do. It was an ill chosen rhyme to use even if it is a well-known and innocently used one. Clarkson, I believe, deliberately opts not to follow convention of trying not to offend, but chooses to be controversial.

[jno]

oh, and he did use the N word too. He says he tried to mumble it but didn't do it well enough.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/01/jeremy-clarkson-begs-forgiveness-n-word-top-gear

The BBC pay him a lot of money. They don't do it so he can "obscure" offensive words. He should get his act together.

[ummmm]

I like Jeremy Clarkson but people like him should always remember that their humour will not sit well with others and everything that is filmed could be leaked.

[murraymints]

The man's an idiot !

[ummmm]

A very very wealthy idiot....

[jno]

they weren't exactly leaked, ummmm - he used these words on air! The clot.

[ummmm]

He should know better....

[sp1814]

jno

A point of clarification.

This latest story is based on a taping which wasn't actually broaadcast.

[jno]

too much money gives you a sense of entitlement... thank the lord I have never been put to this particular test...

[jno]

ah, thanks, sp1814, I hadn't realised that.

I still think he should mind his tongue after the slope incident, though.

[anneasquith]

indeed sp. but its '' news'' for some. :)

[Gromit]

Not sure I understand your question. Isms?

I regard to Clarkeson, it is a pretty bonehead thing thing to do when you know cameras and microphones are recording you. I like Clarkeson, and he is too big a star for the BBC to sack, so I expect he will be politely asked not to be such a d1ckhead.

[naomi24]

This constant treading on eggshells is potty. Until I read about the ‘slope’ incident I had no idea that the word is deemed offensive in some quarters – and the rhyme he chanted under his breath is one we used as children when we were trying to decide something. I doubt he even thought about it. Touchy people need to get over themselves.

[missnemesis]

Have no idea why this is considered 'news' when it was apparently 'mumbled' a while ago and was never broadcast but hey ho there are inches to be filled and outrages to be had.

Personally I agree with James May who describes JC as a "monumental bellend."

[Nibble]

Naomi, you posted exactly what i was going to write. :-)

[sp1814]

That slope story was weird, wasn't it?

I mean, so many people said the same thing when the story broke - that they had no idea that it was a pejorative term for Asians.

I find it curious that Clarkson used the term at all, seeing as the majority (I assume) if his Top Gear audience wouldn't have gotten it.

Perhaps it was a bit of a joke between the production team, along the lines of "Let's see if we can slip this through..."

[Gromit]

// – and the rhyme he chanted under his breath is one we used as children when we were trying to decide something. //

I think he may have changed the words slightly.

[naomi24]

Gromit, he didn't. That was the rhyme.

SP, the bridge he was on slopes.

[ludwig]

Clarkson's been playing a game for a long time of seeing how unPC he can be without actually crossing the line which means he loses his job. He may have made a losing move this time, maybe not. Either way he knew the risks.