Popular Post Davkaus Posted September 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2020 These days you can't even instigate a local apartheid movement without the PC brigade jumping down your throat. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Davkaus said: These days you can't even instigate a local apartheid movement without the PC brigade jumping down your throat. Its political correctness gone mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 I wish these people were less cowardly and just say what they mean. At least we could separate the wheat from the chaff when people turn out to vote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I just saw the term gammon on another thread and had to look up what it meant. Could the term be regarded as racist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 6, 2020 Administrator Share Posted September 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I just saw the term gammon on another thread and had to look up what it meant. Could the term be regarded as racist? I don't see how it can, but I've no idea what definition you've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Could the term be regarded as racist? Well I guess they are a bit under evolved, so more likely speciesist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, limpid said: I don't see how it can, but I've no idea what definition you've read. I read the definition on Wikipedia. It mentioned that there has been considerable debate over whether the term is racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted September 6, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: I read the definition on Wikipedia. It mentioned that there has been considerable debate over whether the term is racist. One suspects the debate has only been between idiots and other idiots 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I guess technically it's a derogatory term about a certain group of people based on a stereotype, though more targeted against people who hold certain views as much as their ruddy-faced appearance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 To be fair I doubt I could call someone a f**king gammon and get away with it. Not that I ever would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, bickster said: One suspects the debate has only been between idiots and other idiots Why? The term clearly has a negative racial element to it. That it’s so acceptable to use seems very hypocritical to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2020 Just now, penguin said: Why? The term clearly has a negative racial element to it. That it’s so acceptable to use seems very hypocritical to me. Sorry, I can't debate this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: To be fair I doubt I could call someone a f**king gammon and get away with it. Not that I ever would. I doubt you could call them a f***ing egg and get away with it either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, bickster said: Sorry, I can't debate this Seems a strange line to take after deliberately entering a discussion but OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, bickster said: I doubt you could call them a f***ing egg and get away with it either What if I called them a f**king good egg? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, penguin said: Why? The term clearly has a negative racial element to it. That it’s so acceptable to use seems very hypocritical to me. What’s the racial bit? I’ve missed that angle? Are we going to have to start just referring to the ‘g’ word? Is limpid going to need a word filter and we just think people are writing ‘salty porcine cuts’? Edited September 6, 2020 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 6, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, penguin said: Seems a strange line to take after deliberately entering a discussion but OK. I'd have thought my joke was obvious. Obviously not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 27 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: What’s the racial bit? I’ve missed that angle? Are we going to have to start just referring to the ‘g’ word? Is limpid going to need a word filter and we just think people are writing ‘salty porcine cuts’? It’s negatively referring to skin colour, I can’t see how the racial element isn’t apparent unless you are deliberately trying to miss it. And of course not, I was asking why it’s so obviously idiotic that there’s even a debate that it can be seen as a racist term. But great straw man I’ll sure you’ll get the likes you’re after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) It's not. Its referring to how red people go when they get angry (I believe it was coined after the May/Corbyn election when a bunch of blokes were bright red yelling at Corbyn) about nukes That it's mostly white people who seem to display this is neither here nor there Edited September 6, 2020 by StefanAVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, penguin said: It’s negatively referring to skin colour, It's more of a reaction thing than colour as far as I know. These type of people get very angry, something happens to the capillaries in their face some have a change in facial complexion. The name is to suggest a person reacts to the wrong things in the completely wrong way & usually OTT to boot. It is that same as calling a women "Karen", it is not a new service to change peoples name or a "Game of chance" that her name is actually "Karen", but it is to inform her & anyone watching that she is "acting" line a word removed. So, even if you are blind, you can still call people a "Gammon" and thus, cannot be racist. Edited September 6, 2020 by Amsterdam_Neil_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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