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originally posted by: NthOther
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me."
Does anyone still teach this to their children, or are kindergarten life lessons being neglected in favor of gender fluidity awareness education?
originally posted by: mclarenmp4
Looks like the thought police are already in the thread, saying anyone disagreeing with them are racists.
Well I'm going to disagree with the premise of the thread that she was racist by saying the phrase she did.
It's all in the context, the people whop are crying racist are the ones that are taking it out of context and thus making it a race issue.
She was discussing brexit and used an outdated analogy to describe the mess, it was just that an analogy.
She wasn't referencing a group of people or individual.
She could have chose a better analogy but calling her a racist for it is a bit extreme.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: yorkshirelad
Why should they justify it? Honestly, who really cares? So the "usual suspects" will decry the use of the N word and proclaim all Tory's and those who vote for them are racists...........and again I ask, "Who Cares"? What difference does it make? The speaker has been outed as a "racist" when in fact, in today's PC world, every white person is presumed to be racist and any and all attempts to prove otherwise are used against that white person as proofs that they are indeed racist.
In that type world, you, if your a white person, vote for any white candidate that just confirms you are a racist regardless of your political affiliation.
originally posted by: mclarenmp4
a reply to: conz1992
So what's the issue if no-one is calling her racist? That she used a word that is usually associated with racism, to analogise the Brexit process?
Sorry I'm not sure what I'm meant to be outraged about.