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Genuine question, is it no longer ok for people to refer to the gender of the person? I’ve see the uproar today around the stupid woman comment.
The comment is clearly bad taste however I would of expected issue to be taken with the word stupid yet everything I read is in relation to the word woman
The comment is clearly bad taste however I would of expected issue to be taken with the word stupid yet everything I read is in relation to the word woman
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Stupid man would be permitted....#me to is very anti men which seems acceptable these days. Spin it round and there's uproar.MRG wrote:Genuine question, is it no longer ok for people to refer to the gender of the person? I’ve see the uproar today around the stupid woman comment.
The comment is clearly bad taste however I would of expected issue to be taken with the word stupid yet everything I read is in relation to the word woman
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Perhaps the Right Honourable Minister for Islington North should learn to keep his mouth shut and then stop lying about what he really said?MRG wrote:Genuine question, is it no longer ok for people to refer to the gender of the person? I’ve see the uproar today around the stupid woman comment.
The comment is clearly bad taste however I would of expected issue to be taken with the word stupid yet everything I read is in relation to the word woman
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If you refer to gender while being derogatory, it becomes a sexist comment. Just as referring to race while insulting someone makes it a racist comment. Corbyn was quite happy to admit he used the word "stupid", because calling someone a stupid person is quite acceptable; calling someone a stupid man, probably acceptable; calling someone a stupid woman, apparently not.
I bet if that Chelsea yobbo had directed his foul abuse at Sterling without using the word "black", we wouldn't have heard a dicky bird about it. Using gender or race terms really escalates the issue.
I bet if that Chelsea yobbo had directed his foul abuse at Sterling without using the word "black", we wouldn't have heard a dicky bird about it. Using gender or race terms really escalates the issue.
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In the same way as the pc crowd have a do at anybody using a derogatory adjective followed by a nationality. As though you are having a pop at the entire nation instead of the person.
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in a country that lies about freedom of speech, we are forever backed into a corner thesedays , partly through cowardice, we comply.
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What in the **** has this got to do with #metoo?tim_noone wrote:Stupid man would be permitted....#me to is very anti men which seems acceptable these days. Spin it round and there's uproar.
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All relevant to little women being offended for whatever reason....Imploding Turtle wrote:What in the **** has this got to do with #metoo?
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Is it ****.tim_noone wrote:All relevant to little women being offended for whatever reason....
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Eh?tim_noone wrote:All relevant to little women being offended for whatever reason....
Did you even understand what the #metoo movement was about?
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What’s the difference between Ironman and Ironwoman?
One is a superhero and the other is a simple command.
One is a superhero and the other is a simple command.
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Then at least you can discuss with one another how each of you are wrong.tim_noone wrote:I'm with BennyD.
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Ah, my bad.tim_noone wrote:Misandry....?
Failed to spot you're trolling on this thread.
As you were then.
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tim_noone wrote:Misandry....?
Rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Just because something is a sexism issue doesn't mean it's a #metoo issue, and by trying to treat everything as if it is you diminish the actual movement.
Your attitude is little different to people who see black people protesting about something/anything and calling it a BLM march.
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When is feminism misandry and when is it ok?
Also, are women wired-up reeght?
Also, are women wired-up reeght?
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This. End of thread.dsr wrote:If you refer to gender while being derogatory, it becomes a sexist comment. Just as referring to race while insulting someone makes it a racist comment.
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It’s a really interesting one this. I agree that the word ‘stupid’, which is subjective in this instance, would be expected to be the more controversial. Yet it is the word ‘woman’, which is objective and factually correct, that appears to be causing the controversy. Bizarre.MRG wrote:Genuine question, is it no longer ok for people to refer to the gender of the person? I’ve see the uproar today around the stupid woman comment.
The comment is clearly bad taste however I would of expected issue to be taken with the word stupid yet everything I read is in relation to the word woman
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I was reading how, according to a deaf person who can lip read perfectly, he said, "stupid people".
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A misogynist is a man that hates women nearly as much as many women do.
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Falcon wrote:Yes as long as the word powerful doesn't become an insulting term.
When it comes to what people can, and cannot say.
Who made you God?......
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Falcon wrote:I've blocked Ringo. I assume he's making a weird point irrelevant to the discussion that suits his warped worldview.
Awkward question?
Block the questioner!
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He's posting incel nonsense, as incels tend to do on threads about women.Falcon wrote:I've blocked Ringo. I assume he's making a weird point irrelevant to the discussion that suits his warped worldview.
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Imploding Turtle wrote:He's posting incel nonsense, as incels tend to do on threads about women.
You should be in a cell. For the benefit of society in general!
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I'm afraid mate that a cross section of females (I have just spoken to a number of women in the office) says you are wrong. Not one (not even one) said that if they had done something stupid would be offended at being called a 'a stupid woman'. They would not hesitate to call a man a stupid man in similar circumstances and think that it should work both ways. Political correctness, unfortunately, doesn't take into account common sense or humour. This is the problem that most people have with PC, it has a complete lack of context and there is no give or take. It tries to force everone into a procrustean bed of sameness which most people do not want. I used to have a Asian friend at work a few years ago and we used to trade insults based on race with good humour and fun, neither of us took offence at the other and we were good mates. One day one of the people in the office (a woman dare I say) pulled me up for using a racist term to my mate, to which I said 'He doesn't mind so why should you, take it up with him'. People should stop taking offence and bloody grow up. There is a difference between an alledged racist comment that is meant as an insult and one that is made in fun with no harm intended and if some people can't see this it says more about them than it does about the person saying it.Falcon wrote:This. End of thread.
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RingoMcCartney wrote:You should be in a cell. For the benefit of society in general!
I imagine many people who share your political views really believe that people who hold my political views should be in prison. Watch Brazil to see it happen.
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houseboy wrote:I'm afraid mate that a cross section of females (I have just spoken to a number of women in the office) says you are wrong. Not one (not even one) said that if they had done something stupid would be offended at being called a 'a stupid woman'. They would not hesitate to call a man a stupid man in similar circumstances and think that it should work both ways. Political correctness, unfortunately, doesn't take into account common sense or humour. This is the problem that most people have with PC, it has a complete lack of context and there is no give or take. It tries to force everone into a procrustean bed of sameness which most people do not want. I used to have a Asian friend at work a few years ago and we used to trade insults based on race with good humour and fun, neither of us took offence at the other and we were good mates. One day one of the people in the office (a woman dare I say) pulled me up for using a racist term to my mate, to which I said 'He doesn't mind so why should you, take it up with him'. People should stop taking offence and bloody grow up. There is a difference between an alledged racist comment that is meant as an insult and one that is made in fun with no harm intended and if some people can't see this it says more about them than it does about the person saying it.
I get it, I really do. Some of the names I call my friends would sound awful out of context (especially against the gay / minority ones).
I mean more in general. If I call a random woman (say, a motorist who pulled out on me) a "stupid woman" rather than just plain "stupid" it's fair to assume the woman bit is meant to strengthen the insult.
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I was a builder on various sites in town centers and you would ear wolf whistle all the time
Now its a crime and classed derogatory and sexist
It was a bit of fun in them days and some woman loved it
Now its a crime and classed derogatory and sexist
It was a bit of fun in them days and some woman loved it
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Imploding Turtle wrote:I imagine many people who share your political views really believe that people who hold my political views should be in prison. Watch Brazil to see it happen.
Perhaps you could answer the question I asked Falcon.
When it comes to what people can and cannot say.
Who made Falcon God?
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I take your point but the emphasis on woman could, for many people mean no more than she is A. stupid and B. a woman. In the context of the situation BOTH terms would be true and therefore no offence should be taken. For what it's worth I hear far more often these days women using the add-on 'man' after an insult or rebuke than the other way around. It's just words and for me the old sticks and stones argument is still valid. Similarly using an insult/rebuke followed by a reference to race to an individual is simply a statement of fact about the individual not a mass insult to a whole race or nation.Falcon wrote:I get it, I really do. Some of the names I call my friends would sound awful out of context (especially against the gay / minority ones).
I mean more in general. If I call a random woman (say, a motorist who pulled out on me) a "stupid woman" rather than just plain "stupid" it's fair to assume the woman bit is meant to strengthen the insult.
As I have stated on here and in other places many times I am an anti-racist egalitarian by nature, anyone who knows me knows this, but I am a hater of political correctness because it has become a massive tool to ban that other passion of mine, freedom of speech and expression.
Chairman/chairwoman/chairperson/chair? The last reduces someone to an inanimate object and is actually the greatest 'insult' of the four. Political correctness these days says the last is correct, how can that possibly be?
I rest my case.
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Absolutely. The subjective is seen as fine but the fact is in dispute. As you say, bizarre.kaptin1 wrote:It’s a really interesting one this. I agree that the word ‘stupid’, which is subjective in this instance, would be expected to be the more controversial. Yet it is the word ‘woman’, which is objective and factually correct, that appears to be causing the controversy. Bizarre.
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That would be loved, accepted, wrapped in a massive bow and given as a present. I think you have hit the proverbial well on the head. The objective term is in dispute because it was preceded by an insult but the same objective term would be fully 'acceptable' if it is preceded by something more praiseworthy. It seems that there is a certain amount of selectivity going on here.MRG wrote:Would powerful woman be ok?
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The Egyptians had a Falcon headed god.RingoMcCartney wrote:Perhaps you could answer the question I asked Falcon.
When it comes to what people can and cannot say.
Who made Falcon God?
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Is it now an offence to use the word n-i-g-g-e-r even when discussing it with regard to it's intended meaning. I use the hyphens assuming it wouldn't even make it onto the page if I didn't. If you you used 'n' for the same reason please forgive me.Foulthrow wrote:I was just listening to Oliver's Army by Elvis Costello - does he use the 'n' word in that song?
Oh, and yes, I am pretty sure he did.
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RingoMcCartney wrote:Perhaps you could answer the question I asked Falcon.
When it comes to what people can and cannot say.
Who made Falcon God?
You did. No one else. Like all Gods you completely made it up.
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Good old banter eh! I can be racist, but if I think its funny, its fine.houseboy wrote:I'm afraid mate that a cross section of females (I have just spoken to a number of women in the office) says you are wrong. Not one (not even one) said that if they had done something stupid would be offended at being called a 'a stupid woman'. They would not hesitate to call a man a stupid man in similar circumstances and think that it should work both ways. Political correctness, unfortunately, doesn't take into account common sense or humour. This is the problem that most people have with PC, it has a complete lack of context and there is no give or take. It tries to force everone into a procrustean bed of sameness which most people do not want. I used to have a Asian friend at work a few years ago and we used to trade insults based on race with good humour and fun, neither of us took offence at the other and we were good mates. One day one of the people in the office (a woman dare I say) pulled me up for using a racist term to my mate, to which I said 'He doesn't mind so why should you, take it up with him'. People should stop taking offence and bloody grow up. There is a difference between an alledged racist comment that is meant as an insult and one that is made in fun with no harm intended and if some people can't see this it says more about them than it does about the person saying it.