Quote Originally Posted by Jezleeds View Post
'Using it amongst peers' is a strategy used by many groups who perceive themselves to be victims of abuse.

Gay people often use the word 'poof'; black people 'ni gger', Asian people 'Paki' - the idea being that 'reclaiming' or 'claiming' the word means it is no longer offensive and takes the power away from those using it in an abusive way.

So using it amongst peers is very different to it being used by someone abusively.

Bang on 'bro and life lessons learned on Roundhay park Leeds tennis courts late 70's put to excellent grammatical use may I say Jez - Respect is apt ..........

When in Manchester a month back I was coming out of the Russian embassy and a group of 'male builders' working on scaffolding shouted abuse at me saying ....... "Fu*k off back home you Russian bitch and stop taking our jobs ............ "
I opened my car door turned to them and replied "I'm not Russian" and was greeted with "Well fu*k off back to France then" (French number plate on my car) .............

Abuse is abuse uttered by ignorance - xeno-racism to me seems rife in UK nowadays as its not a colour coded abuse but it's distressing to be on the receiving end of it.
In hindsight should have reported it but who would have listened in a Manchester side street late afternoon ?
In a football stadium I would have reported it without hesitation.


Just saying like.............