General News Chat

[Shetland Don]

As opposed to the fuucking paradise it is? Oh aye.

If you're looking for a male/female arithmetical nightmare duo, Truss and Kwarteng have left everyone needing snookers to catch up.

They weren’t great either. Spooked the markets big time.

[Shetland Don]

"your"

Tut tut.

[Shetland Don]

Sent her son to fee paying school.

She can get tae fück.

Social mobility, some say.

[donsdaft]

Some can fück right off.

[WhenTattieFlooredChas]

Aye aye Martin Luther King I feel the unfeigned sensitivity of that post down to my toes. Snook.

I just find it curious how middle aged (or post middle aged), hetro***ual white folks can decide what's offensive to minority groups when they have know first hand knowledge of what they suffer in their lives.

It's like people who get het up about "taking the knee". I totally agree this has lost its original meaning since leaving the US, when Kapernick used it to protest against police brutality by not standing for the national anthem. That was an act that really resonated (positively and negatively) with American sports fans, and across theboverly patriotic country as a whole. But no matter what I think about its impact on these shores, who are we to tell a black athlete it's nonsense, or to criticise their colleagues who stand (or kneel) in solidarity. It doesn't hurt us, and it might send a posotive message to others.

Or its like those of a certain generation thinking people with mental health issues just need to man up "like they did in my day", or they are using them to scive off work.

The world changes, people who have been historically oppressed get more of a voice, and it's not our place to tell those people what they can and can't be offended by when we don't understand their situation. I don't understand people's situations, but I try to educate myself as to why certain words and actions may cause offence.

And queue the wokerati, bleeding heart lefty, liberal bollox retorts.

[WhenTattieFlooredChas]

Some can fück right off.

I'm with you on that. My once socialist sister sent her son to one of those schools. Disgusts me as he grows up with a sense of superiority and entitlement.

Pay more f**kin tax you rich f**ks, so all kids can have a decent state education. If only that easy eh!

[donsdaft]

Nah, it's nae easy.

[stewarty27]

I just find it curious how middle aged (or post middle aged), hetro***ual white folks can decide what's offensive to minority groups when they have know first hand knowledge of what they suffer in their lives.

It's like people who get het up about "taking the knee". I totally agree this has lost its original meaning since leaving the US, when Kapernick used it to protest against police brutality by not standing for the national anthem. That was an act that really resonated (positively and negatively) with American sports fans, and across theboverly patriotic country as a whole. But no matter what I think about its impact on these shores, who are we to tell a black athlete it's nonsense, or to criticise their colleagues who stand (or kneel) in solidarity. It doesn't hurt us, and it might send a posotive message to others.

Or its like those of a certain generation thinking people with mental health issues just need to man up "like they did in my day", or they are using them to scive off work.

The world changes, people who have been historically oppressed get more of a voice, and it's not our place to tell those people what they can and can't be offended by when we don't understand their situation. I don't understand people's situations, but I try to educate myself as to why certain words and actions may cause offence.

And queue the wokerati, bleeding heart lefty, liberal bollox retorts.

Funzie.

[stewarty27]

I'm with you on that. My once socialist sister sent her son to one of those schools. Disgusts me as he grows up with a sense of superiority and entitlement.

Pay more f**kin tax you rich f**ks, so all kids can have a decent state education. If only that easy eh!

Jezzo you are all over the shop here, Everything else you impose on us smacks of Conservative belief systems. And here you are berating the private schools ! I wonder where your Nephew get his sense of superiority and entitlement from And your use of Wokerati as a derogatory term says it all really. My OP was to highlight the contradiction the Jewish people manifest towards the oppression they serve on the Palestinian people. If you happen to be Jewish this is not meant to be offensive just a factual observation.

[WhenTattieFlooredChas]

Jezzo you are all over the shop here, Everything else you impose on us smacks of Conservative belief systems. And here you are berating the private schools ! I wonder where your Nephew get his sense of superiority and entitlement from And your use of Wokerati as a derogatory term says it all really. My OP was to highlight the contradiction the Jewish people manifest towards the oppression they serve on the Palestinian people. If you happen to be Jewish this is not meant to be offensive just a factual observation.

Where have I ever given any indication of even have the remotest bit of conservative belief or sympathy?

My use of wokerati was lifted straight from you. Not a word I had ever contemplated using it until I saw you use it like a tool a few posts back.

I never posted directly in response to you, just a general observation of many general attitudes in this country. But I agree with the contradiction of the Israeli state and their position against the Palestinians. No, I'm not Jewish. I have many Israeli friends who don't share the views of the state, and their situation isn't as simply black and white as we like to make out (although the Israeli's certain hold the upper hand in terms of military strength).

But you can f**k right off to back to deludedville if you think I have a conservative bone in my body.