Carol Thatcher and the racist remark

[coleridge]

Just like saying the guy looks like a thumb to me. If he looks like something or someone to you then he does. If someone looked like hitler would it be wrong to say it?

If he was Jewish, then almost certainly. Does this help?

 

[bluereddish]

Right, let's have an end to all this pc nonsense. Happy Now?

 

[johnmc]

If he was Jewish, then almost certainly. Does this help?

Right so, if a person looks like hitler I can say this unless this person is jewish in which case I can't? Bollocks

 

[coleridge]

So the origins are not racist at all. Similar to the swastica (sp) in that it has been taken on by certain people to mean offensive things.

As I remember, the Hindu symbol [I do not know much about it, apologies to Hindus] was inverted by the Nazis. Again, others will know more about this than me but I understand that it is therefore technically incorrect to refer to the Third Reich symbol as a swastika [pedant that I am].

 

[MCFC1986]

I think everyone's getting off the subject talking about the n word, well my mates black and someone who's pissed wanting to kill asian kids in oldham! The topic was carol thatcher using the word Gollywog about a black tennis player... if the player was Monfils, i don't think it was racist at all. I am not a fan of the completely morally corrupt Thatcher family and if she had been talking about a black man who hadn't the slightest characteristics of a gollywog i would say it was meant to be a racist remark. I don't think she should've lost her job and i do believe it is an example of the BBC's political correctness gone mad.

 

[Matty]

If he was Jewish, then almost certainly. Does this help?

Right so, if a person looks like hitler I can say this unless this person is jewish in which case I can't? Bollocks

My niece, inexplicably, says I look like Will Smith and/or Don Cheadle. Bearing in mind I'm a short white guy whose ears don't stick out I'm not sure I agree with her!!!

On issue, to compare a black man to a cartoon representation of a black man that was used to mock blacks is stupidity incarnate. The fact Carol Thatcher's PR 'guru' is suggesting the BBC should apologise to HER is laughable.

 

[johnmc]

So the origins are not racist at all. Similar to the swastica (sp) in that it has been taken on by certain people to mean offensive things.

As I remember, the Hindu symbol [I do not know much about it, apologies to Hindus] was inverted by the Nazis. Again, others will know more about this than me but I understand that it is therefore technically incorrect to refer to the Third Reich symbol as a swastika [pedant that I am].

Its the same - hitler looked to incorporate the swastika in to a flag with the 3 colours used in the old german flag of red balck and white (wiki)

 

[coleridge]

If he was Jewish, then almost certainly. Does this help?

Right so, if a person looks like hitler I can say this unless this person is jewish in which case I can't? Bollocks

I was suggesting an analogy. What kind of argument is 'Bollocks' and how is one supposed to respond to it?

 

[ElanJo]

I think concerning the topic at hand, she may have made a somewhat accurate comparison, technically speaking, but it just shows how stupid, and/or out of touch with society, she is.

It's harsh to lose her job is it was an innocent comment.... but, not being her, we just wont know whether it was or not.

 

[johnmc]

I was suggesting an analogy. What kind of argument is 'Bollocks' and how is one supposed to respond to it?

I didnt agree with your analogy. A lookalike is a lookalike regardless of religion, race or creed.