The whole 'PC' thing is usually boils down to 'don't be a ****'.
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The whole 'PC' thing is usually boils down to 'don't be a ****'.
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Your allowed backward views but don't act surprised if you go shouting them out in public and get called up on them.
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Disgusting comments.
He's been fired? Good .
He's been fired? Good .
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It's worth remembering that just because someone reports something as a hate crime doesn't mean that the report will a) be taken any further and b) if it is processed as a hate crime. It might be the wording of the person who reported it rather than how the police will treat it.
Very subtle.
It's a view on sexual assault where he is effectively blaming the victim and stating that they should revenge themselves on the perpetrator - if you think about it you might be able to see why there's a smidgen of outrage to such an insensitive and obnoxious comment. It's difficult enough for victims (possibly especially male victims) to report sexual assault without ill informed comments by media personalities perpetrating stereotypes.
You can argue that Sky's approach to say they won't work with him again in the future is perhaps an overreaction but that they should sanction him in some way seems reasonable, not least because when he expresses his views he is potentially damaging their brand.
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Not a crime in my view and he's entitled to his opinion. But I do think Sky were right to fire him.
There's always been professional consequences for saying the wrong thing. It's just the definition of what is wrong that changed and will continue to change.
There's always been professional consequences for saying the wrong thing. It's just the definition of what is wrong that changed and will continue to change.
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Dont see a single thing wrong with this tbh. It is also factually accurate, the abuser must have been homosexual to abuse male victims, otherwise he would have been a girls football coach.
No, the abuser is a paedophile first and foremost - doesn't change if they decide to sexually abuse the same sex. So him using 'poof' also outs him as a homophobe as well as being an insensitive moron.
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Having stupid opinions and ideas along side social media seems to be a bad idea. Why don't these fools realise what they are saying and the implications?
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OK sorry, I should say, what happened to live and let live?
I thought we lived in a tolerant Europe? If so, then the views of anyone should be respected, even if you do not share the same values or opinion.
If someone wants to say those things, no problem for me, even if I dont agree. Who cares?
I don't have to tolerate your willful ignorance. The abuser of those footballers is a paedophile, end of story. It is not interchangeable with homosexuality, because what else would you call a man abusing a girl or woman abusing a boy? A paedophile - please educate yourself before you embarrass yourself in public.
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Just what? Can you hear yourself?
If he is into boys, then by default he is gay, as well as a peadophile, Eric Bristow is factually accurate. Not sure what you cannot grasp. hardly rocket science.
Not sure why a slang term for gay is generating this much frothing at the mouth? cannot understand....
Those who have been abused will care, and being called a 'wimp' by someone in the public eye does nothing to improve the situation.
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It's not a slang term for gay, it's a derogatory word for gay.
The only one having trouble grasping such a simple concept is yourself. The entire basis of being homosexual is having a willing and equally consensual partner, (just like being heterosexual). Children do not have the mental or legal capacity to form complex relationships like that, so how can they be willing partners?
Any more opposition from you with that terminology will get ignored, I cannot be bothered with your mental gymnastics. Poof is also a derogatory term by any sense of the word, if he actually wanted to use the correct one that would be 'nonce'
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Word are not derogatory, attitudes are. If a big raving homo said "I'm a poof and I love it" would you think he was being derogatory about himself? Of course not.
In the context of the original comments, I don't think it was a swipe against homosexuals but someone mincing his words. There's no reason to assume it was homophobic in origin.
Yes of course context matters, but in this case it is quite clear his comments were homophobic in nature. Especially when you take in his a 59 year old man, quite conservative and probably makes those sorts of comments all the time in private.
His attitude reeks of conservative 'ard man.
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Is it clear, or are you projecting? You're displaying meme levels of hyper sensitivity here.
Not everyone who uses what you'd term as homophobic language (lol) is homophobic. People are complicated and it's entirely possible to use a word without thought as to how others may misunderstand your intentions.