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Originally Posted by Jamie89
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I pretty much agree with this (I was just about to quote a different one of your posts in the other thread on this but it's closed but I agree with pretty much all you've already said on this) so I haven't really got anything to add. There's plenty of housemates though who've said and done things I've strongly disagreed with but I've still thought they were great housemates, Pete Burns and Nikki Grahame spring to mind, so I don't have much problem supporting Ann as a housemate whilst disagreeing with her views. I do find it surprising though that so many people don't seem to see why her comments might be offensive to gay people, it really doesn't seem to me to be the greatest stretch of the imagination to think that she might actually hold some anti-gay views considering her past and some of the things she's said.
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Both you and joey's post 100%. It's not a stretch at all to see how actions/words can be seen differently in another context. It's basic consideration I think to at least give some thought on how other certain people might feel about the interpretation given the context... even if you don't agree with that specific interpretation, there is room for other interpretations.
Why we give one side full benefit of the doubt to one side and another not, isn't showing that consideration... or empathy really.
I do think though there will always be people who will look for offense anywhere and everywhere and if they can't find it, they will find a way to create it. But you can usually tell who those folk once you converse with them for a bit... but even then, is their perspective 100% invalid in a discussion? |
