You said " Who are you to decide what offends people or not? " and I said " and visa versa" is that so hard for you to understand ? I have as much right to tell people to lighten up and get a bloody grip as you have to tell them to march on Westminster about it

You should read posts more carefully, I never once said that people should be offended by this which would be the 'vice versa' to you telling people that they shouldn't be offended. I've only defended people's right to take offense, something you are trying to deny them. I'm just offering context and empathy as to why people find blackface offensive.

I never said people should 'march on Westminster about it' either. You should stick to what people actually said instead of imagining what you wanted them to say.

And I defend their right to laugh it off and lighten up

Well that's not true, is it?

You weren't defending anything, you were simply telling people not to be offended, this post is, in your own words, your own conclusion

I defend my right to have a sense of humour, you should try it one time you will feel liberated :cheer2:

You are free to find blackface funny all you like and everyone else is allowed to comment on it.

Opinions are a two way street.

I did allow peoples comments ( :conf: ) but I didn't agree with most of them so voiced my opinion,its what you do on a forum :joker:

Do you find drag queens offensive? I've never met a woman who does but carry on making up s**t that doesn't exist to try and make your views sound less racist if it makes you feel better

I am going to shave my head,pour some syrup on it , put a stick up my arse and dress as a toffee apple . Apologies to all apples who maybe offended.

whatever floats your boat :umm2:

Bet you won't actually do it.

Well it all seems to be going a bit too far now,we did a zulu tribe in our local carnival a few years back, the kids loved it the crowd loved it nothing racist was raised,just a good happy fun day,people just seem to want to whinge over everything and everything,and for what it's worth I think some of the comments to brillo are offensive,but hey ho,that's life.

I might have trouble with the stick to be fair :laugh:

can we not turn this thread into a weird sexual fetish one please. I have just ate

Plus there's already been one of those today...

PC gone mad

You got it,spot on :hehe:

Not particularly because I am not looking to find offence in every little thing.

Another one thinking they have the right to label people based on very little information. Whatever. If it makes you feel better. Doesn’t make it true though! :shrug:

PC gone mad

Yep. PC will be dead in the water in a few years, if not before. :hehe:

That doesn't even make sense.

People are sick of it all. With time more people will ignore it and dismiss it for the controlling behaviour it is.

Is there an amnesty this weekend and we can call people names and give them labels, why didn't anyone tell me :amazed:

But then that will be the new PC. It doesn't have a set definition.

They won’t be trying to intimidate people into silence, they will just be ignoring those that do. PC will have less impact as people stop allowing it to control them expressing their concerns/opinions.