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Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva
So you just said it yourself. Is it ok for a black person to say such a thing but not a white person? There are certain contradictions sometimes over intention. I saw no malice in what Emily said but you've just opened up the boundaries of what is acceptable as defined by the modern world.
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You can say it's contradictions all you like,but that's life. There's women who will call eachother " bitch " as a joke,but the moment a man calls them it then it's seen as sexist , there's gay people who use non PC words to describe themselves and so on .
I didn't say it all made sense,or that I even agreed with the double standards...but I guess their argument would be they've been called all the names under the sun so they're taking a particular word,which had negative
connotations...and they're re claiming it
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This is why it gets into a messy arguments , as some people have the mindset of " either all offensive/ swear words are allowed or they're all not allowed ", but it's not
as simple as that.
Obviously context is important as well. Look at the whole situation with Ali , she did a full discussion with her housemates on how certain words are offensive unless the person themselves identify that way . Today is
honestly such a tip toe world, and people are very overly sensitive.
I think Emily possibly would have got just a warning if it was pre BB8 . Emily herself sounded like she couldn't believe what she said , she even repeated it in shock.
I just think it's common sense, why would you say something on national TV that would likely cause offence, especially around race. I honestly think Emily's
comment is worse than Sarah's,as Sarah's was a word
play on a political slogan, she was making a joke...that she knew Nathan would find funny.
BB saw how Hanah ,Segun & Khaled took it personally, therefore he stepped in.