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Originally Posted by Shaun
it's charming and forgiveable when an Irish white guy threatens to batter a woman, but when a black woman says she "knows people" that's some serious shit.
I'm not saying the British public are racist. I think Big Brother viewers are largely dense and likely to forgive semi-attractive men of just about anything. Plus the hypersensitivity of post-Jade Goody Big Brother seems to have died down.
I think a large amount of the criticism Conor's receiving is probably driven by frustration at his prior non-presence in the house. Maybe there's a sense of opportunism here to get him ejected, since aside from this he's really done nothing at all. But that really shouldn't overshadow a clear, violent threat to a housemate.
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You guys are free to disagree with me, but I think Alex's comments were more threatening than Conor's. I'm a woman and I found her comments a lot more threatening that Conor. It was not just once either and she had been warned several times.
I'm not trying to excuse Conor as I found his comments vile and deplorable, but it sounded like some total idiot just trying to sound like a tough guy and going too far. He's been warned, let's see what happens next.