[DrunkerThanMoses]

I don't see the problem with calling someone a rat... Someone called a rat to me means sneaky and not comparing them to Jews at all

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

can I still call Zoe a snake because she is one

Yes Snakes are clever sneaks

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

racism my arse only in the eyes who want to be offended over everything,get a grip, we used to call Dexter Ratboy as some people do resemble animals.

so you think hussain resembles a rat?

yikes

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

But that would describe the characteristics of a snake

but isn’t that dehumanising as well though?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Nancy.

Yes, Kaz. The hypocrisy is astounding

Aint that the truth to me calling someone a rat means they are furtive and sneaky nowt to do with bloody race.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

racism my arse only in the eyes who want to be offended over everything,get a grip, we used to call Dexter Ratboy as some people do resemble animals.

If you are saying he looks like a rat it is kind of Racist

[Elliot]

' get offended over everything'

> brushes aside racism that you just admitted
> makes a thread crying over a joke about roxanne pallett

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Elliot

so you think hussain resembles a rat?

yikes

I have never called him a rat,or never said he looks like one,did you read the post? what are you on?

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

but isn’t that dehumanising as well though?

It can be but a rat is worse as in the context of the OP

It is use to make someone feel like nothing and treating like vermon

[Nancy.]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Aint that the truth to me calling someone a rat means they are furtive and sneaky nowt to do with bloody race.

Exactly. It's just snowflakes making mountains out of molehills again.

[Elliot]

a forum member just admitted he's being called a rat because of his appearances so can we ban it since the racial connotations are clear as day and if they wanna cry over an out of context joke i think this is within its right

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It can be but a rat is worse as in the context of the OP

It is use to make someone feel like nothing and treating like vermon

well like i said before, if i were to call someone a rat, it would mean i don’t trust them. nothing to do with appearance, and definitely not that i want that person dead

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Adam.

If you are saying he looks like a rat it is kind of Racist

Never ever called Hussain a rat, I don't know where that's been plucked from,loads of people are compared to animals without reaching for their dictionaries,dogs,snakes,rats,cougars,cows,trouts, I could go on.stop being offended by everything and jumping on the racism bandwagon it spoils the forum.

[Nancy.]

Originally Posted by Elliot

a forum member just admitted he's being called a rat because of his appearances so can we ban it since the racial connotations are clear as day and if they wanna cry over an out of context joke i think this is within its right

Lewis called him a rat because of his sneaky ways and I happen to agree with him. Nothing to do with race. Go cry elsewhere and stop throwing around flase accusations and labelling L a "Woman beater" when he clearly isn't.

[Jack_]

Can we put a ban on insulting Cameron's appearance? Especially when many of them have quite rightly lambasted others for doing similar in the past

People on this forum and the wider Big Brother community on Twitter need to grow up with all of these petty, childish insults - it's a television show for Christ sake. Every year April Lewis is proven more and more right

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

If you are saying he looks like a rat it is kind of Racist

does that mean if someone were to say cameron looks a tiny bit like sid the sloth, that would be a racist comment too? not having a go, just curious

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Nancy.

Lewis called him a rat because of his sneaky ways and I happen to agree with him. Nothing to do with race. Go cry elsewhere and stop throwing around flase accusations and labelling L a "Woman beater" when he clearly isn't.

you took my post out of context and yours is damming even with considering someone just admitted he's being called a rat because of his looks

[Underscore]

I hate the word snowflake because I get called it all the time by the right wing but you’re literally being a snowflake because someone is calling your favourite a rat, when it happens every series and to a majority of housemates with similar housemates, quit being a snowflake

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

does that mean if someone were to say cameron looks a tiny bit like sid the sloth, that would be a racist comment too? not having a go, just curious

But Rats are sometimes brown and scrawny so surely you can see the point?

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

But Rats are sometimes brown and scrawny so surely you can see the point?

yeah i can kinda see the point but i’m 100% sure that’s not what people mean when they call hussain a rat

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Can we put a ban on insulting Cameron's appearance? Especially when many of them have quite rightly lambasted others for doing similar in the past

People on this forum and the wider Big Brother community on Twitter need to grow up with all of these petty, childish insults - it's a television show for Christ sake. Every year April Lewis is proven more and more right

i agree with this to an extent but you can see the difference of severity between people calling hussain a rat because of his looks and people calling cameron slender man because of his?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

yeah i can kinda see the point but i’m 100% sure that’s not what people mean when they call hussain a rat

Of course it isn't ,who reaches for a dictionary every time they post,it's ridiculous, very soon we wont be able to post anything for fear of offending someone.

[James]

It does get annoying on here when posters refer to a housemate by a (negative) nickname in every post, instead of using their names. It's repetitive.

But that's not the same as referring to a housemate with a word which actually means 'sneaky'.

[clairefromsomewhereinnort]

Originally Posted by Adam.

For this reason as it is totally unacceptable

OK Let s just call him a d i c k h e a d like he deserves ?

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Elliot

i agree with this to an extent but you can see the difference of severity between people calling hussain a rat because of his looks and people calling cameron slender man because of his?

Both are petty, pointless and of no relevance whatsoever. How does a housemates appearance have any bearing as to what they're like as a housemate? Unless you're remarking that you find them attractive, I don't see any reason why it needs to be brought up. It's Big Brother, not Next Top Model

It's like a school playground on this forum, calling Hussain a rat, insulting Cameron's teeth, calling women 'slags' and 'slappers', insulting Tomasz's weight, etc etc etc, the list goes on. And it's the same crap every year, here and on social media. It's time people in the Big Brother fandom got some perspective, stepped away from the TV, and grew up a little