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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Standing up for his rights or acting like a complete idiot hhhmmm let me think... I've been stopped by the Police in my car before, doesn't bother me in the slightest, I have nothing to be afraid of and they're just trying to do their job. He sounds like exactly the type of person a Chav would be tbqh, are you suggesting I have something against working class people? I am a working class person and I'm certainly not labeling all working class people as Chavs, just complete tools like that guy.

No, that word has been become part of the mainstream culture and is used to generalise a lot of working class people and ignore the vast inequality prevalent in society which causes a lot of social problems that are attributed to these so-called 'chavs'. It's turning working class people on their own kind, really.

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain's Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word: chavs. In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient figleaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality.

I really don't think your stereotypical, so-called 'chav' would have a car or a basic understanding of acts of law or police and citizen's rights either.