Are we all becoming woke snowflakes?

[Diogenes the Cynic]

You can buy midget gems everywhere, it was only Marks and Spencer who changes their name, stop being offended by a non story.

So why did M&S change the name?

 

[anton66]

I stopped watching because I'm no longer a child.

I stopped watching because it was too complicated.

 

[COYBL25]

This! What is to stop talented writers and show runners creating new, interesting female characters of their own, rather than shouting "equality" while copying and riding on the backs of male characters? I can't be the only one who sees the irony of this.

I stopped watching Dr Who because each episode became a lecture, and because the actor was a panicky mouth breather when they were supposed to be intelligent alien, not because of their gender.

I stopped watching the moment John Bishops face appeared on the screen.

 

[summerisle]

So why did M&S change the name?

Concerned with their middle class sensibilities, perhaps ?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

There just appears to be a que, in all walks of life, of people waiting to be offended !!

People being offended by offensive stuff is OK though. Just because YOU aren't offended means nothing.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I think the real snowflakes are the ones who get upset that they get called out for being a knobhead for their appalling takes personally.

“Can’t say anything these days without the pc snowflake brigade getting their knickers in a twist and it makes me very angry!”

Say what you want, by all means. Just stop getting so upset when someone calls you out for being a bellend.

100%

Being woke basically means NOT BEING A C**T

 

[Papa Shango]

Having to change the name of Midget gems is taking the piss, ridiculous I bet not one single dwarf has ever been offended by midget gems ffs

Or gems as they call them.

 

[Oddball]

“Coloured minorities”? ?

??? really? does it need explaining?...........sigh........ in a majority white country it means anyone who.........or do you mean something else? have i used the wrong phraseology?

 

[Oddball]

100%

Being woke basically means NOT BEING A C**T

how far along the woke spectrum are you?

 

[Terrarian]

You can buy midget gems everywhere, it was only Marks and Spencer who changes their name, stop being offended by a non story.

Wind your neck in

 

[the golden visionary]

Noted, no offence !!

I take offense on your behalf

 

[Oddball]

You can buy midget gems everywhere, it was only Marks and Spencer who changes their name, stop being offended by a non story.

i`m confused. The non story is that M&S changed the name -or- only M&S changed the name so its not a story -or- its not a story anyway so stop being offended @Terrarian because nothing happened.......`cept M&S changing the name of a sweet so as not to cause offence

 

[LostLegend]

??? really? does it need explaining?...........sigh........ in a majority white country it means anyone who.........or do you mean something else? have i used the wrong phraseology?

Yeah 'coloured' is a big no-no these days.

Warning: Why using the term 'coloured' is offensive

As Benedict Cumberbatch says sorry for using the word to describe black actors, we look at the history of the word and why it is offensive.

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Historically, the word is associated with segregation, especially in the US, where black people where kept separate from white people - on public transport, or at drinking fountains which were described as "coloured-only" for example.
These rules - known as "Jim Crow laws" - happened mainly in the states in the south of the US, from the 1870s until the 1960s.

 

[bluejohn66]

I take offense on your behalf

As a non binary male heterosexual lesbian your support is appreciated.

 

[davids]

Yeah 'coloured' is a big no-no these days.

Warning: Why using the term 'coloured' is offensive

As Benedict Cumberbatch says sorry for using the word to describe black actors, we look at the history of the word and why it is offensive.

www.bbc.co.uk

Historically, the word is associated with segregation, especially in the US, where black people where kept separate from white people - on public transport, or at drinking fountains which were described as "coloured-only" for example.
These rules - known as "Jim Crow laws" - happened mainly in the states in the south of the US, from the 1870s until the 1960s.

"Mixed race is a misleading term since it implies that a 'pure race' exists."

They advise alternatives including "mixed parentage" and "dual heritage".

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