General Discussion
You're too kind Webmaster. Calling the highlighting of hypocrisy "trolling" is one hell of a stretch IN MY OPINION, but seeing as it's your forum you're right that it's up to you to make up the rules as you go along and apply them to those who you want to and when you want to. [Account closed for trolling]
That didn't last long did it? "From now on, if someone posts abuse to another member, I will close their account and edit the post to let other members know." At least we know that swearing is acceptable on here. If your name is Fred.
No apology from me Margaret because it IS a well-documented lie. Webmaster, fair enough. Please remind users like Fred to not use the c word, s word or the a word as well. Thank you.
Blackboards were changed to chalkboards because not all are black! Some were/are green and some are/were brown. It's a total lie to say that it's because anyone deemed the word racially offensive. If they were called n*boards then that would be a different matter - though even would still be defended by those who think it's a mountain out of a molehill.
Fair enough Burnside. So do you agree that the MP for our constituency was wrong to use the word and has deservedly lost (for now at least) the Tory whip?
PS the word "blackboard" is offensive to no-one whatsoever. And never has been, apart from when used in old fake news in the Sun/Mail. As for Robinsons Jam, yes, calling people **** is and always has been offensive. To normal people anyway.
So you both agree that it's totally unacceptable for her to have used those words? Burnside, you know as well as anyone else that "Queer" has been ironically adopted by a lot of our LGBT community.
It was most definitely NOT an everyday figure of speech 20 years ago!!! And even if it was (which it wasn't), that doesn't justify the use of it in 2017 by anyone but especially someone supposedly as well educated as the MP elected in our constituency . It beggars belief that she is being defended on here - but there again...
Who is MadameDuplicitous?
Why the need for a warrant????!! Didn't you use to be a police officer?
