MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Well asking her where she is from is fine, it's the not believing her when she said 'Hackney' that is a bit suspect,
King Charles III's time is up
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I tuned into GBLies last night, purely to see what they'd do with this. It was desperate stuff.
Dan Wootton (whose diction seems to have declined rapidly - either the autocue moves too fast for him to keep up with, or he's just overcome with excitement to tick off as many buzzwords as possible before taking a breath - not clear which, and not clear what substantial parts of his garbled monologues were actually about) then had Meghan Markles sister on, to spunk over William and Kate visiting the USA. She was referred to as a 'correspondent', so presumably she's actually now being paid to air more of this interminable family vendetta onscreen.
Then he had a former Liverpool player on to discuss the 'woke world cup', which didn't go as planned - the guy made an absolute fool of WootTon from the off, told him simply if he didn't like the BBC coverage he didn't have to watch it, shot down his points, and left him blathering about to regain his balance. I was left with the impression that the interview was wrapped up quicker than planned, to save Wootton from a complete mauling.
He finished off by trying to lay into a contributor who objected to Jacob Rees Moog's latest thoughts on abortion. Even the Daily Star editor defended this contributor from his attempt to belittle her. All in all, it was Wootton at his worst, and he must've been burning with embarrassment inside while he repeatedly died on his arse.
With Dan in her corner, Lady Susan Hussey is definitely better off retiring to the shires in shame.
Dan Wootton (whose diction seems to have declined rapidly - either the autocue moves too fast for him to keep up with, or he's just overcome with excitement to tick off as many buzzwords as possible before taking a breath - not clear which, and not clear what substantial parts of his garbled monologues were actually about) then had Meghan Markles sister on, to spunk over William and Kate visiting the USA. She was referred to as a 'correspondent', so presumably she's actually now being paid to air more of this interminable family vendetta onscreen.
Then he had a former Liverpool player on to discuss the 'woke world cup', which didn't go as planned - the guy made an absolute fool of WootTon from the off, told him simply if he didn't like the BBC coverage he didn't have to watch it, shot down his points, and left him blathering about to regain his balance. I was left with the impression that the interview was wrapped up quicker than planned, to save Wootton from a complete mauling.
He finished off by trying to lay into a contributor who objected to Jacob Rees Moog's latest thoughts on abortion. Even the Daily Star editor defended this contributor from his attempt to belittle her. All in all, it was Wootton at his worst, and he must've been burning with embarrassment inside while he repeatedly died on his arse.
With Dan in her corner, Lady Susan Hussey is definitely better off retiring to the shires in shame.
RedRedRose
Well-Known Member
Which player?
Not sure. I looked just there, typing in 'Dan Wootton last night' and a few variations on that theme, but it just offers me a link to the whole show on YouTube. And now, strangely, I'm getting Russian adverts with .ru formats, in Cyrillic - so I'm not going any further.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It might be quite funny, but it was surely published with a very clear intent - to minimise the significance of her most recent comments. She's not racist, she's just clueless.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes. That’s supposed to be their fucking selling point! Jesus.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
I think been confronted with minor racism at a party at Buckingham Palace is kind of on the invite. Stop enabling these people and you wont have to put up with it.
andysays
Love and solidarity
This looks like pretty classic victim blaming, unless I've missed something
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yeah, well, normally my sympathy is not with the person described as “charity boss” or even “person meeting royalty”. But in this instance it’s the spotlight on the attitudes in the palace that matters more.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
We should book the Banqueting House on Whitehall and invite Charles as the guest of honour .
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
Who is the victim? Was attendance mandatory?
Royal parasite in racism row is not a shock.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
If you're sitting back and enjoying you've already picked a side
SysOut
¯¯¯
No. You are completely and utterly wrong.
But you've missed the class aspect.
Stockholm Syndrome's got nearly everyone fucked.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I'm not wrong, you're just blinkered. Go on, think about it. Or at least try to.
If you're sitting back and enjoying the posh cunts kicking at each other you've already picked a side and it's not theirs. It's simple
SysOut
¯¯¯
When talking about people arguing, the word "side" refers to one of the parties arguing.
It really is that simple.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Just checking you know what’s being discussed, because “toff” isn’t a word I’d necessarily use to describe someone like Ngozi Fulani. She’s a “community leader”, a CEO, a “charity boss”, so part of the middle class establishment. The boss class. But “toff” to me means more aristocracy, especially showy aristocracy. Bullingdon Club types. Sloan Rangers.
However, while Fulani is not in the position of say catering staff or a cleaner serving the event, and while our sympathy is not usually with the charity bosses at Royal events, this is not a value-free story we just watch with amusement, because what’s under the spotlight is the racism at the heart of the institution that symbolises state power and British values. If people start to question those institutions and those values, that is a good thing.
Sitting back and chuckling contentedly while an actual toff is racist towards someone is not, however, I would suggest, a good thing.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
You don't need to choose one lot of toffs to support, to be eg team william or team harry, you can just watch the brothers laying into each other and take cheer from that, to recognise both groups are on the other team. This isn't some tricky concept, you can watch people scrapping and enjoy it without backing one side, eg cops v hunters. Just choosing to sit back and enjoy is going 'a plague on both your houses'. Or at least it is for me. Altho as dlr says you've rather misunderstood what's going on here.
SysOut
¯¯¯
No doubt.
Nor do I see what it has to do with the monarch. It wasn't him do the offending.
A bit like blaming QE2 for what the DoE said, isn't it?
You both are being sucked into this by the media.
You are being forced to parcipitate.
It really has nothing to do with your or anybody elses existence.
The very controversy itself is about the perception of "otherness" so you're not going to make any points there - indeed, the principles against prejudice are written into law...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I wouldn't have bothered if I was you.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I know little about these people or their organisation but if they felt they could get a higher profile or more resources for their work by shaking a few snooty hands who am I to argue. And if they were misguided in attending this event (as I'm sure will have occurred to them by now) then the punishment for that should not be a bunch of racist shit.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
That’s not the point I’m making.
It’s the fake outrage I’m pointing at.
Racist old lady is racist.
Really where did this occur?
- At the racist garden party we were invited to. Held in the garden of the house of some racists.
Why were you there?
- we accept the racist family as normal in our country and if you try and point out that we shouldn’t have a racist family you get shouted down or called unpatriotic. plus we needed some cash and the system is rigged so you have to pretend to like the racist family in order to achieve that. It’s all pretending, so no one really gets their feelings hurt and they occasionally say some ghastly things but that’s only their privilege. they can’t help it.
It’s the fake outrage I’m pointing at.
Racist old lady is racist.
Really where did this occur?
- At the racist garden party we were invited to. Held in the garden of the house of some racists.
Why were you there?
- we accept the racist family as normal in our country and if you try and point out that we shouldn’t have a racist family you get shouted down or called unpatriotic. plus we needed some cash and the system is rigged so you have to pretend to like the racist family in order to achieve that. It’s all pretending, so no one really gets their feelings hurt and they occasionally say some ghastly things but that’s only their privilege. they can’t help it.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Is that a direct quote from Ngozi Fulani, or just some bollocks you've made up?
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
It's bollocks I made up to entertain other fools on the internet that think that arguing about this kind of thing in a closed environment makes them right on and fighting the oppressors rather than just responding to manufactured news, they press 1 you respond 0.
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