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As a gay guy this doesn't offend me because I'm not easily offended. Straight friends of mine often say things are gay, but yet they don't mean it the way some people think.
We seem to have developed such thin shells lately, I miss proper comedy which we can't have anymore because 1 person might get offended. |
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As a gay guy this doesn't offend me because I'm not easily offended. Straight friends of mine often say things are gay, but yet they don't mean it the way some people think.
We seem to have developed such thin shells lately, I miss proper comedy which we can't have anymore because 1 person might get offended. I have an idea, what about easily offended stickers? they could be round and purple and you put them on your shirt and then at least people know not to say the slightest thing around them. Then when there's a comedy gig on they could turn away the purple badges and say "sorry, I don't think this is for you". People always dismiss casual homophobia. I wonder if the same people would be fine with casual racism. |
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As a gay guy this doesn't offend me because I'm not easily offended. Straight friends of mine often say things are gay, but yet they don't mean it the way some people think.
We seem to have developed such thin shells lately, I miss proper comedy which we can't have anymore because 1 person might get offended. I have an idea, what about easily offended stickers? they could be round and purple and you put them on your shirt and then at least people know not to say the slightest thing around them. Then when there's a comedy gig on they could turn away the purple badges and say "sorry, I don't think this is for you". |
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As a gay guy this doesn't offend me because I'm not easily offended. Straight friends of mine often say things are gay, but yet they don't mean it the way some people think.
We seem to have developed such thin shells lately, I miss proper comedy which we can't have anymore because 1 person might get offended. I have an idea, what about easily offended stickers? they could be round and purple and you put them on your shirt and then at least people know not to say the slightest thing around them. Then when there's a comedy gig on they could turn away the purple badges and say "sorry, I don't think this is for you". |
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Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, tory, labour, muslim, christian, tall, short, fat.... somebody is always going to say something that would potentially touch you. The key is to grow a bit of a skin and not to take what 1 person says as offensive.
I want to hear people's honest opinions even if I disagree with them, but in this case it sounds like it was meant as a joke. I absolutely hate this political correctness that people seem to strive for these days when people can't say anything without some special snowflake taking offense. |
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Are people so homophobic That theyll deny themselves even innocent pleasures such as ice cream?????
What an absurd world. Ice cream is super yummy (which i realise sounds a little camp. )Maybe some one should send hamster-brian a few tubs of tutti-frutti..... |
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God why are my fellow gays so sensitive? Is it because we have all the equality we ever wanted so now we can only get outraged over stupid comments like this?
I'm gay. I watched it laughed at it because it was clearly meant to be a joke and haven't thought about it since. |
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What a stupid statement by Hammond.
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Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, tory, labour, muslim, christian, tall, short, fat.... somebody is always going to say something that would potentially touch you. The key is to grow a bit of a skin and not to take what 1 person says as offensive.
I want to hear people's honest opinions even if I disagree with them, but in this case it sounds like it was meant as a joke. I absolutely hate this political correctness that people seem to strive for these days when people can't say anything without some special snowflake taking offense. Free speech must be a two way street.... |
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The man is a dick head and a moron.
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Stupid joke, but I'm pretty sure he's not really homophobic. And he's stupid for going along with it, because now he'll probably forever be known as being homophobic and it'll be brought up at every opportunity.
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I was wondering this myself.
I'm gay. I watched it laughed at it because it was clearly meant to be a joke and haven't thought about it since.
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I think simply not making homophobic comments is easier.
People always dismiss casual homophobia. I wonder if the same people would be fine with casual racism. |
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People take everything to seriously. it was a joke, maybe not a funny one but it was just said for fun. Soon people won`t be able to even talk without being labelled racist, homophobic etc.
you make a joke that you would to a white person but if you do it to a black person you are classed racist. People get offended by to much nowadays, just grow a pair and say something back if you don`t like it, no need to act all insulted every time. kids used to grow up falling of bikes, fighting with each other etc but now when that happens everyone gets all protective and moan at the parents for letting it happen. They are kids they are suppose to fight or fall over as they grow up. This subject is just the same. years ago nobody would even mention it, it was a joke someone would have a come back joke and that`s it. nobody would even remember it 5 minutes later. But in today`s world people get offended of everything so i guess the reactions to this are what we expected. |
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There's loads of casual racism in the media, especially in comedy.
I LIKE laughing at US because that's what we're doing. There isn't a category which humour doesn't touch. The worst thing about it is that we're losing comedy people of obsessive political correctness and the fear of snowflake offense. |
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I'm not gay and not offended - but can you tell me where the joke is? Why can he not eat ice cream because he is straight? Where is the humour in that?
![]() The target audience were probably amused by this joke but most other people were disgusted. Richard Hammond has been the #1 trend on Twitter for the last 12 hours. This is really riling people. Hammond should apologise for these remarks. |
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Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, tory, labour, muslim, christian, tall, short, fat.... somebody is always going to say something that would potentially touch you. The key is to grow a bit of a skin and not to take what 1 person says as offensive.
I want to hear people's honest opinions even if I disagree with them, but in this case it sounds like it was meant as a joke. I absolutely hate this political correctness that people seem to strive for these days when people can't say anything without some special snowflake taking offense. |
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Hammy should just tweet back .. piss off snowflakes .. and I say that as a gay man.
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I agree, but my fear is that labels like 'snowflake' could be used by bigots to create a 'safe space' for their vitriol.
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People take everything to seriously. it was a joke, maybe not a funny one but it was just said for fun. Soon people won`t be able to even talk without being labelled racist, homophobic etc.
you make a joke that you would to a white person but if you do it to a black person you are classed racist. People get offended by to much nowadays, just grow a pair and say something back if you don`t like it, no need to act all insulted every time. kids used to grow up falling of bikes, fighting with each other etc but now when that happens everyone gets all protective and moan at the parents for letting it happen. They are kids they are suppose to fight or fall over as they grow up. This subject is just the same. years ago nobody would even mention it, it was a joke someone would have a come back joke and that`s it. nobody would even remember it 5 minutes later. But in today`s world people get offended of everything so i guess the reactions to this are what we expected. A lot of people are offended by what was a stupid 'joke", and they have good reason to be offended because it was insulting to gay people. Trying to suggest that there is something wrong with something BECAUSE it "looks gay" is likely to cause offense to homosexual people. |
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You call it political correctness, others would just say it's being considerate of others' feelings.
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Hammy should just tweet back .. piss off snowflakes .. and I say that as a gay man.
This is 2016, not 1956. |
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Hammy should just tweet back .. piss off snowflakes .. and I say that as a gay man.
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- why is eating ice-cream "not the most macho thing a man can do" can you give me a list of foods you would consider macho? http://www.kismot.co.uk/kismotkiller.html http://www.eatgrub.co.uk/ |
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You also say that as an idiot who has no grasp of what is acceptable or not.
This is 2016, not 1956. |
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