The sanctimonious left label Jeremy Clarkson a racist.. again

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Seems a day can't go by without hearing someone complaining about how the Daily Mail or Fox News have exaggerated some news story and / or even accusations that they have made the whole thing up (despite the fact the same stories will tend to have been covered by many other media outlets that same day, in much the same way).

To me though however, it's the God forsaken sanctimonious left wing media (and their disciples) who are far more vomit inducing than their right leaning counterparts could ever be. With their constant pretense at being morally superior and forever taking offense on other's behalf, where offense is rarely warranted, let alone ever intended.

A perfect example of this, is today's cries by the Daily Mirror (can't post a link) that Jeremy Clarkson is a racist. They even have a poll on their website asking people if they think he should now be sacked for using the Eeny, meeny, miny, moe... rhyme off-camera on a Top Gear shoot. I mean ffs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nro1aTGb0D4

I genuinely believe that 99% of the cries of racisim and sneering that goes on today, by those that like to see themselves as liberal and having evolved thinking, is nothing more than self serving, calculated bile. I honestly don't think they give a rat's ass about genuine racism. I think they just harp on about these things, scream racism at any given opportunity, in a quite obvious attempts to bolster themselves in other people's eyes.

tl;dr

I really wish Guardian reading Michael Moore types would give it a rest and perhaps focus on real cases of racism (if they can find them) rather than attempting to magic them up from nothing, in what are usually quite obvious attempts to gain popularity within what is (hopefully) fast becoming one big ever decreasing societal circle jerk.

EDIT (He has just posted this video apology from his Twitter account):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwgF6vPooew

Legs.Eleven

The Daily Mirror is left wing?

Collie D

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

The Daily Mirror is left wing?

That was my first thought too

dark crystal

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

The Daily Mirror is left wing?

In so far as it supports the Labour Party, I guess.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

The Daily Mirror is left wing?

Collie D wrote: »

That was my first thought too

Eh. What?

Of course the Mirror is a left-wing paper, assumed most would be aware of that, but.. (from BristishNewspapers.com):

It was a right-wing, middle-market newspaper under Northcliffe and its subsequent owner, Northcliffe’s younger brother Lord Rothermere (who also owned the Daily Mail); in the early 1930s it briefly flirted with Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists. However, a change of ownership led to a complete revamp of the paper as a sensationalist, left-wing, down-market paper, and a transformation of its fortunes – by 1939 it was selling 1.4 million copies a day, and towards the end of the 1940s it was approaching the 5 million mark. It remains the only national newspaper to support Labour consistently since 1945.

Legs.Eleven

Interesting. Never knew it was. I don't think I've ever read it.

kowloon

You seem a little angry, I don't think Clarkson is what brought you here.

danniemcq

In fairness you could probably have a poll saying "Jeremy Clarkson ate breakfast, should he be fired" and most people would say yes.

SEPT 23 1989

Mirror Left

Sun Right

Legs.Eleven

I'm a sanctimonious lefty but even I can't stand most of the commentary in The Guardian anymore and it seems to be getting worse by the day.

Gyalist

kowloon wrote: »

You seem a little angry, I don't think Clarkson is what brought you here.

"I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
And a six four Impala"

Collie D

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I'm a sanctimonious lefty but even I can't stand most of the commentary in The Guardian anymore and it seems to be getting worse by the day.

I find that reading right wing garbage on AH balances it out

Vision of Disorder

The Mirror is left in the same way that the Labour party itself is left. So it's not left at ALL!

sabat

If it was one word used once then maybe he gets the benefit of the doubt but the man is barely capable of opening his mouth without some racial slur oozing out under the pretence of "just a bit of banter." Has he ever made a 'joke' that wasn't related in some way to race or nationality?

Clarkson is on record as being against marriage equality, so bigotry is already in his psyche. I don't know if he's racist, but if he is he shouldn't have a show on the National Broadcaster paid for by the British public, both black and white and every shade in between.

Nice that the OP can mind read the intentions of everyone who speaks out against racism though, I'm always impressed by psychics.

Davarus Walrus

A lad at work leaves a copy of The Mirror lying around after he has finished it. It really isn't too bad. It's a tabloid, but it's a far better paper than The Sun or The Star. Still wouldn't suit the high-brows of AH who take their Irish Times of a morning with a cup of freshly brewed coffee, before perusing the pages of the New Spectator and The Guardian throughout the day.

Jester252

Yawn.

Legs.Eleven

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

A lad at work leaves a copy of The Mirror lying around after he has finished it. It really isn't too bad. It's a tabloid, but it's a far better paper than The Sun or The Star. Still wouldn't suit the high-brows of AH who take their Irish Times of a morning with a cup of freshly brewed coffee, before perusing the pages of the New Spectator and The Guardian throughout the day.

You think reading broadsheets and drinking coffee is high brow? God love you.

Dyr

he's a ballbag regardless of anything else

Can I post my Stewart lee sketch now?

Muise...

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Mirror Left

Sun Right

Look in Mirror

Blinded

Davarus Walrus

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

You think reading broadsheets and drinking coffee is high brow? God love you.

No. And I'm rather perplexed that you somehow managed to take that from my post.

Muise...

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

No. And I'm rather perplexed that you somehow managed to take that from my post.

em, because you wrote it there.

Temaz

I watched Top Gear a few times and can't see how they have such a following.

Complete tossers.

Vision of Disorder

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

A lad at work leaves a copy of The Mirror lying around after he has finished it. It really isn't too bad.

Reading it after somebody else doesn't make you any better than them you know! :P

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Candie wrote: »

Nice that the OP can mind read the intentions of everyone who speaks out against racism though, I'm always impressed by psychics.

I was (and am) complaining about the sanctimonious cries of it, not the genuine ones.

So, no extra sensory perception needed.

danniemcq

Muise... wrote: »

Look in Mirror

Blinded

and the sun is never right, rag of a paper.

lee_baby_simms

I was so shocked when I read about Clarkson in the mirror this morning that my monacle fell into my freshly brewed coffee.

ballsymchugh

forward to 7.36...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo

Corkfeen

I just view Jeremy Clarkson as insufferable dick who is pretty much on the air to piss somebody or another off. I couldn't care less if he remains on the air or not but have no intention of watching him. So yeah,enjoy your rant against the 'sanctimonious left' while being sanctimonious at the very same time.

Davarus Walrus

Muise... wrote: »

em, because you wrote it there.

I said the highbrows of AH take their Times with a cup of coffee. That doesn't mean all highbrows take their Times with a cup of coffee, or that taking your Times with a cup of coffee makes you highbrow. I know of an unabashed middlebrow who reads the Sindo whilst listening to Wagner for example.

Legs.Eleven

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

No. And I'm rather perplexed that you somehow managed to take that from my post.

Maybe your losing your mind? Just a thought.

Uriel.

Collie D wrote: »

I find that reading right wing garbage on AH balances it out

I must be visiting the wrong AH all of these years so

Legs.Eleven

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

I said the highbrows of AH take their Times with a cup of coffee. That doesn't mean all highbrows take their Times with a cup of coffee, or that taking your Times with a cup of coffee makes you highbrow. I know of an unabashed middlebrow who reads the Sindo whilst listening to Wagner for example.

Rightio.

P. Breathnach

Temaz wrote: »

I watched Top Gear a few times and can't see how they have such a following.

I think you can see why.

Complete tossers.

See, I knew you could!

Clarkson and his sidekicks are like little boys who have learned that feck is considered a rude word, and go around saying Feck, feck, feck in order to amuse themselves by causing offence.

Caliden

I say this rhyme, I must be a racist.

In my opinion, until black kids stop saying it to each other then it's hypocritical to try and prosecute anyone else for using it.
It's not exactly equality if someone can say a word without punishment while another can not. (not that I go around saying it to anyone anyway)

MLK would be turning in his grave if he saw black youths calling each other 'nigga'

Hande hoche!

James May is a fantastic human being.

Temaz

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I think you can see why.

See, I knew you could!

Clarkson and his sidekicks are like little boys who have learned that feck is considered a rude word, and go around saying Feck, feck, feck in order to amuse themselves by causing offence.

Their fan base can get very bitchy if you don't worship them. I've noticed the same kind of cult like fanboy stuff from people who follow Ken Early and the rest of the off the ball clowns.

Whole other discussion though!

Davarus Walrus

Clarkson is a complete ballbag though.

lee_baby_simms

The fake outrage about this story is arguably OTT but it doesn't negate the fact that Clarkson is a shameful, boring little Englander. He's the loud mouth kid in the playground with his two little giggling sycophants, hiding behind his legs and laughing at his jokes.

kowloon

Gyalist wrote: »

"I wish I was little bit taller
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
And a six four Impala"

You've lost me!

Dozen Wicked Words

kowloon wrote: »

You've lost me!

OP's username

RayM

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

They even have a poll on their website asking people if they think he should now be sacked for using the Eeny, meeny, miny, moe... rhyme off-camera on a Top Gear shoot. I mean ffs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7CFaApaomg

But it wasn't off-camera. You've even posted a video of it. It wasn't broadcast, presumably because the producers felt that the n-word was just a little bit too racist, even for Top Gear.

wazky

Clarkson may be pompous clown, but at least he is not of those types with the fake smile and brain dead attitude that everything is just so fantastic (see nearly every other broadcaster), he has an opinion and isn't a afraid to stir the pot.

I think he is along the lines of Frankie Boyle sometimes with his comments, just looking for a rise.

lee_baby_simms

God you can’t even say ‘******’ these days without people getting upset. It’s PC gone mad!!!!

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Corkfeen wrote: »

I just view Jeremy Clarkson as insufferable dick who is pretty much on the air to piss somebody or another off.

No he's not, that just it..

The last time the same sanctimonious clap trap was thrown at him and there were cries for his sacking he was taken so far out of context that it was a laughable. All people heard (during his appearance on the One Show) was him saying that Nurse Union Members should all be taken out and shot.

Which he did say, but.. this was because he had just said something good about them and then made the point that the BBC is supposed to be impartial on such matters and so to poke fun of that, he said something bad. It was that simple but feck all of the media covered that.

It can't be a lack of understanding that regularly has these sections of the media portraying people as racist. Surely they get context and no it's importance and so it has to be agenda driven.

Jim Davidson had the same thing done to him regarding the Chalky White character. Jim was telling jokes in a foreign accent. They jokes were about racism and so Jim must be racist and people bought it, millions of them and it became common opinion that they guy was a racist for years and no doubt many still see him that way but anyone that ever listened to the Chalky White jokes with an ounce of grey matter, would have understood that if anything Davidson was highlighting racism, not excusing it. Chalky was always the victim in the jokes and came across as nothing less than a just a vulnerable soft immigrant. It was the British police and British people that were portrayed in the jokes who came off badly, never Chalky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmsRsWl7jU

lee_baby_simms

wazky wrote: »

Clarkson may be pompous clown, but at least he is not of those types with the fake smile and brain dead attitude that everything is just so fantastic (see nearly every other broadcaster), he has an opinion and isn't a afraid to stir the pot.

I think he is along the lines of Frankie Boyle sometimes with his comments, just looking for a rise.

Unfortunately Clarkson hasn't actually got any real charm or wit so he HAS to resort to being 'shocking' in order to get cheap laughs. He's a complete bore as far as I'm concerned.

131spanner

By that logic, 90% of black rappers are anti black, having used the word in their songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrTnWDTdwI

lee_baby_simms

haha you should never use a Jim Davidson clip to back up your argument.

ricky_roma

Collie D wrote: »

I find that reading right wing garbage on AH balances it out

the left on AH dwarf the right

which makes perfect sense as the left never get banned around here

GalwayGuy2

Meh, the left are usually as racist/idiotic/classist/sexist/etc as the right that they complain about.

But it does annoy me how the left is seen as some sort of gospel to young college kids.


[QUOTE=LegsEleve}Maybe your losing your mind? Just a thought. [/QUOTE]

Hey, using that as an insult is insulting people with mental illness all over the world. And your not giving it the severity as it deserves.

I'm not a member of that community, but I know I can talk for them...

Damn you Legs Eleven!

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

haha you should never use a Jim Davidson clip to back up your argument.

..but he would Big Brother. I thought I would be grand now, no?

Dammit.