Blindboy cancels himself.

What does it have to do with this instance That's? That's the whole point, isn't it? He said he didn't know the actual meaning of the term because it was used as an insult out of its proper context. So he knew it was an insult (he said it was used against him in the statement) but didn't know it related to a specific disability. And lots of people have come on to say everyone knew exactly what it meant. So I'm telling you that I didn't know exactly what it meant until I googled it and that was in the second half of my 20s. If I hadn't been prompted to Google it then, I might not have known what exactly it meant until now. So the idea that everyone knows exactly what the word meant by the time they're in their 20s, is not realistic. I suppose it's like the term "wolly". It's used as a mild insult but I'm not aware of if having any medical meaning or referring to any particular disability.

Isn't it strange for so many people to get hung up on what BB knew and at what age they knew it?

Ive only read the statement linked in the first post in this thread. I haven't read anything more about it so that's all I know.

Basically can't use any words on facebook any more. Everything is cancelled, everything is woke, everything is racist or at the very least a micro-aggression.

Curiously enough, the background to Blindboy’s “explanation” (as opposed to an apology) is that he was pulled up on it on Twitter by a guy called “Cork boi mental”, who is autistic himself.

So Blindboy released that statement by way of explanation, claiming that his use of the term was due to his “upbringing in Limerick”, as if his Irish audience weren’t aware of his spoofery, the explanation appeared to be aimed at an international audience on social media. That, and his claim that he didn’t know the term referred specifically to people with disabilities, is what appears to have got people’s heckles up, not his use of the term in the context of the song itself at all which has been understood for years.

Another Limerick head here, in school until 2001 and spastic (and retard) were used without care and understanding. It was just an insult. I thought it no different to the many red haired insults I was getting on a daily basis. I didn't Google it because, Google only released in 1998 and we weren't the most up to date technology wise here. AJ was there, but it would never have dawned on me to search the meaning of an insult.

I also don't really understand why people get so upset by it. It's a legit, medical term and not exactly the World Cup of insults either... But to 12 to 20-something year olds during those years it's as common as saying toast. I'm pretty sure it was my late 20's before I found out **** is not just an insult. Can probably apply the same to lots of words. People forget how young the internet is, and how hard it was to get decent (affordable) internet in the country.

Edit: Hah, a bundle of sticks is censored...

Double edit: It uncensored after I edited...

Yeah but in fairness, most people knew exactly what the word spastic was referring to 20 years ago, it’s why they used it, and you didn’t write a song 10 years later about a spastic hawk and then go on 10 years later again to try and claim that you were at the time “reclaiming” a word that was used to bully you, in order to appeal to your woke audience.

Like there’s a lot of bullshìt I’d be prepared to swallow, there is, but that bullshìt excuse that he came out with that it was used against him even by teachers at the time in the school he attended? Nah, bad and all as they may or may not have been, not for a minute do I believe a teacher ever referred to BB as a spastic. Handicap maybe, but spastic? And then he’s trying to say he was reclaiming the word, as if THAT’s what anyone is suggesting he should apologise for?

Neck as hard as a jockeys bollocks tbh.

I'm always wary of people who constantly go on about be Kind to one another, there's a good chance that they're the c****.

The only other thing to take from this thread is how outraged people get about so little.

No.

There's something particularly awful about "woke" people who virtue signal like crazy while being scummy themselves.

He thinks his audience are stupid and will believe his obvious lie that he didn't know calling someone a spastic was an insult in reference to being disabled.

He's not a good person, yet he spends his time telling you that you're the bad person.

It's gross.

Give me an honest scumbag any day over a dishonest virtue signaller.

You use the same comeback for anybody you disagree with in here.

He covers those because it’s exactly what his woke audience want to hear - be kind to everyone and mind your “mental health” - but forget all that when someone says something that totally offends you. He’s a **** sheep corralling all the other two faced **** who spout this bullshit.

Just Googled the full statement as the OP's link doesn't seem to work. Sounds like a bit of waffle to be fair, gives the impression that he's trying to cover his tracks for when the woke brigade come knocking on his door further down the line. Still doesn't really warrant the abuse I'm seeing around the place, I'm guessing this wasn't his first rodeo with these antics.