Political correctness gone mad

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:38AM #1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572785/Tory-councillor-compared-children-burkas-binbags-kicked-party.html

He made a genuine mistake and got fired.
This has got to stop.

super_furry · 05-03-2014 12:39AM

Hello caller, talk to Joe!

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:40AM

Joe it's just not right.

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 12:40AM

He was talking rubbish

Hande hoche! · 05-03-2014 12:43AM

They binned him.

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:43AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572785/Tory-councillor-compared-children-burkas-binbags-kicked-party.html

Hope this works

Vito Corleone · 05-03-2014 12:43AM

Well, it wasn't the smartest thing someone in his position could do.

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:44AM

A quick look and I would have made the same mistake.

anncoates · 05-03-2014 12:45AM

When they asked him to resign, could he not just refuse?

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:46AM

That's garbage

Hitchens · 05-03-2014 12:47AM

non story

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 12:47AM

anncoates wrote: »

When they asked him to resign, could he not just refuse?

They didnt ask him to resign, he got the sack.

jane82 · 05-03-2014 12:47AM

Is that why yer man was called bin laden.
A lad in a bin like?

aaakev · 05-03-2014 12:47AM

I had to look at the pic for ages before I realised there was only 1 kid!

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 12:49AM

They would look rubbish in a selfie.

Panthro · 05-03-2014 12:50AM

All she has to do is pick up a scythe and she's got herself a Halloween costume sorted. Lucky.

WellThen? · 05-03-2014 12:52AM

Hahaha he sounds like good craic. He should of said he got fraped....I would of said that. I would also not have done that if I was in his position though crazy ****er. You're not allowed slag the Muslims... defo not their fashions.

Tombo2001 · 05-03-2014 12:56AM

Politician shares blatantly racist photo and gets sacked......and what exactly is the issue here.....?

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 12:57AM

He thought there was 3 children.

Hande hoche! · 05-03-2014 12:59AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Politician shares blatantly racist photo and gets sacked......and what exactly is the issue here.....?

Would it not be Islamophobic?

Tombo2001 · 05-03-2014 01:01AM

Hootanany wrote: »

He thought there was 3 children.

He says that now......

If he had thought that then there would be absolutely no point to the photo and he wouldn't have been sharing it. Who would share an image of three kids in burkas just because its three kids in burkas. There would be no point.

Its perfectly obvious from the caption what the image is about.

Femme_Fatale · 05-03-2014 01:02AM

Presume it was a joke (and I did lol) - bit lame of him to claim he genuinely thought the bags of rubbish were kids; why couldn't he just 'fess up that he was cracking a joke?
The punishment is harsh IMO and the joke does not automatically mean he is an islamophobe, but if you're a public official you need to watch what you say in public... and that definitely includes not making jokes about muslims or any members of a particular religion/ethnic group, no matter how good-natured the joke is!
It's not a case of whether he was joking or not, whether people agree or not... cracking jokes like that in your public life as a local politician is ****ing dopey and inappropriate and unprofessional. Oafish carry-on that you'd expect from a gombeen politician here.

Tombo2001 · 05-03-2014 01:02AM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Would it not be Islamophobic?

It would.

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 01:03AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Its perfectly obvious from the caption what the image is about.

It looks like a nice estate, must have a good management company.

Rachiee · 05-03-2014 01:04AM

There was no honest mistake its an internet joke that's been doing the rounds for ages. Its clearly racist get can laugh at it all he likes behind closed doors but if you are a politician you can't be blatantly racist on the internet.

Vito Corleone · 05-03-2014 01:07AM

Has anyone actually read the article? Because I'm reading the comments and it doesn't seem like they have. :pac:

Tombo2001 · 05-03-2014 01:07AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Presume it was a joke (and I did lol) - bit lame of him to claim he genuinely thought the bags of rubbish were kids; why couldn't he just 'fess up that he was cracking a joke?
The punishment is harsh IMO and the joke does not automatically mean he is an islamophobe, but if you're a public official you need to watch what you say in public... and that definitely includes not making jokes about muslims or any members of a particular religion/ethnic group, no matter how good-natured the joke is!
It's not a case of whether he was joking or not, whether people agree or not... cracking jokes like that in your public life as a local politician is ****ing dopey and inappropriate and unprofessional. Oafish carry-on that you'd expect from a gombeen politician here.

I'd guess your defense of the point would need a reference to the oxford dictionary a la Iona Institute/ Homophobe.

He's cracking/ sharing a joke that is crudely at the expense of muslim children. Does that make him an islamohobe? A court might argue not. I certainly wouldn't have shared it because it is blatantly insensitive to Muslims, and particularly because of the reference to children.

anyways....enough of the political correctness. I refuse to discuss it any further. how about some more puns.....

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 01:12AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Presume it was a joke (and I did lol) - bit lame of him to claim he genuinely thought the bags of rubbish were kids; why couldn't he just 'fess up that he was cracking a joke?
The punishment is harsh IMO and the joke does not automatically mean he is an islamophobe, but if you're a public official you need to watch what you say in public... and that definitely includes not making jokes about muslims or any members of a particular religion/ethnic group, no matter how good-natured the joke is!
It's not a case of whether he was joking or not, whether people agree or not... cracking jokes like that in your public life as a local politician is ****ing dopey and inappropriate and unprofessional. Oafish carry-on that you'd expect from a gombeen politician here.

Like the kebab one who said that?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 05-03-2014 01:12AM

Yeah he knew exactly what he was at.

Did I laugh? Yes
Would I post it? Probably
In his job/position would I post it? No!!

Guy:Incognito · 05-03-2014 01:25AM

Tombo2001 wrote: »

It would.

So not racist then.

Hootanany · 05-03-2014 01:25AM

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Yeah he knew exactly what he was at.

Did I laugh? Yes
Would I post it? Probably
In his job/position would I post it? No!!

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Political correctness gone mad

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