Bullying
Patrick Mercer is an idiot who condoned racism.
That said the backlash has unearthed a deeply troubling vein in British political life. In condemning Mercer many parties focused on him giving equivalence between different forms of abuse. Many people, their views clouded by bigotry and history, are furious at the suggestion that the level of abuse is not necessarily determined by its target.
Many sickos seem to be suggesting that bullying is not a problem if you are not part of a minority group. A small ginger child was told by politicians that the bullying he was suffering at school was OK because he wasn't black. What planet are these idiots on???
Non-nutters agree that bullying and abuse is bad, whoever is suffering the bullying.
posted by Giacomo @ 10:00 am
1 Comments:
Giacomo,
I'm not sure you've quite understood the point I was making and at the risk of being touchy I don't think the link to my blog via the word 'sickos' is entirely fair.
I was questioning Mercer's assertion that calling someone a 'black b****rd' is no different from calling someone a 'ginger b****rd'. The former is culturally and historically linked to extreme racial violence and far right political stances - the latter, while deeply unpleasant and certainly not to be condoned, has no such baggage.
I completely agree that all bullying and abuse is wrong and to be condemned without favour. That doesn't mean that it's all identical and a man of Mercer's intelligence should've understood that.
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