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Here's the poster boy of the Fat Lads Alliance.
So, BST, Sydney, Wilts, Macho and all, where are we going with this? Genuine question.
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 14, 2020, 11:30:25 amHere's the poster boy of the Fat Lads Alliance. is it ok to call out fat people what if your words drove someone who has eating disorder to harm themself? Is it ok to cherry pick what you say is ok? Does this not make you as bad asA rasist
Quote from: bpoolrover on June 14, 2020, 02:44:14 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 14, 2020, 11:30:25 amHere's the poster boy of the Fat Lads Alliance. is it ok to call out fat people what if your words drove someone who has eating disorder to harm themself? Is it ok to cherry pick what you say is ok? Does this not make you as bad asA rasistThis is the problem these days, I’m fat, it never once crossed my mind that it would offend me, some folk make it their mission in life to be offended
Quote from: bpoolrover on June 14, 2020, 02:44:14 pmQuote from: BillyStubbsTears on June 14, 2020, 11:30:25 amHere's the poster boy of the Fat Lads Alliance. is it ok to call out fat people what if your words drove someone who has eating disorder to harm themself? Is it ok to cherry pick what you say is ok? Does this not make you as bad asA rasistFat people haven’t been marginalised or persecuted for years because of their genetics.
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on June 14, 2020, 12:50:36 pmSo, BST, Sydney, Wilts, Macho and all, where are we going with this? Genuine question. Really, I don't know DBR - but it does feel like an epoch changing moment to me - as the late 1960's were.After Covid things are going to be different. I can't tell you if they will be better or worse but I am pretty sure they will be different. These protests have highlighted the cracks, divisions, prejudices in society - and that a government that has succeed by exploiting them, appears neither able or willing to heal them.
Racism is calling someone because of there colour ect. He is calling people because of the way they look, you can’t just pick and choose what suits and “fat” people have been shamed for years and years as you well no
Donnybaz you’re 100% right about there needing to be zero tolerance. Up until I moved 18 months ago I was at nearly every home and a lot of away gamesCan you tell me when was the last time you heard any racist comments at the Keepmoat. I used to stand in the south stand and I am genuinely struggling to recall any
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on June 14, 2020, 12:50:36 pmSo, BST, Sydney, Wilts, Macho and all, where are we going with this? Genuine question. I honestly couldn't tell you. The pushback we're seeing was inevitable really, as are the attempts to make it more about statues and sitcoms than the actual real issues. Whether that pushback will successfully derail the movement, I can't say, but it does feel like a watershed moment. As more people take an anti-racist - rather than simply non-racist - stance, a lot of people are going to have to accept some uncomfortable home truths about themselves and their culture. Whether we as a country are mature enough to accept them, or whether we'll just blame it all on those troublemaking black folk with a chip on their shoulder, I can't say. Some of the responses on here are truly depressing, which is why I don't post as much anymore (until recently, at least, as this issue is one my family deals with every day), but the younger generation is giving me hope.
It’s not to do with the fla it’s to do with the word fat if everybody goes around saying it then potentially your upsetting offending tens of millions of people, like racists you are judging people by how they look
Quote from: wilts rover on June 14, 2020, 02:44:45 pmQuote from: DonnyBazR0ver on June 14, 2020, 12:50:36 pmSo, BST, Sydney, Wilts, Macho and all, where are we going with this? Genuine question. Really, I don't know DBR - but it does feel like an epoch changing moment to me - as the late 1960's were.After Covid things are going to be different. I can't tell you if they will be better or worse but I am pretty sure they will be different. These protests have highlighted the cracks, divisions, prejudices in society - and that a government that has succeed by exploiting them, appears neither able or willing to heal them.I think so too and there isn't a magic wand, I'm sure we wish there were. Any government would have a difficult task with this however we shouldn't shirk away from it being our problem. We all have responsibility to play our part however we can. Even if its trying to educate. Hopefully everyone who reads this forum will have challenged themselves and be open to learning and understanding.The football is the thing that brings us together. Should we be taking positive action rather than leaving it the the club, the EFL, the FA etc?We know the club has a policy on dealing with racist behaviour and advice for fans who encounter it but shouldn't we be taking on an active role in supporting a zero tolerance stance? I just think it's too easy to stand behind a banner, wear a T Shirt on a day and hope everything will be fine.
Why would anyone need to draw attention to whether someone is fat or not?
Quote from: drfchound on June 14, 2020, 06:53:08 pmWhy would anyone need to draw attention to whether someone is fat or not?It's a descriptive term, just as 'thin' is. I'm just asking the person who's raised this issue how they would convey that description to someone else without offending anyone.
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on June 14, 2020, 06:57:30 pmQuote from: drfchound on June 14, 2020, 06:53:08 pmWhy would anyone need to draw attention to whether someone is fat or not?It's a descriptive term, just as 'thin' is. I'm just asking the person who's raised this issue how they would convey that description to someone else without offending anyone.And I am saying why would he need to do so.