An advert for a pair of school trousers has been deleted by Argos after social media users complained the name of the product was linked to a slur used by racists.
Read past it multiple times, then found the phrase ("knee grow") in the article. I was seeing what the mfr did: "grow hem". Gotta say, the I-dunno-how-to-call-em-so-they're-not-offended folks have got some FINE sensitivity settings. That's an exquisitely tuned sense of offense indeed. The mfr should ditch it; easier than the storm of opprobrium that will ensue otherwise. Personally, I'd just tell the poor offended twit to STFU and grow a pair. I'm offended that he is offended. Context matters, and in this case, there is zero raciss in the context. As any rational human would discern, but that's expecting a lot of the terminally oppressed.
Argos is a Limey land company smaller but similar to Amazon. They were arseholes (Limey spelling) when I occasionally dealt with them 30 years ago and apparently cowards as well.
Read past it multiple times, then found the phrase ("knee grow") in the article. I was seeing what the mfr did: "grow hem". Gotta say, the I-dunno-how-to-call-em-so-they're-not-offended folks have got some FINE sensitivity settings. That's an exquisitely tuned sense of offense indeed. The mfr should ditch it; easier than the storm of opprobrium that will ensue otherwise. Personally, I'd just tell the poor offended twit to STFU and grow a pair. I'm offended that he is offended. Context matters, and in this case, there is zero raciss in the context. As any rational human would discern, but that's expecting a lot of the terminally oppressed.
ReplyDeleteLets see , don't the negros have a fund raising platform that have the word negro in it ?
ReplyDeleteAnd 'colored' too.
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Sort of, Colored as in NAACP. Colored preceded Negro as the accepted term. That was replaced by Black which was replaced by Afro-American.
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ReplyDeleteArgos is a Limey land company smaller but similar to Amazon. They were arseholes (Limey spelling) when I occasionally dealt with them 30 years ago and apparently cowards as well.
ReplyDeleteWell don't change it to 'joggers'!
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This may be the funniest missing commas example ever.
ReplyDeleteReverse order of reinforced knee and grow hem and the whole thing is moot
ReplyDeleteMay I suggest renaming the item. Also maybe a few Black faces in the decision making process,
ReplyDeleteIs he suggesting the board members show up for meeting in black face?
So pickaninny isn't okay?
ReplyDeleteHow about 'farm equipment?'
A cop friend of mine calls them Canadians. He calls pepper spray canadian mist.