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23 Responses to ““They’ll turn Great Britain into Little Britain””
rob
There is a difference between what is viable in comedy sketch and what is viable in politics. I understand the general point that it is trying to make, that dosnt stop it being amazingly dumb in execution.
Yes, believe it or not, the people criticising this poster are fully aware that it was intended to be funny.
In my opinion, the use of humour that relies on bigotry to be funny is something that any organisation that claims to be “progressive” or “committed to equality” should never use and should condemn rather than condone.
If you’re offended […]
As I said above, it’s not primarily about whether people are offended. I’m not particularly offended by it. Contemptuous, yes. Disappointed, yes. Angry, yes. But offended? No, not really.
“On disabled rights generally, Labour has a record to be proud of.”
This is very debatable but I do accept that recent Labour governments have also passed legislation intended to improve rights and equality for disabled people. That’s why this poster was so disappointing, because it suggest Labour is only for those rights and equalities when it’s convenient for them, rather than viewing working for equality as something that needs to be integrated into everything it does.
23 Responses to ““They’ll turn Great Britain into Little Britain””
rob
There is a difference between what is viable in comedy sketch and what is viable in politics. I understand the general point that it is trying to make, that dosnt stop it being amazingly dumb in execution.
cim
Shamik Das: It’s called humour.
Yes, believe it or not, the people criticising this poster are fully aware that it was intended to be funny.
In my opinion, the use of humour that relies on bigotry to be funny is something that any organisation that claims to be “progressive” or “committed to equality” should never use and should condemn rather than condone.
If you’re offended […]
As I said above, it’s not primarily about whether people are offended. I’m not particularly offended by it. Contemptuous, yes. Disappointed, yes. Angry, yes. But offended? No, not really.
“On disabled rights generally, Labour has a record to be proud of.”
This is very debatable but I do accept that recent Labour governments have also passed legislation intended to improve rights and equality for disabled people. That’s why this poster was so disappointing, because it suggest Labour is only for those rights and equalities when it’s convenient for them, rather than viewing working for equality as something that needs to be integrated into everything it does.
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