I don't normally post about non-football related items BUT.........

an item on BBC's 6pm news this evening has really got my goat. In defending Diane Abbott about the amount of general abuse she receives Amber Rudd has been forced to apologise for referring to her as a coloured lady. If Diane Abbott cannot be described in this way what are we allowed to call her?

Posted By: Highlander on March 7th 2019 at 18:30:48

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I don't normally post about non-football related items BUT......... (General Chat) - Highlander, Mar 7, 18:30:48
- Ugly (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 7, 23:21:14
- If anyone is in ANY doubt about this (General Chat) - atlcanary, Mar 7, 21:05:26
- Please! (General Chat) - Moritz Moutarde, Mar 7, 20:49:50
- apparently the new PC term is 'tinged', according to that new lot of liberals. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Mar 7, 20:40:12
  - they're centrists, not liberals. HTH. (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 7, 21:05:46
  - *sweats * (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:49:12
  - The Scots have filed a complaint about being referred to as swears. They have clarified (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:48:19
  - lolz (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Mar 7, 20:46:30
- You clearly need to learn more about what is considered offensive. (General Chat) - norway, Mar 7, 20:22:06
- Thirty years ago it was coloured was it not (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 7, 20:14:38
  - Great contribution. (General Chat) - norway, Mar 7, 20:22:49
- I think a few have been a bit rough here. Educate, don't be smug. (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:13:45
  - Nah, he's got enough history of this shit (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 7, 23:18:22
  - nail on head pantalinoes good stuff (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 7, 20:16:02
- A woman of colour is the correct phrase. No the biggest deal but coloured (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:11:32
  - “Woke” [insert rolly eye face here] (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 7, 20:46:31
    - I didn't like being called it, because it implies the person who said it didn't agree (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:57:18
  - ..... (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:21:18
- thats the wrong question to ask on here (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 7, 19:50:26
  - it's question about the use of the word "coloured" ffs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 7, 19:56:29
    - it nigrum licet non ut verbum (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 7, 20:11:53
      - People called Romanes, they go, the house? (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 7, 21:09:45
- You have the manners of a goat. And you smell like a dung-heap. (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Mar 7, 19:42:36
- Oh my days (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 7, 19:06:44
- spoken like a true blue (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 7, 19:06:14
- "There can be only one" (n/m) (General Chat) - atlcanary, Mar 7, 18:57:02
- Black (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Mar 7, 18:55:56
- You’ve been in the Highlands too long, laddy! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 7, 18:48:42
  - In view of what I am reading on here....... (General Chat) - Highlander, Mar 7, 20:19:43
    - jesus wept, none of this has actually sunk in has it (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 7, 20:48:50
      - why don't you ask a black person if they can explain it to you? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 7, 20:55:07
    - It's always about historical use of a term. If the Nazis were a peace organisation (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:36:55
- To be honest, if it's important to you to still call people of colour, "coloured," I'd (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 7, 18:47:45
  - “People of colour” (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 7, 18:50:53
    - No, but whatever. It's not like there are not many non offensive ways to term (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 7, 19:00:19
      - True (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 7, 19:04:08
        
        At the end of the day hate and intent is the main topic. (General Chat) - pants, Mar 7, 20:15:47
- Stick to the footy posts Highlander (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 7, 18:45:19
  - Ffs (General Chat) - Charles21, Mar 7, 18:46:44
    - I saw your computer (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 7, 18:52:15
      - Im watching you now (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 7, 18:56:47
        
        Thanks, it was a present (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 7, 19:13:23
        
        Leather or pvc tonight? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 7, 19:30:23
        
        Whatever you want to bring x (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 7, 19:34:02
- have you been in a cave for the last 20 years? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 7, 18:36:24
- Is this a wind up? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 7, 18:35:53
  - And she wasn’t forced to apologise (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 7, 18:38:15
- everyone is coloured. Diane is Black. (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 7, 18:35:29
  - Technically black is the absence of colour (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 7, 18:48:09
    - what colour is the absence of colour? (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 7, 19:18:48
    - yep (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 7, 19:10:15
  - oh, and it is (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 7, 18:39:26
- Black. (General Chat) - CWC, Mar 7, 18:34:14

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