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Originally Posted by WildHearted
Exactly. Personally, I can shrug it off... but it scares me that there are others who might not be able to. And it's just so dang hypocritical considering the whole issue is about hate-speech and offending people... and she's telling people she hopes they swallow a knife and stuff.  Quite frankly, it's disgusting. And it completely devalues her entire side of the argument. |
You're right, it is disgusting. It's turned into a bit of a crusade for some now too. The fact is this whole thing started because someone was trawling tumblr spoiling for a fight. They have completely lost sight of the fact that this has all stemmed from a 30 year old song lyric - 'To the gypsy that remains..." / "And you see your gypsy..." There was no malicious intent or derogatory sentiment intended - it was merely the quoting of a popular song.
If it was being used in a malicious way, then I think that they are well within their right to take a stand. The fact is though, the word gypsy has been propagated in the media so much recently - My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, documentaries - an Irish traveller was recently on celebrity big brother here in the UK (and won the show). Traveller weddings are featured in tabloid newspapers, as someone pointed out earlier, the word gypsy features in the name of many traveller charities. What I don't understand, is if the word gypsy is racist, why are so many Irish and Romani travellers scrambling to appear in shows and documentaries with the word gypsy in the title?
By all means, educate people about the history of Romani gypsies. But don't call a bunch of teenagers/20 somethings white supremacist b****es for posting Stevie Nicks lyrics. Surely their time is better spent else where
