Consequences of Brexit [part 7] Read first post before posting

[ricgem2002]

2 hours ago, davyboy said:

Oh when will this farce end?

10 days time hopefully thenits party time 

[Mister M]

12 minutes ago, woodview said:

It's a derogatory phrase used my a minority of people, who want to imply that people who support brexit are Gammon faced old white men, going blotchy red when infuriated.

It's in the pack of phrases to slip in, such as xenophobia, racist etc

Women tend to be called 'gamonettes' and read this weekly mag:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=aSORXOyaFJur1fAP0tONgAk&q=gammonette&oq=gammonette&gs_l=img.3..0i24.3781.3781..5250...0.0..0.95.95.1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.upfYmd1SUo4#imgrc=H3bI9X5G0QV5wM: 

Edited March 19, 2019 by Mister M

[bendix]

11 minutes ago, woodview said:

It's a derogatory phrase used my a minority of people, who want to imply that people who support brexit are Gammon faced old white men, going blotchy red when infuriated.

It's in the pack of phrases to slip in, such as xenophobia, racist etc

It’s also damned funny. And accurate. 

 

Little known fact: it has been used for over 150 years for exactly the same use. It was first coined by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers to describe a blustering ‘god and nation’ politician in the novel. 

[woodview]

1 minute ago, Mister M said:

Women tend to be called 'gamonettes' and read this weekly mag:

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1366&bih=651&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=aSORXOyaFJur1fAP0tONgAk&q=gammonette&oq=gammonette&gs_l=img.3..0i24.3781.3781..5250...0.0..0.95.95.1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.upfYmd1SUo4#imgrc=H3bI9X5G0QV5wM: 

I think 'tend' is a stretch. I've never heard it until you've just said it. I've never heard the phrase 'gammon' even , in real life, only in the swamps of forums.

[Mister M]

Just now, woodview said:

I think 'tend' is a stretch. I've never heard it until you've just said it. I've never heard the phrase 'gammon' even , in real life, only in the swamps of forums.

Loads of people use the term gammon. It's as popular as 'snowflake', 'SJW', though not as popular as 'politically correct liberal elite'.

[woodview]

5 minutes ago, bendix said:

It’s also damned funny. And accurate. 

 

Little known fact: it has been used for over 150 years for exactly the same use. It was first coined by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers to describe a blustering ‘god and nation’ politician in the novel. 

News flash. 51% of the electorate aren't white middle aged men. So not particularly accurate. But feel free to carry on with racial stereotyping if you find it funny.

1 minute ago, Mister M said:

Loads of people use the term gammon. It's as popular as 'snowflake', 'SJW', though not as popular as 'politically correct liberal elite'.

Depends what 'loads' means. But my comment was referring to gammonette, which just seems even more silly.

Edited March 19, 2019 by woodview

[Mister M]

2 minutes ago, woodview said:

News flash. 51% of the electorate aren't white middle aged men. So not particularly accurate. But feel free to carry on with racial stereotyping if you find it funny.

Depends what 'loads' means.

Gammon isn't a race.

[Car Boot]

Saturday will see yet another 'People's Vote' March (Put it to the People) in central London. Waitrose car parks have already been booked for coaches to pick up the middle class protesters. But who are the rich corporate elite who control the campaign?

 

"Meet the suits behind the 'People's Vote' campaign and 'Open Britain'.

 

HELEN FIELD reveals that despite calling for a 'people's vote', the corporate elite backing the leading anti-Brexit campaign are about as far away from 'the people' as you can get.

 

INFORMATION from Companies House reveals a rich elite that includes Tory, Lib Dem and right-wing Labour politicians, company directors, and chairmen of global corporations, are giving huge support to the so-called People’s Vote campaign to hold a second EU referendum in the hope of stopping Brexit."

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/meet-suits-behind-people’s-vote-campaign-and-open-britain

 

[woodview]

13 minutes ago, Mister M said:

Gammon isn't a race.

It is a phrase referring to white people. Hence it is a racial stereotype.

[Top Cats Hat]

27 minutes ago, woodview said:

It's a derogatory phrase used my a minority of people, who want to imply that people who support brexit are Gammon faced old white men, going blotchy red when infuriated.

Or as Will Self would put it more correctly, "all Gammon faced old white men going blotchy when infuriated voted Brexit, but not all Brexit voters were Gammon faced old white men going blotchy when infuriated." 😂