Golliwogs Causing Controversy.

[Magilla]

On 04/05/2023 at 10:40, harvey19 said:

Or go to a different brewery.

Is there one, anywhere in the world, that would want to be publicly associated with these morons?

 

Good luck with that! 🤣

[Guest]

On 04/05/2023 at 10:35, melthebell said:

exactly, you can be as tough as you like with customers but once those who supply you your beer decide to stop youre screwed

We need to go a bit careful with China then, as they supply almost every non-food item we buy.

Who, with any sense, would purposely put themselves in that situation?

[RootsBooster]

It's the Daily Mail. 

They're doing what they do best, providing some fuel and an echo chamber for their target audience, the ones who claim we're not allowed to fly Union Flags any more, or call chocolate eggs Easter Eggs, or call Christmas... Christmas.

The ones who like to think their British way of life is constantly under attack and that refugees are taking their jobs.

 

They like to be outraged and the Mail preys upon them.

 

The only ones who will really care about this non-issue are the far(ish) right and the far(ish) left.

Edited May 6, 2023 by RootsBooster

[Baron99]

Clearly some people have never been to Scarborough then?   Many of the tourist souvenir 'tat' shops have golliwogs dolls of different sizes & ceramics for sale.  

[melthebell]

1 hour ago, Baron99 said:

Clearly some people have never been to Scarborough then?   Many of the tourist souvenir 'tat' shops have golliwogs dolls of different sizes & ceramics for sale.  

they dont "hang" them though and then laugh about it on social media?

[trastrick]

Gollywogs were simply a part of a child's "diverse" collection of well loved dolls.

 

They had a historical genesis in the early segregated black minstrel stage shows that entertained  audiences with talented music and dance shows.

 

So loved were they, that commercial interests appropriated the image to sell their products!