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13-01-2022, 11:02 AM | #1 | |||
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[Marks & Spencer have rebranded Midget Gems as Mini Gems after woke protest Dr Erin Pritchard warned supermarkets 'midget' is 'a form of hate speech' Tesco has announced it is also reviewing the name of its line of midget gems] [The change should have happened years ago. It is easy for people not called the word to think its removal is wrong,' Dr Pritchard, who also appeared in Channel 4's Dating with Dwarfism, said. She added that she had asked Amazon to remove novelty items which use the term but acknowledged it would not be possible to rename items no longer in production such as the MG Midget car or the Daihatsu Midget minivan.] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...omplaints.html |
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13-01-2022, 11:05 AM | #2 | |||
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Beso
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Goodbye shortbread.
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13-01-2022, 11:07 AM | #3 | |||
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13-01-2022, 11:12 AM | #4 | |||
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so now smaller and not British made?
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13-01-2022, 11:14 AM | #5 | |||
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13-01-2022, 11:27 AM | #6 | ||
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Not Yorkshire made.
The reason for the name change was not actually because the previous name caused offense, it's because they're only allowed to be called Midget Gems if they're handmade in the traditional way by Yorkshire Midgets. |
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13-01-2022, 11:41 AM | #7 | |||
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Scumbug, Maggot
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I swear those nutters sit around, trying to think of random things they can accuse of being "hateful".
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13-01-2022, 11:45 AM | #8 | |||
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[Dr Erin Pritchard (pictured), a lecturer in disability and education, told supermarkets that the term midget was 'a form of hate speech'] |
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13-01-2022, 11:51 AM | #9 | |||
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Cherie
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ah damn if this happened last year I could have used in in my Top answers which celebrity has been cancelled question
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13-01-2022, 12:55 PM | #10 | |||
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and this car never existed
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13-01-2022, 12:57 PM | #11 | ||
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Remembering Kerry
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Ridiculous in my view.
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13-01-2022, 04:10 PM | #12 | |||
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Scumbug, Maggot
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Silly midget.
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13-01-2022, 04:18 PM | #13 | |||
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Snow Surrender
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So what are you supposed to call a midget these days?
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13-01-2022, 04:19 PM | #14 | |||
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GoldHeart
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I've never actually heard of these sweets , they look like wine gums.
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13-01-2022, 04:22 PM | #15 | |||
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Scumbug, Maggot
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Frodo.
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