24-04-2024, 07:54 PM in response to #42923
24-04-2024, 07:54 PM in response to #42923 24-04-2024, 07:59 PM in response to #42929 NWS Wrote: It's not a protected characteristic ******** pint-sized adjective informal UK /ˈpaɪnt.saɪzd/ US /ˈpaɪnt.saɪzd/ (also pint-size, UK/ˈpaɪnt.saɪz/) (of a person) small and not important: Don't worry about him, he's just a pint-sized nobody. ******** It's a well-established phrase. It's not offensive. And in this context, it's a statement of fact. 24-04-2024, 08:00 PM in response to #42923 24-04-2024, 08:03 PM in response to #42929
The level of disingenuity on this thread is quite something
24-04-2024, 08:10 PM in response to #42931 DesCartes Wrote: ******** Saved by Brexit too, but you won't mention that pint sized nugget of info 24-04-2024, 08:10 PM in response to #42931 DesCartes Wrote: ******** You’re carrying on?! How is it not offensive, and if it isn’t offensive why did she say it? It’s a characteristic he can’t help, just like being black. And unlike being fat. And it’s a characteristic that clearly concerns him, hence the silly trousers. 24-04-2024, 08:18 PM in response to #42933 24-04-2024, 10:40 PM in response to #42933 24-04-2024, 10:58 PM in response to #42929
It is always uplifting to hear the level of debate in our mother Parliament. If anybody disagrees with this notion, then yah boo sucks .
25-04-2024, 09:11 AM in response to #42936 Meerkat Wrote: You’re carrying on?! The Newsagents podcast made a point that Rayner's a little like Labour's Boris Johnson, in that she has an immunity from people taking what she says too seriously when it's derogatory. I can't see Starmer, Reeves, Cooper or Lammy getting away with it in the same way TBH, but then they're all more senior and serious politicians. |
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