I despise the use if the term “gammon”. I totally understand the type of people and views it represents, but the fact that we are happy to throw around what has become an insult to discuss someone with a different opinion to ours strikes me as being petty. Fighting prejudice with prejudice is a bit shit, really.
I dunno, it’s probably a bit more polite than just calling people ‘Bigots’ and/or ‘Racists’ but also wonderfully descriptive, painting a perfect picture of the target(s) with a single word. Plus it’s kind of reciprocal innit:
…snowflakey woke types…
They had plenty of names for those of us not on their wavelength, long before they were compared to a porcine product…
Ultimately if you were hoping for respectful discourse, without unpleasant name calling you’re out of luck, this is the shape of modern social and political “debate” in the UK now…
As a side-note: I really don’t understand how ‘woke’ can be an insult. People proudly declaring their ignorance is so infuriating. I don’t get it.
That’s half the point, indeed people who think labelling people, opinions or organisations they disagree with as “Antifa” tells a tale also.
To be labelled by some Gammony git as “Antifa” i.e. Anti-fascist, the very antithesis of an oppressive, enemy of freedom and inclusion, that’s kind of a badge of honour really. And of course helpfully outlines the mindset of the person applying, what they see as a slur…
Ultimately its (arguably) an indication of a free society when Populist, Right-wingers are free to start their own propaganda “News” channel, it immediately disproves the claims that their views and opinions have been stifled…
I suppose we’ll see how they get along with Offcom, the monologues are probably just a tester to see what the response is. If they’ve not picked up too many complaints after a few weeks, they’ll probably start ramping up the US imports, and we’ll see more ‘Red-scare’ gibberish, stories of Wokeness run wild and ‘Antifa’ and BLM pained as the enemies of <m>”our way of life”…
Give them time…