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This was not fine
referring to someone with ginger hair as ginger? yeah, it is. The issue with "pink haired moron" isn't the use of " pink haired" imo.
in as good a place
quite an assumption.
Skin colour =/= race.
and using hair colour as a descriptor =/= using skin colour as a descriptor.
chickenbones-
Instead of using up all your good faith on Tories, why not extend it to Labour centrists instead?
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referring to someone with ginger hair as ginger?
That wasn't my point.
You wrote:
am ginger, bullied relentlessly for 10+ years at school for it; this is fine.
Newsflash: Being bullied for 10+years is not fine.
quite an assumption.
Given you said that 10+ years of bullying was "fine". I presumed you'd be in a good place compared to people who have found it not to be fine.
I hope you are getting the support you need if that's not (as I would expect) the case.
and using hair colour as a descriptor =/= using skin colour as a descriptor.
... =/= body shape as a descriptor.
I'm not sure what your point brings to the discussion now though?
Using any personal descriptor as a negative isn't necessary when critiquing a politicians stance on a matter. In a sense it weakens the argument through a failure to focus on the substance.
frankenbike
rhb
This was not fine. Saying it was fine helps perpetuate it. Others who experience it may not come through it in as good a place.
Skin colour =/= race.