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"Do you speak up?"

A topic arose on The Wright Stuff this morning about speaking up to people who make bigot/racist/homophobic remarks. I decided to post this here as it's quite an interesting topic which has affected me in the past.

Say if you was in the pub and you over hear someone making racist remarks, do you speak up and say something? Or do you just keep in quiet?

It's quite a hard dilemma seeing as you'd be concerned on the outcome. I remember Goatboy saying he punched someone in a bar for making some joke/remark about 9/11.

I've heard my Grandma say racist things in the past, but I've never said anything against it because of the fact that my parents have been there, making it very awkward to speak up. My friends have said the same about their elders, I guess it's just the way they were brought up compared to us.

So yeah - Speak up or keep quiet?

Ah ok, I'll let you off.

Only cos I fancy you, mind....

KNOB - KNowledgeable Outstanding Bloke.

I said it a nice way

SHEEPY wrote:
> I wasn't giving abuse it is just annoying when people try and do that,
> in my opinion.


So calling someone a knob is a compliment is it?

Yeah, I once witnessed a man in fear when he saw he was getting a black doctor.

" Um nae havin a darkie doctuuur "

If I explain further, he always complains how he never gets a white doctor.

I wasn't giving abuse it is just annoying when people try and do that, in my opinion.

Yeah, i know, but the difference in that one word can completely change how the sentence is perceived.

Although you could easily interpret the first sentence the same way as teh second one.

Munn, that wasn't an intentional difference. I didn't copy the original sentence, just put it down from memory.

I was going to elaborate my point to explain that but I cba.