Just yesterday we had a thread on some American politician making stupid comments. But Günther Oettinger, German Conservative and EU commissioner really let lose in a speech he held at a business forum. Not the first time he did something like that by all accounts. But this time (hopefully) it can cost him his job at the EU.

He called members of a chinese delegation "slit eyes" and refered to gay marriage as becoming a compulsory if things kept moving into the same direction as they do now.

Quote:A video of Günther Oettinger making jokes about Chinese diplomats and "compulsory gay marriage" has sparked controversy. Oettinger, who will take over the EU Commission's budget post, said he had not meant to offend.

http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-oettinger-...a-36199759

Oh Günther, how could you! Our best man in Europe!!!

I remember a local councilor in NI who vowed that he would not rest until '...everyone in the province has an above-average income...'.

Even more sadly, he was applauded for it.

Boru

(October 29, 2016 at 6:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I remember a local councilor in NI who vowed that he would not rest until '...everyone in the province has an above-average income...'.

Even more sadly, he was applauded for it.

Boru

Well, you have to keep in mind that roughly half of the population has below-average IQ...

When I clicked on this thread I expected it to be about a Trump rally.

"Racism and anti-gay bigotry combined. Trump/Pence 2016."

(October 31, 2016 at 2:55 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: When I clicked on this thread I expected it to be about a Trump rally.

Point is, these people aren't confined to any single country. They're all over the place.

(November 1, 2016 at 7:57 am)abaris Wrote:

(October 31, 2016 at 2:55 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: When I clicked on this thread I expected it to be about a Trump rally.

Point is, these people aren't confined to any single country. They're all over the place.

But our racist homophobes are the best at it in the entire world!  USA! USA! USA!  Oops, sorry, that should be 'Murica!

(October 29, 2016 at 5:40 pm)abaris Wrote: Just yesterday we had a thread on some American politician making stupid comments. But Günther Oettinger, German Conservative and EU commissioner really let lose in a speech he held at a business forum. Not the first time he did something like that by all accounts. But this time (hopefully) it can cost him his job at the EU.

He called members of a chinese delegation "slit eyes" and refered to gay marriage as becoming a compulsory if things kept moving into the same direction as they do now.

Quote:A video of Günther Oettinger making jokes about Chinese diplomats and "compulsory gay marriage" has sparked controversy. Oettinger, who will take over the EU Commission's budget post, said he had not meant to offend.

http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-oettinger-...a-36199759

positively describing or negatively describing a physical charastic does not make one a bigot. What makes a person a bigot is taking the position that they are better because they have or lack a racial attribute that another race does not.

The term 'Slit or slant eye' is not in of itself racist. It is the context in which that description is used that makes it a racist comment or not.

In like wise fashion saying that gay marriage is becoming compulsory is not an anti gay statement. It simply on the surface describes a societal shift toward gay marriage.

You guys who wear your feelings on your sleeves and look for key words to pigeon hole people and label them XYZ if the say 123 is the epitome of intolerance you d-bag pretend to be against.

Can't you see you are becoming the monsters you pretend to hate? If someone doesn't conform to your world view they are hated and reviled. If someone apposes or just on the surface says something concerning a key word you been trained to hate, you unleash the hell you falsely want to protect others from...

This great hypocrisy is what will define this generation.

(November 2, 2016 at 2:11 pm)Drich Wrote: positively describing or negatively describing a physical charastic does not make one a bigot. What makes a person a bigot is taking the position that they are better because they have or lack a racial attribute that another race does not.

Think of the most derogatory term in the english language to describe Asians. That's what the word "Schlitzauge" is in the German language.

Nuff said. Not going into semantics over my own mother tongue.