The response of the British Chinese community was deafening silence. Can you imagine the fuss if Morrissey had made such comments about Indians, Africans, or Jews? There would be uproar, marches down Parliament and demonstrations across the land. So where are the Chinese protests or demonstrations? Nowhere. Absolutely zilch! Have we lost our face over this comment?
As the Morrissey and A A Gill furores show, says The Telegraph's Michael Deacon, liberals like nothing more than getting offended on Twitter:
..."The best measure of liberal outrage is Twitter. Whenever a public figure does or says something that suggests insufficient reverence towards a particular minority or PC principle, the site blazes. Think of the time the writer A A Gill jokingly called Clare Balding a "dyke on a bike", and the time the singer Morrissey called the Chinese "subhuman" because of China's animal rights record (difficult one for the Left-ish, that: attack him for racism, or acclaim him for caring about animals? On balance they decided xenophobic epithets were worse than killing puppies for fur). Last week's target was Nadine Dorries MP, who'd said that if those on benefits were capable of Tweeting dozens of times a day, they should use their computer skills to earn a living. This was interpreted as an attack on the disabled.
I understand it. We all love thumping the table at some perceived social wrong, particularly when the like-minded are thumping the table too. Nothing beats the indignant thrill of the herd..."
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Morrissey, Clare Balding, Nadine Dorries: liberals love a good Twitter outrage by Michael Deacon - Telegraph
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The value of Morrissey opinion (Score:1, Insightful)
Morrissey doesn't matter... (Score:0, Insightful)
Re:Morrissey doesn't matter... (Score:3, Informative)
He matters a lot. Brit pop would be nothing without his influence, plus, Morrissey is one of the last true poets in Music.
And the guy is his own man, he is not afraid to speak his mind.
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Chinese protests? (Score:0)
Who cares about them? (Score:1)
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It's simple... (Score:1, Insightful)
The irony (Score:1)
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Liberals and Twitter? (Score:1)
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"England Is Mine & it owes me a living" (Score:0, Flamebait)
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A better photo (Score:0)
Peace! (Score:0)
Congrats Liu!
Stupid. (Score:5, Insightful)
1. You're idiots.
2. The Chinese didn't react because they knew-as most intelligent people-that he was talking about people who kill animals.
3. Get a life.
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Take your pick... (Score:1, Interesting)
(a) Most people said, 'Who's Morrissey?'
(b) Most people already think Morrissey is racist - those NME accusations will just never go away.
(c) When it comes to animal rights, most people already think Morrissey is a crank.
I go for (c) myself. This is not the first time that Moz has said pretty silly things about animal rights, e.g. “I support the efforts of the Animal Rights Militia (ARM) in England and I understand why fur farmers and so-called laboratory scientists are repaid with violence.”
When you start using epithets like 'subspecies' to describe other human beings, the logical conclusion is that you think such people don't deserve to live and should be eliminated. Face it folks, Moz is a great lyricist and singer and his contribution to music and popular culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been immense, but when it comes to the subject of animal rights the man is just plain bonkers. Racist - no. Silly, ignorant, crass - yes. Can we forgive him? Of course. Most artists have pretty crackpot views - it's what makes them great artists. The Simon Armitage article was otherwise the most entertaining interview in the papers all year.
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the chinese havnt reacted.... (Score:2, Insightful)
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Compassion (Score:1, Insightful)
Outrage??? (Score:1)
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On his side! (Score:2, Informative)
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Re:The Chinese ARE a subspecies (Score:0)
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