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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36121471)

How odd that you view the Harrassment Act as 'bullying someone to shut up'.

There is someone on here who I thought was deeply unpleasant, until it was brought to my attention that he had a learning difficulty and other multiple mental disabilities too.

These conditions affect the thought process, perception and the ability to communicate effectively, so this must be taken into account.

You have previously declared a disability, but chose not to confirm how this affects you.

It's not odd at all, what is odd is you making things up, I've never once said I have a disability.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36121436)

The wokes. Have you been following? :)

Who are "the wokes"?

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121480)

Who are "the wokes"?

Nice family, live three doors up, very considerate neighbours

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121480)

Who are "the wokes"?

What the heck are they........ Really I have no idea:rolleyes:

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36121491)

What the heck are they........ Really I have no idea:rolleyes:

They're the past tense of wakes if that helps!

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36121341)

Indeed. This bill aims to protect people (particularly vulnerable groups) from inappropriate behaviour by others.

As an example, take a look at this thread:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...5#post36121345

Hugh disagreed with my statement that Virgin are again the most complained about company as he believed that it was only partially correct.

He did it in a polite and reasonable manner, so his right to disagree with my statement wouldn't be affected by the new legislation.

Disagreeing with someone else's point of view (as long as it's done in a right manner, with consideration and in a holistic manner) isn't inappropriate behaviour.

Disagreeing with someone's assertion that green is the best colour is fine, but taking the mickey out of them for spelling it wrong when they have declared that they have dyslexia isn't. Disagreeing with everything that they say as a form of harrassment in a gratuitously nasty, snide, sarcastic way (in the same way as has been done countless times) isn't. Mocking someone known to have dementia who says the same thing twice in error isn't.

That happens all the time on this forum, but we have all managed to survive it. That doesn’t make it right, but it does give us an insight on who we are dealing with.

This is nothing more than a woke attempt to exclude people and I am disappointed that the Conservative government is actually taking this woke nonsense seriously.

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Maybe we should have a list of all those with a disability that leads to hurt, misinterpretation and OTT reactions. Then we could just put them all on ‘ignore’ and everyone would be happy.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121480)

Who are "the wokes"?

Well, if you don’t know by now, Hugh, I really wouldn’t worry about it (pat, pat). :hugs:

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36121239)

That’ll be the wokes, of course, who will have the power to cancel you without trial.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121244)

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

It’s SUPERWOKE!

"the wokes"? You’ve been sniffing the wacky baccy again, haven’t you?

(or at least, drinking the Express/Mail/Telegraph Kool-Aid).

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36121251)

We know who they are…. :grind:

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121261)

Who are "they"?

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36121436)

The wokes. Have you been following? :)

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121480)

Who are "the wokes"?

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36121523)

...snippety snip snip...

Well, if you don’t know by now, Hugh, I really wouldn’t worry about it (pat, pat). :hugs:

So you don't know either - fair enough...

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36121577)

i know

Don't tell em ~~Pike~~ papa

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36121595)

Don't tell em ~~Pike~~ papa

It’s OK, the OED* already has the definition, so it’s not a secret… ;)

* The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language.

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It doesn't tell us who they are- but i know.

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36121491)

What the heck are they........ Really I have no idea:rolleyes:

Ok putting plainly as I can please define a woke ,I really have no idea what it means :confused:

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36121612)

Ok putting plainly as I can please define a woke ,I really have no idea what it means :confused:

If you don't know what it means then apparently you're not woke

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...d-by-the-right

The origins of woke, in this context – as forged by African American communities – dates back at least to the 60s, but its mainstream ubiquity is a recent development. Fuelled by black musicians, social media and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the term entered the Oxford English Dictionary only in 2017, by which time it had become as much a fashionable buzzword as a set of values. Some of those who didn’t keep up with the trend felt left behind: if you didn’t know the meaning of woke, you weren’t.

Rather than rejecting the concept of wokeness outright, today’s detractors often claim they are rejecting the word as a signifier of pretentiousness and “cultural elitism”. However, as Fox and others have shown, it is as much to do with the issues of racial and social justice. Criticising “woke culture” has become a way of claiming victim status for yourself rather than acknowledging that more deserving others hold that status. It has gone from a virtue signal to a dog whistle. The language has been successfully co-opted – but as long as the underlying injustices remain, new words will emerge to describe them.

Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

Or just another term for the annoying millennials.

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36121615)

Thanks clear as mud ,but I've only read this twice so perhaps try a few more times:dunce: