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Paul	25-02-2021 23:57

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36072046)

Anyhoo, looks like all the outrage was premature

Its called, "WTF have we done, quick, how do we get out of this .........."

Hugh	26-02-2021 09:58

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36072053)

Its called, "WTF have we done, quick, how do we get out of this .........."

Or, the "anti-woke" brigade read the headline rather than the article, and felt they had to show outrage on behalf of all the 2-7 year olds who didn’t give a stuff...

https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/a...hing_this_fall

Sephiroth

26-02-2021 10:35

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

The anti-woke brigade is to be commended.

papa smurf

26-02-2021 10:46

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36072082)

The anti-woke brigade is to be commended.

Surely that's just normal people, i see wokies as abnormal bordering on the offensive.

1andrew1

26-02-2021 11:24

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Anyone think that the Potato Head debacle may have been deliberate to raise awareness of the brand?

Mr K	26-02-2021 11:59

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36072086)

Anyone think that the Potato Head debacle may have been deliberate to raise awareness of the brand?

Hasn't worked for me, haven't a clue what it is.

1andrew1

26-02-2021 12:01

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36072091)

Hasn't worked for me, haven't a clue what it is.

You may not know what it is but you are now aware of it, so to speak!

Sephiroth

26-02-2021 12:22

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36072086)

Anyone think that the Potato Head debacle may have been deliberate to raise awareness of the brand?

Trust you! They could only attract negative reaction from reasonable people.

jonbxx

26-02-2021 13:07

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36072095)

Trust you! They could only attract negative reaction from reasonable people.

If getting sad, angry, upset because a toy company rebranded their plastic potato toys is reasonable, then I guess I must be unreasonable.

spiderplant

26-02-2021 13:14

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36072091)

Hasn't worked for me, haven't a clue what it is.

Will you be rebranding yourself as "K"?

Sephiroth

26-02-2021 13:44

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Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 36072099)

If getting sad, angry, upset because a toy company rebranded their plastic potato toys is reasonable, then I guess I must be unreasonable.

Not quite sure of your point there, Jon - but to me any attack on the woke brigade or companies that yield stupidly to that pressure is valid. It's absolutely ludicrous to do this type of rebranding.

There is a case for Barbie dolls embracing a wider field, more certainly for ethnicity. And they've (Mattel) released a so-called gender neutral doll. Sort of makes sense because the kit allows the child to fit the doll out according to the child's wishes.

But changing the language, referring to a person in the singular as "they" is worthy of outrage.

Hugh	26-02-2021 14:22

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36072083)

Surely that's just normal people, i see wokies as abnormal bordering on the offensive.

Oh, the irony (or the projection)...

That whirring noise is Polonius* spinning in his grave so much he’s affecting the Earth’s precession...

*Hamlet, Act I Scene III Lines 78-80

1andrew1

26-02-2021 14:31

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36072101)

Will you be rebranding yourself as "K"?

Hugh	26-02-2021 14:45

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36072109)

Not quite sure of your point there, Jon - but to me any attack on the woke brigade or companies that yield stupidly to that pressure is valid. It's absolutely ludicrous to do this type of rebranding.

There is a case for Barbie dolls embracing a wider field, more certainly for ethnicity. And they've (Mattel) released a so-called gender neutral doll. Sort of makes sense because the kit allows the child to fit the doll out according to the child's wishes.

But changing the language, referring to a person in the singular as "they" is worthy of outrage.

You may wish to offer your services to these multi-billion dollar companies who have huge marketing intelligence budgets, with your insights into how to increase their market share... ;)

jonbxx

26-02-2021 16:12

Re: Backlash as BBC teaches NINE year olds there is 100 Genders

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36072109)

Why does it outrage you? It's a commercial decision to widen the customer base for vegetable based plastic toys. At worst it will do nothing and at best, there will be more customers.

I am struggling to see the harm here to be honest

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