Then said posters should have no problem with gentle poking back in their direction while dishing out their 'dry wit, irony, and gentle generalizations'. 'Insert clever phrase about heat in the kitchen or similar'katbh wrote: Posters may or may not be xenophobic, but from what is posted in this thread, I see dry wit, irony and gentle generalisations.
You just don't get it. I made a joking point and you got your feelings hurt over the Internet. It never would have gone past my one off-hand comment if you hadn't let it.JR8 wrote: I don't get it, it's hugely over-defensive. Hey maybe you really don't know, as Europeans we grow up under - what you could call - an over-bearing American cultural arrogance.
...But hey, that's a topic that's going to be too inflammatory for some people here I expect, so [self-censorship]... well done, great result for freedom of speech as Borat's lofty shining beacon might proclaim hehe...
It's his stage persona... it's a staged personality play-off that you're swallowing.Hannieroo wrote:I hate Jeremy Clarkson. I like the other two though. And Stig.
Except... that I've noticed the best on stage characters often reflect the unique character of the actual person behind it. There would be no Clint Eastwood without the man himself for example being a laconic, short worded fellow.JR8 wrote:It's his stage persona... it's a staged personality play-off that you're swallowing.Hannieroo wrote:I hate Jeremy Clarkson. I like the other two though. And Stig.
It's like saying you 'hate' the Sex Pistols.
Divide the persona from the person...
p.s. I 'hate' the childish rubber-faced Jim Carey... but in real-life I expect he might be a decent likeable man.
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