Theresa May lacks 'enthusiasm' for Brexit and her plans for a customs partnership are 'completely cretinous', says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Daily Telegraph headline
You wouldn't expect a senior politician to say "mongoloid", "spastic" or any of many other disease-based illnesses in that way. That way of speaking was rightly seen as less than wholly acceptable language. Why does he think that "cretin" (and related words) is acceptable? I certainly do not.
I am aware that many consider it not to be offensive. Deeming it just a generic word of derision. Yes, well, I think that is how many of those other words were treated in my childhood. If that is the case, I think it needs to change.
[Please do not go down the path of party political point-making. I am happy to make the same point about language no matter the speaker.]
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I agree, helvella, but it's symptomatic of the further degeneration of political discourse in this generation's politicians. Where's the statespersonship of yore?
It is just possible that he didn't know the true meaning of the word, and just thought it was another word for stupid. I heard a story yesterday about a man that didn't know Scarlet was a colour, he thought it was just a beautiful name for a beautiful woman (Scarlet Johansson).
For someone who manages to spout in Latin at the drop of a hat, or should I write ad stilla hat a, ignorance of meaning seems a woefully inadequate "excuse".
Hehe! Not to stray into politics, but I don't think understanding the word would stop him using it
Just that public opinion would really stomp him if he used one of the many similar words that are now strongly tabboo and not acceptable. This is one he can still get away with using!
All politicians are, by definition, offensive (lying weasels). But I also doubt he meant it like that and he is of the generation when it was a generally used word for very stupid. I might object to be called a kike, but generally I get fed up with all the PC-ness these days.
Lol! We had a chap at our running club who caught and lost his arm on a tube train before they were made safer his nickname was Joe the one armed bandit and was accused of getting good times because he had an unfair weight advantage!! He said he used his teeth for a Lot of tasks like tying his shoe laces - super flexible too. 😎
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