> Any instances of Clarkson making offensive comments about white people?
The whole mainstream media makes offensive comments about white people, how they are responsible for slavery, how they are all racists, how they are incompetent husbands, aloof fathers, conspiracy theorists, the list goes on.
But god forbid white people are allowed to watch another white guy crack a few jokes at other races.
> that's obviously a different dynamic to a white British person making fun of people lower down the social pecking order.
That's racist. Wow. True racism right here. Excuse me? So you really think there are groups of people, I assume ethnic groups, who are "lower down the social pecking order"? That is unadultered racism - the belief that another ethnic group is inferior to your ethnic group in anyway.
I have no problem with any word being used by any comedian, but if they ever said "I think black people are lower down in the social pecking order" then that would be a truly unambiguous racist statement.
Any word he wants to use is OK. He's on TV, he's an artist, it's his art. You don't get to decide which strokes he can make or which brushes he can use or which words he can paint an idea with.
If you don't like a car show with a racist guy, make a better car show and don't be a racist.
But understand, if you want to convince people of a position, you can only do so by being an example to them and hoping to change their mind; you cannot censor, ban, fine, imprison, commit violence against those you disagree with, and then expect people to convert to your opinion.
For the record, I care not an iota about a show about cars made by a comedian. I do appreciate Clarkson when he is on Quite Interesting.
Honestly, what do you think you are accomplishing by sitting and criticizing someone that is out in the world doing something? Either do it better or shut up.
Precisely. Why must every single show on Earth be politically correct and socially sanitized lest it offends anyone?
You don't like Clarkson, turn the TV off. It's not hard at all. But to go on and on about a show you dislike, is to be a serf to the zeitgeist of Political Correctness and Cultural Marxism that has been progressively censoring so many aspects of our life, culture and history.
This is being done on purpose, but most of the public will never see it or admit it if they see it because most people are programmed to follow the leader(ship) whatever they do.
For instance, the Confederate Flag was banned, but the sickle and hammer flag which killed upwards of 100 Million people isn't. So you can tell who is doing the censoring.
Same thing with HIV tests, they don't look for the virus because they can't. So they look for other signals, which might be incorrect. You may even test 3 times positive and the fourth time negative.
Except when the story is about the economy, in which case we at HN don't want to hear a single bullshit-cutting Austrian word about it. We like our economics with misinterpretation and lies, like the Venezuelans and Greeks liked it until they suddenly didn't anymore.
So long as there's no negativity (or serious economics) HN users are welcome to comment as if they're 12.