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This has just reminded when of when Wayne Hennessey did a Hitler salute at a German team mate and got away with it cos he claimed he didn't know what a Nazi was
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So what if he called it a holocaust. It's a word. It can be used to describe many things. A holocaust is obvs v different to the holocaust.
Using that word seems an exaggeration at the very least
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People exaggerate all the time - big deal.
Is exaggeration now antisemitic too?
People need to be careful with their words, where did I suggest Shay Given is antisemitic?
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Seriously - why do you think he needed to be careful there?
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Because carelessly throwing around words like 'holocaust' to mean anything you like can be upsetting to people. This isn't complicated.
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Carelessly throwing around words - utter bollox. Are you telling me you've never used the phrase a feast or a famine for fear of upsetting or traumatising the Irish?
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So you're now claiming using a phrase with its original meaning is the same as using a word to mean something it's never actually meant?
This is really unhinged, strawman nonsense. Fuck off.
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A feast or a famine doesn't refer to an actual famine. If you say someone is a legend or awesome do you mean it literally? Does calling someone babe mean they are an actual baby? Would it have been OK if he'd said it was a catastrophe?
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I'm sorry that you have the understanding of a fucking yoghurt, but that's not my problem. Fuck off.
If you had any understanding you'd realise that the catastrophe is the literal meaning of the term Nakba, which refers to the genocide & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948. Nobody objects to use of the word catastrophe in other contexts. Nor should they.
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