Please stop calling west ham fans "pikeys"

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So, shall we stop using the term bastard as it is actually offensive to people who genuinely are that? Shall we stop using the term twat as people who watch Loose Women might find it offensive? Honestly, too many people nowadays spend their lives trying to find some way that they can take offence, and then maybe make some money or get some publicity out of it. I'm mixed race and I've had all kinds of insults thrown at me in my time. Most were probably deserved or just part of what used to be banter and taking the piss. We seem to have become a nation of geeky kids from school who are all too eager to run into the headmaster's office and pretend to be upset. It's pathetic. If you're being insulted then maybe think about why (although expecting WH fans to have anything remotely resembling a thought process is at best a tad naive).
 
Please please please please stop all these jokes (which arent funny) about calling west ham fans travellers/gypsies.

we dont accept racism against jews, black people, arabs etc so why should irish travellers or romani gypsies be any different?
and "pikey" is no better than "yid" (in the racist context)

it's racist and we're better than that.
please :avbpray:
 
I totally agree to be honest.. 'Pikey' is short for 'Turnpike', Gypsy HATE it.
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So if someone has only had negative encounters with black people they should called them 'Ni**er' or with Asian people call them 'P**i' etc etc.

Even if they are shit heads, 'pikey' is a racist term.

"In December 2008, at Lewes Magistrates' Court, Lee Coleman, 28, admitted using racially-aggravated threatening words and behaviour after a row with a nightclub manageress.
He had told her: "I'm not paying you, pikey." Source: BBC News
No it isn't, the term is directly related to their choice to live in caravans, not put anything into society and rob and terrorise people. Ask someone from Ireland what they think of pikeys and what they think of the UK putting up with them... You'll be surprised to say the least.

Edit: I love that some people think they are an ethnic group. It's hilarious, are we going to define chavs as an ethnic group as well?

Though I can't imagine a time where I owed money to either a pikey or a chav, so I'll probably be alright for the national press
 
Police treat it the same as saying any other racial slur, I try not to say it as out here in 'not so royal Hertfordshire' there are many gypsies sites and quite a large gypsy population.
The fact that I've had so much contact to the thieving, fighting little shit bags actually reinforces my use of the word. I'll stop calling them pikies when they stop acting like cunts.

I should probably clarify that by saying I mean the Irish type that like dags and will gladly Tarmac your drive or cut back your trees, providing you wanted 2cm of asphalt with no base, or a stump... I do not mean the Romany type that live in colourful wooden vehicles.
 
its not just a lifestyle, its a cultural thing because its been that way in their family for years back. just because irish people abuse them too doesnt make it ok.
the only travellers ive ever met were also fucking annoying and started on me for no reason but i aint gona assume theyre all like that

Well you should, because they are!
 
I really like the word fuckpig, but I think fuckpigs would be more suited to someone like Chelsea or City, who have whored themselves out as fuckpigs to be the playthings of billionaires.
 
The fact that I've had so much contact to the thieving, fighting little shit bags actually reinforces my use of the word. I'll stop calling them pikies when they stop acting like cunts

So if someone has only had negative encounters with black people they should called them 'Ni**er' or with Asian people call them 'P**i' etc etc.

Even if they are shit heads, 'pikey' is a racist term.

"In December 2008, at Lewes Magistrates' Court, Lee Coleman, 28, admitted using racially-aggravated threatening words and behaviour after a row with a nightclub manageress.
He had told her: "I'm not paying you, pikey." Source: BBC News
 
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