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originally posted by: stumason
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
She is partly the issue here, to be fair.
And as a ScotsIrish I can promise you that "jocksville" is definitely xenophobic.
Ah, but all the names the English get called by some from Northern Britain (otherwise known as Scotland) is ok, yes?
Bastard English? Not Xenophobic?
Sassanack? Not Xenophobic?
C'mon... Grow a pair. Jocksville is clearly a light hearted jibe - I could understand if she used the term porridgew*g or something.
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