Originally Posted by
Colonel Cærdiffi
How is it dismissive to use the phrase 'hurt feelings'? What else is it other than that? If he didn't find Gazza's joke funny and instead got pissed off then how else are we to describe it other than 'hurt feelings'?
There's nothing mystical about non-white people, their feelings get hurt the same as everyone else's. Skin colour doesn't have a monopoly on being offended.
Nobody likes having the piss taken out of them but some people are taught how to deal with it when it inevitably happens as a part of life and others are taught that they should spend their lives being outraged about it.
As for you doubting I've been a victim of racism, as a kid I was once called a 'honky' by my black next-door neighbour. I don't recall if they ended up in the dock for it, I'll have to check.