Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
It doesn't work because jaundice is a temporary condition which changes the skin colour and is not about race. Same as gammon.

Unless you know different, there's been no legal cases for racial discrimination related to being called gammon. There's no legal definition of it as a race or ethnic group. There is no box for it on a diversity form and we all know, deep deep down, there never will be.

Now this whole conversation is so stupid that it's on the verge of making my day worse, so I am out.
It's using an animal or food in a disparaging way to mock skin colour and is aimed only at one race.

It may be newer than calling someone a monkey or chocolate biscuit, it may (or may not) be said with less bile behind it, but the principle is the same.

It's a slur based on skin colour and is best well avoided.

Even at best, if it isn't a slur on skin colour (which is is) then it's mocking someone's physical appearance.

None of it seems reasonable to use in discussion of whether lockdowns were two intense or not, as there are perfectly reasonable opinions on both side of that debate, even if Bob can't see it.