Housemate Conor discussion

[kamui]

He’s using gay as a derogatory slur.

He's not. His brain might have picked up the phrase as a homophobic slur at one point (e.g. his brain didn’t come up with this phrase on his own) but that doesn’t mean that he’s using it a homophobic slur.

His brain throws out words that don’t have any meaning to Conor in the moment his brain is throwing these words out. Even for his brain, these words don’t have a specific meaning in these situations, e.g. not even his brain wants to insult somebody in this moment.

And imho that’s the reason why I think it was right for production not to beep it. We want Big Brother to be fly-on-the-wall observation and to show us how the housemates really are.

Removing it from the broadcast insinuates that Conor has done something wrong and that Conor’s personality can’t be shown in public. Both of these things are wrong and basically shift the burden on the person who can’t do anything about it.

 

[Tim]

nah that’s bullshit. He’s using gay as a derogatory slur. It shouldn’t have been screened.

This attitude is exactly the ignorance that Conor campaigns against.

At the heart of it you’re suggesting he’s faking his disability which is just a shitty thing to do.

 

[Tulin]

ed that Connor was using the word "gay" in a derogatory way in the diary room?

nah that’s bullshit. He’s using gay as a derogatory slur. It shouldn’t have been screened.

And what’s your issue with white gay men? If you’d called out a black gay man you’d probably be banned.

THANK YOU!!!

In this day and age, I am FLABBERGASTED that Connor's homophobic slurs were kept in. People have been CANCELLED for FAR less!!!

 

[kamui]

In this day and age, I am FLABBERGASTED that Connor's homophobic slurs were kept in. People have been CANCELLED for FAR less!!!

Aren't you at least slighlty embarassed by being so ridiculously stupid on the internet?

 

[Tulin]

Aren't you at least slighlty embarassed by being so ridiculously stupid on the internet?

Cancelled.