There is certainly a number of people who delight in being regularly offended,

There are also some people with bipolar attitudes on expanding the game.

When discussing Wayne Bennett being involved in a training or review session at Leeds, he described it as being an own goal by the RFL (fair enough)... or an own try (not a thing Phil).

Tbf, how many of us could chat away spontaneously without ever saying something a bit daft? I mispronounced my on name in conversation earlier today.

Phil Clarkes comments make me want to stuff his mouth with sh8t flavoured popcorn and tape it over.
I apologize, i know i have issues.

It's getting to the stage were saying anything is deemed offensive.

Bi polar had its place in the general lexicon long before it was used to describe what used to be commonly called manic depression.

I also dispare slightly when speach becomes limited as it impacts fundamental freedoms.

It also has to be taken into account the generations that people come from and their environment.

I would not expect my grandparents to be as quick to adopt non gender descriptions as say a 16 year old who may have grown up with that as common parlance.

I imagine soon all public comment will be curtailed for fear of causing offence, which will of course only benefit those opposed to Liberal democracy.

Does Phil Clarke talk tosh?

Alot of the time, yes.

Does he mean to cause offense to people with protected characteristics, No.


Sometimes intent is important.

The game was to start a mental health campaign ....
Maybe mentioning Bi-Polar in any form or intent was a tad inappropriate................ How many times have you heard a Rugby League side been compared as Bi-Polar

Hot and Cold . Inconsistent etc etc but Bi Polar at the start of a mental health campaign ...

Hes becoming more and more bizarre. Too many bangs on the head in his playing days. He should start his own cult

Anything can be bi-polar. Going from one extreme to another. The Earth is bi-polar, a sports team can be bi-polar, the weather can be bi-polar.

There’s nowt wrong with saying that.

As a mental health sufferer, I find it offensive when other people find offence in mild language which they think is offensive.

Why? Because people shouldn't be persecuted for minor things. It antagonizes people who want to support mental health and they might end up being resentful that they are painted to be a bad person for saying the slightly wrong thing, but with no ill intent.

Phil Clarke spouts a lot of nonsense, but this isn't the fight chief. Nothing wrong with what he said.

Can't see anything wrong with the comment.
To my knowledge no one has complained to Sky about the comment.

Why look for an issue when there isn't one.

It's what people do now. The world is full of professional offence takers.

Is there anywhere you can go these days physically or online where you don't get lectured on one PC topic or another?

I undertook a 'creating a harassment free environment' training package at work recently and one area they said that should be considered is not asking someone from the LGBT community what they were doing that night, that weekend etc as it may be uncomfortable for them.

Why are we sterilising the world?

That's probably because he used long words that you didn't understand.

Because he’s a millennial snowflake

An imbecile is a person with a moderate to severe intellectual disability or retardation.

An idiot is someone with a profound intellectual disability or retardation, with an IQ from 0-25.

Yet these^ are far more commonly used words across society than the intentless term “bi polar”. It really isn’t a big deal that Clarke has said this.

FFS......
Have a watch of this.....WARNING, BAD LANGUAGE AND A LARGE DOSE OF REALITY INVOLVED.....
[urlhttps://youtu.be/p9_bI789Gog[/url

Classic.

It stuns me that there's a generation growing up who are of the opinion that "having an opinion" is wrong unless it toes the party line....

Imagine how Tony Gigot might feel if he listened to some of Clarke's drivel. Pronunciation swaps from Tony Gee-jo to Tony Jee-go, seemingly at random.

That was my point. Nobody who calls someone an imbecile or an idiot actually means the people they aim it at are actually mentally retarded. They're just more socially acceptable words than calling someone a c**t.

Just like Clarke hasn’t related Hull’s form with the mental illness that used to be called Manic Depression. He’s just highlighting they go from one extreme to the other.

That’s a great video, by the way!

Isn’t it against the AUP to post a link to a YouTube video with explicit language which may cause offence?

Isn’t it against the AUP to post a link to a YouTube video with explicit language which may cause offence?'"

Satirical politisisation or not. There is a lot of plain common sense in that!