Oh god! It was English people who complained that it was 'racist.' I am so embarrassed right now. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/09/bbc-wales-forced-drop-six-nations-advert-amid-complaints-racist/ …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
most of the complaints I saw about this were from Welsh people who were embarrassed by it.
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Replying to @dan_weasel @HPluckrose
which is fair enough - if English media produced something like this, I'd be embarrassed by it too.
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Replying to @dan_weasel
Why? Can't we take the piss out of each other any more?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think it makes the country producing it look small-minded, which also seems to be what most of the Welsh fans thought. Fair...
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Replying to @dan_weasel
No! We have a long tradition of this kind of banter! Particularly around sports!
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think revealing your preoccupation with one team is small-minded. I don't enjoy lazy stereotyping of other nationalities...
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Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Helen Pluckrose
I do! I love it! Its funny. Because its understood between certain countries and has history..https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/829835237257535488 …
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