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Harry & Meghan announce that they stand with Ukraine

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Sparklefizz Fri 25-Feb-22 10:04:03

Phew! That's sorted then. Putin will withdraw.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 25-Feb-22 13:47:00

No Annie, trisher likes ‘strong, independent women’. She said so a few days ago whilst defending Meghan and implying that Catherine doesn’t fit that description.
I think she has a secret liking for red headed men - though I’m not sure I’d call H a man nowadays.

Anniebach Fri 25-Feb-22 13:41:50

Perhaps trisher you are always so defensive of Harry and
Megan because she seems to control him ?

volver Fri 25-Feb-22 13:27:40

Just for the record.

I haven't said anything on here that I wouldn't say to someone's face.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 25-Feb-22 13:27:36

I’ve seen far worse without GN stepping in.

FannyCornforth Fri 25-Feb-22 13:25:18

Is it? I didn’t notice that it was particularly ‘heated’.
Someone must have reported it.
I’ll be off then .
Toodle pip! ?

AnnieGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 25-Feb-22 13:23:11

Hello everyone - this thread is becoming somewhat heated. As our guidelines say; we'd appreciate it if you'd use the same courtesy when posting messages on forums as you would use when speaking to someone face-to-face... We take a dim view of mean-spiritedness, ganging-up behaviour, and rehashing old arguments.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 25-Feb-22 13:20:32

The Ukrainians have made it pretty clear that all they want is for ‘the West’ to engage in actually fighting the Russians - which I hope won’t happen.

GillT57 Fri 25-Feb-22 13:15:35

I support and stand up for Ukraine too, anyone want my opinions on it?

FannyCornforth Fri 25-Feb-22 13:09:23

We are just taking the piss out of M&H because, for a variety of reasons, some of them petty, some justifiable, we don’t particularly like them.
Yes, it might be pathetic and shallow and stupid; but that is all it is.
We are not cruel imbeciles

trisher Fri 25-Feb-22 12:56:48

Well if you laugh about a remark someone has made about a subject aren't you also laughing at the subject?
Difficult to see how anyone can see anything funny in anything at all to do with Ukraine today.
Even if you think M&H shouldn't have made the statement (although if you believe in free speech how can you object?) that doesn't make it funny

volver Fri 25-Feb-22 12:53:36

Honestly, have people no sense? There's a raging conflict on the edges of Europe and many many people are making their views felt about it, but you (plural) still think its a good excuse to poke fun at celebrities you don't like.

What do you think the people of Ukraine would rather hear; that some celebrity has put a statement about Ukraine on their website or that a bunch of grannies are having a laugh about it?

Probably neither, but even if the Ukrainian people don't know we exist, the right thing is to support them, not divert the conversation to our own private obsessions.

snowberryZ Fri 25-Feb-22 12:47:25

Once again Trisher.
Nobody is laughing at people losing their homes.
You're just being ridiculous now.

In fact i can't be bothered talking to you.

You can moan at yourself.

volver Fri 25-Feb-22 12:46:41

snowberryZ

volver

Anyone who is using the conflict in Ukraine to indulge their childish desire to have a go at a celebrity couple they don't like needs to examine their own morals.

Give over.

No, no I don't think I will.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 25-Feb-22 12:44:40

What is the point of celebrities speaking out? Is it merely an opportunity to be seen and heard? It changes nothing. They would do better announcing that they have donated $x to the relief fund (or better still, doing it privately).

snowberryZ Fri 25-Feb-22 12:44:27

volver

Anyone who is using the conflict in Ukraine to indulge their childish desire to have a go at a celebrity couple they don't like needs to examine their own morals.

Give over.

snowberryZ Fri 25-Feb-22 12:44:00

Bloody hell Trisher, nobody is laughing at the crisis. nt be absurd.
You are weirdly over invested and strangely defensive when it comes to Harry and Meghan.
Odd.
But you probably have your reasons.

volver Fri 25-Feb-22 12:43:58

Anyone who is using the conflict in Ukraine to indulge their childish desire to have a go at a celebrity couple they don't like needs to examine their own morals.

bevisp1 Fri 25-Feb-22 12:33:29

I think most people will stand with Ukraine, it seems H&M think to be acting like the king & queen but their not..

trisher Fri 25-Feb-22 12:21:52

snowberryZ

Still, it's given me a laugh this morning. Thanks for that?

Pleased you found something funny about a crisis where people are losing their homes and their lives.

snowberryZ Fri 25-Feb-22 12:19:58

Still, it's given me a laugh this morning. Thanks for that?

snowberryZ Fri 25-Feb-22 12:15:44

As if anyone cares what they think?
Anything for attention.

Do they even know where Ukraine is?
They don't strike me as the sharpest tools in the box.

trisher Fri 25-Feb-22 12:13:20

Oh heaven forbid anyone should be "nasty" to the Cambridges!

Anniebach Fri 25-Feb-22 12:11:33

She has also been called a ‘1950’s’ housewife

Rosie51 Fri 25-Feb-22 12:01:06

volver

^volver when defending Meghan and Harry, why do you respond with the St William and St Kate jibe? It really isn't their fault when people criticise the Sussexes. Incidentally her name is Catherine.^

Oh yes, I forgot, we're only allowed to be mean about M&H. And of course I'm not being mean about the Cambridges, I'm being mean about the people who hero worship them.

Why am I not allowed to call her Kate? Plenty other people do.

I'm not mean about H&M and I resent the implication that I am. You can call her Kate, I'm not stopping you or anyone else, just pointing out her name is Catherine. You could always try being mean to your stated targets without using "St William and St Kate", because there are plenty that use that jibe and others, like referring to Catherine as a "Stepford wife", in order to be nasty to the Cambridges.

Riverwalk Fri 25-Feb-22 11:52:54

H&M are a celebrity couple, what else can they offer to Ukraine apart from a few words?

Biden is the Leader of the Free World at the head of the world's most powerful military - he's sent his prayers.