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Elderly people were brought up in a different era and are sometimes exceedingly clumsy in conversation, especially when judged against today's exacting standards. They rarely intend harm or offence. 83-year-olds who have unintentionally blundered should not be publicly hounded.

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ā€œElderly people were brought up in a different era and are sometimes exceedingly clumsy in conversation, especially when judged against today's exacting standards. They rarely intend harm or offence. 83-year-olds who have unintentionally blundered should not be publicly hounded.ā€

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Hussey was born in 1939, which means she was in her 20s through much of the 1960s - the decade of upheaval when many social "norms" were challenged.

The Race Discrimination Act came into force 8 December 1965.

She's an 83-year-old racist.

Someone else has just pointed out that Billy Connelly is 80 today. He's not a fucking racist.
@mistyswoman yep. And not only this - she’s not been arrested or ā€œcancelledā€. She’s lost a role in a public institution, bcs her views/behaviour aren’t acceptable. Bcs they aren’t.