Topic: Couple forced off bus for singing 'racist' piggy song to their daughter
Anonymous A started this discussion 12 years ago #36,910
A couple were thrown off a bus and branded racists after singing the Peppa Pig theme tune to their autistic daughter, it has been claimed. Nick Barnfield and Sarah Cleaves were travelling with their daughter Heidi on a bus from Sheffield to Doncaster when the 15-month-old started crying.
The couple, who live in Rotherham, started singing the song in an effort to cheer their daughter up, but say they were branded racists by another passenger and told to get off the bus by its driver.
The couple claimed the woman, who they saw was wearing a hijab, took offence to the snorting sounds in the song and believed they were a reference to how pork is forbidden in Islam though this has not been confirmed.
She complained to the bus's driver, who, it is claimed, then told the couple it would be 'easier' for them to get off two miles from their home.
'We were really embarrassed, ashamed and upset and we hadn't done anything wrong, just trying to make our little girl happy, but people were looking at us as if we had done something wrong.
'It was humiliating,' said Mr Branfield.
The 24-year-old said they were trying to settle their daughter on the X78 bus on September 8 when they were approached 'aggressively' by the woman.
'A lady came up to us and quite aggressively started telling us we were irresponsible parents and that we were being racist singing the song.'
'She went up to the bus driver and told him we were being racist towards her and she wasn’t happy. The driver came up to me and said we had to get off the bus or the police would have to come.
'He said: 'just get off the bus - it’s not worth the hassle’. I was really shocked because we had done nothing wrong but he didn't listen to us.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2770621/Couple-singing-Peppa-Pig-theme-tune-toddler-daughter-thrown-bus-passenger-accused-racist.html
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #501,152
swamplights !!0lQNsDoq/ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 15 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #501,157
Oh my god. Thats fucking ridiculous.
beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 10 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #501,160
@previous (swamplights !!0lQNsDoq/)
Soon cispeople will be forced off buses for singing songs with the words "she" or "he" in them.
Soon cispeople will be forced off buses for singing songs with the words "she" or "he" in them.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,164
> dailymail link about Muslims ruining the country
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 15 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,169
Bloody religious pests, ruining things with their superstitions...
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,170
> britland
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,171
@previous (F)
Yes, my country does have a problem with catering too much too this nonsense. Though this just seems to have been an individual decision of the bus driver's.
Yes, my country does have a problem with catering too much too this nonsense. Though this just seems to have been an individual decision of the bus driver's.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,176
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,177
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,178
@501,171 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
When the Great Kernow Kingdom declares sovereignity from Britain, will muslims be allowed to stay?
When the Great Kernow Kingdom declares sovereignity from Britain, will muslims be allowed to stay?
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,179
Anonymous G replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #501,180
swamplights !!0lQNsDoq/ replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,195
Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,236
Vaguely on topic: how do you diagnose a child as autistic at such a young age?
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 33 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,237
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
autism is a developmental disorder maybe she's on a severe end of the spectrum
autism is a developmental disorder maybe she's on a severe end of the spectrum
kook !!32zdfdzi+ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 23 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,238
@501,236 (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
I had a dousin who was diagnosed very young. He would go flapping around the room.
I had a dousin who was diagnosed very young. He would go flapping around the room.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 44 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,239
@501,236 (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
There's telltale signs, even at that point. I vaguely recall these including a slowed language development, and never pointing at things.
There's telltale signs, even at that point. I vaguely recall these including a slowed language development, and never pointing at things.
Anonymous G replied with this 12 years ago, 58 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,240
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> a slowed language development, never pointing at things, shitposting on chans
ftfy
> a slowed language development, never pointing at things, shitposting on chans
ftfy
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 9 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #501,261
> everything is about me and my religion
Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 12 years ago, 13 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #501,326
@501,237 (J)
@501,239 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Ah okay. In my (admittedly limited) experience with babies, they were all kind of ill-tempered. Not one of them tried to combine Sonic and Pikachu or played Minecraft.
Also I listened to the Peppa Pig theme song on Youtube (it's only 15 seconds) and it contains absolutely no racial or religious content at all. Why are UKEnglish Muslims so sensitive?
@501,239 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Ah okay. In my (admittedly limited) experience with babies, they were all kind of ill-tempered. Not one of them tried to combine Sonic and Pikachu or played Minecraft.
Also I listened to the Peppa Pig theme song on Youtube (it's only 15 seconds) and it contains absolutely no racial or religious content at all. Why are UKEnglish Muslims so sensitive?
(Edited 2 minutes later.)
squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #501,350
@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
better question: why are religious folks so touchy about their prefered religion?
answer: they have god on their side and yet he won't even smite a heretic for blasphemy.
better question: why are religious folks so touchy about their prefered religion?
answer: they have god on their side and yet he won't even smite a heretic for blasphemy.