The professionally offended, people that get offended at every joke even if it's not aimed at them, are in two minds about signing a petition that defends Jeremy Clarkson, a man they would normally sign a petition campaigning to against.
Clarkson was suspended by the BBC on Tuesday after it emerged that he had punched a producer over the lack of vol a vons in his dressing room, a public outcry and eventually a petition ensued.
However it turns out that people that don't have enough time on their hands that would usually sign a petition are now unsure whether to do so.
Emily Stapleton, a middle class house wife from Chiswick said "I love petitions, I see stuff that's not right and I feel I have to get involved. However now I'm not so sure. Clarkson is a vile man, in fact I'm pretty sure I've signed a petition for him to be fired before. I haven't checked the spreadsheet I use to keep up to date with what I've signed and what I haven't but it does ring a bell"
Giles Holmes, a retired business man from Epsom said "I'd sign something if I heard about someone doing something on a TV show that I didn't watch, that's normally what Clarkson does, makes some remark on the One Show or some such tat and then someone would start a petition but this is Clarkson, can I support him? In the end the urge to show my disgust might be too great, whether I agree with the cause or not."
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