Jeez Sponge, really?

....but BB may turn it back on him yet, Spongey.
It could be on a tv screen broadcast around the house in the next week yet.

I can't believe BB won't turn on him at some stage.

apparently so soopes xx......can't remember where i heard it.......was it when they were choosing out of the 6?.......anyway i've definitely heard it mentioned .........so as much as dave is insulting......sam is too

No evidence against Sam,hearsay ,plenty against Dave . The videos.

^^^^^ what Erin said ^^^^^

I read that too Spongey...and if he DID say it then obviously it'd disgusting and I'll not make excuses for him.  But until he says something disablist for me to see with my own eyes I'll have to give him the benefit of doubt.

Dave, is getting no such treatment from me, I feel free to slag him off as much as I like, and I like, I like hard

leccy xxx...........don't get me wrong......i think dave's videos are inexcusable..and yes....(and to erin too!)....i guess it is hearsay........i just wish i could remember where i heard it?......cos that alone is driving me nuts now!

I read it on a thread on DS...I hope it isn't true but he definitely ruffled feathers in lockdown and auditions

Oh and hello Missus!

Well, there's no doubt about that Spongey!

I've just read somewhere on here that one of the hms said that he'd said it

OMG! Here I go ....................................I know I'm gonna get slaughtered but ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Dave {IMO} is a religious man - he wants to bless people and spread the word. He found that more people paid him attention in a wheelchair! OMG let's crucify him for that! He wasn't asking people to pay for a blessing .........................seriously where;s the harm? If he was conning people out of money I'd understand - he was simply giving people his blessing which in his eyes is a good thing,

So who did he hurt? 

Sorry folks that;s how I see it. I really love it on here but can see I need to be looking around for another forum. I can't believe that I'm so out of tune with so many,

That harm is it insults, hurts, upsets and damages the disabled community.

Dunno why you feel funny about the forum now though, different opinions are good it's what makes the place tick over.

Wasn't it confirmed that Dave took money/donations whilst in his wheelchair...?
Did he give it back?  What happened to it?

it went into his paypal account

I don't know, the donations bit is the least of my worries.  It's the buying wheelchairs cheaply to piss about in, it's the thinking it's flamin' hilarious, it's the attitude of disabled people must be "fixed" to conform, it's the attention thing...

Does it? Why?It's simply a chair on wheels ........................i yhink that's a gross overreaction.

yep leccy all the followers standing listening to him thinking it was hilarious, its insulting.

omg leaving the thread take care leccy

I AM SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT!  I said almost exactly the same thing the other day and was jumped on, I too believe he was using the chair as a way to access the people he wanted to bless, not "taking the piss out of disabled people" as others seem to think.

Excellent post Soozywoo

P.S. Don't leave or I'll be all alone!

Good plan.

what Leccy said up there ^^^^^ PLUS - where is his church????  i've said it several times before, is he ordained or even anything like it - who ordained him - who gave HIM the right to baptise his children, he reckons he's ok to marry farmer Giles and crab-eyes - WHO SAID SO???  Dave said so????

I hear ya, Leccy.

But, from my viewpoint, taking monies under the guise of being disabled is pretty low too.
His beliefs, his church, should stand up to scrutiny without the need for deception.

I think you're missing the point. In his mind he really wasn't pissing about - he was (in his mind) spreading the word of Jesus, The song backing may have been jaunty but it was religious in it's intent, IMO.................there was no mocking or taking the pee .............it was simply religious fervour, I dont see as any harm or offence was intended,

sorry - the Dave's church IS Dave - as long as him belly full and all that - bet they dont do loaves and fishes in his house - bet they're not short of a few quid too - all in the glooooooooooooory of course - good boy that he is (typewriter stylie)

Due to the Daily Mail et al half the public think people in wheelchairs are just lazy arses to begin with, having dilbert Dave perpetuate the myth hardly helps does it?  Dave thinking it's oh so fecking hilarious to "get attention" by being in a wheelchair IS upsetting if you're a chair user and you just want to get on with your life without idiots staring/questioning...interrogating or generally making you feel like shit.

I know for a FACT if I went out in a wheelchair tomorrow I will get attention that I would otherwise not have got - I might even get handed money because I might look like I need it

You ok Justa?

He  couldn't have accessed them on foot? It was at best deceptive.

Faking a disability for attention is no big deal? And what blessing was he giving exactly? What about lying to people about being able to heal through God? And his disgusting drunken antics afterwards where he laughed with his mates at all the people who fell for his 'disabled man of religion' act?

I can't believe anyone would even think about defending the slimey fraud for a second.

^^^  this from somebody who condemned theatre visits from people who required assistance and supervision from carers, and  who wanted to know who to complain to, because they disrupted and had no right to be there to hinder some other customer's enjoyment of an evening out because they made 'normal' people feel annoyed and aggrieved at sharing a good night out!

Dave IS taking the piss out of disabled people whether you like it or not - God forbid he would ACTUALLY be wheelchair-bound - the ignorant little shit

It WAS deceptive but not meant maliciously, and if he had gone up to those people on foot I bet less than half of them would have stopped to listen, let alone be blessed.

try watching it with an open mind ................he really wasn't at all.

Ok then, those who think it's fine.  Why did he need the chair? If his belief in R LAWD is so strong, and God is all conquering, why does he need the chair as a prop?  Why does he think the people with disabilities need to be made able bodied? (the healing shite)...is it nots Gods will that they be disabled?  Why do we all need to conform to Dave's stereotype of what's acceptable?

And why does he get more attention in the chair?  Because of stupid people with stupid attitudes like HIS OWN, that's why.

Let Dave spread his message ,but as an honest able bodied male with a belief in his religion .
The wheelchair is being used as a prop ,shame on him.

my open mind Sooz tells me that very able bodied fatso Dave, pretended he was disabled and not able to walk

It was a deceitful bit of religious fervour then .. " real monk" ?
 His comments later in the clip about " being rolled around and not having to lift a finger"  and recommending buying chairs on eBay etc can't really be put down to religious fervour  Soozy

Exactly.
The mind boggles as to how he accesses the ethnic communities.

I'd say try being a wheelchair user but that would be corny