Current Affairs Harry and Megan part 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
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Barnfred 55
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Not sure where you read that mate. As a retired armed services officer I thought he is allowed to still wear full dress uniform at official events. It will just be that of a Lieutenant and not Commander in Chief.
If he does get divorced within 5 years then, unless he completely blots his copybook within the interim period (which I personally don't think he'll do) I'm absolutely confident that the vast majority of the British public will support him coming back into the fold. As will his family. He may decide not to of course
Harry has always seemed more hot tempered than William and clearly seems to truly believe that the press killed his mum (We'll ignore all the times she leaked stories and actively recruited a bunch of journo's to have her back on more than one occasion, because that doesn't fit the narrative that they were all out to get her) so his actions here really shouldn't be much of a surprise
I think he was always going to do this once he had his own wife and kid(s)
I think he was always going to do this once he had his own wife and kid(s)
Barnfred 55
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You've just contradicted yourself there mate. Racism has many definitions these days, and you could speak to 10 people and they could all tell you something different. But the days when you had to use the N word or similar to be considered racist are long gone.
I do agree with you that the British mainstream media's treatment of Megan isn't racially motivated though. But a lot of things being said about her on social media is racist and an absolute disgrace.
And I don't agree with you that Megan is a gold digger. Only Megan herself knows the full reasons why she married Harry. You are entitled to an opinion of course, but when the only fact backing up that opinion is that she married a rich person, that opinion is then fundamentally flawed. Not everyone marrying into money is a gold digger. It's no different to saying the media coverage of Megan is racist purely because she is of mixed race.
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Did you ever see her at one of your parties Andrew?
No mum, she'd have been too old anyway.
Even Jimmy Savile was less repulsive than you Andrew.
Sorry mum. Can I have 10k for pick and mix at the shop please.
Here you go. Make sure you buy sweets and not 17 year old trafficked girls ok.
Disgruntledgoat
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Especially as the only sane one of the whole lot. It must be like herding cats trying to keep that lot from taking a 12 bore to the toes.
Diogenes the Cynic
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'Racism has many definitions these days, and you could speak to 10 people and they could all tell you something different. But the days when you had to use the N word or similar to be considered racist are long gone.'
I don't think I have. Do you not think it has gone too far now mate? It seems these days that if someone is offended by something then it is automatically classed as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic etc. Can it not be that people are now just looking to be offended? For instance, someone called me a 'honky' earlier in the thread - childish, but quite funny. If I wanted to, I could choose to be offended by that, but I'm not. I would be a bit pathetic if I was. It was a joke. It obviously doesn't hold the same weight as the N-word, but the point is - I could choose to be offended. We now seem to have taken the racism card to ridiculous levels. It needs to stop.
It feels like we are having racism forced on us these days. I mentioned in an earlier comment the comparison to not liking certain people:-
I don't like Jordan Pickford. He is too arrogant for my liking.
I don't like Romelu Lukaku. He is too arrogant for my liking.
The second statement has some people thinking I don't like him because he is black. I'm getting sick of it to be honest.
I don't bother with Social Media - but I totally believe you with regards to the treatment she is receiving on there. It's unacceptable really. This is the reason I avoid it.
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There’s been a fair bit of speculation as to what it is and was used for... none of it good.
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Some of the grief that Meghan gets is probably routed in racism, but I'd imagine most of it is because she's American and isn't afraid to speak her own mind, so it's more xenophobia and misogynistic than racist.
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I'm in agreement with you in most of that mate. Yes I do think that some people have taken things too far, and not just with racism as you said.
But these days when you say something that has to do with race or the colour of ones skin, and it is not in good taste, or indeed terrible taste as you put it, then it is racist. No question about it. As regards the specific examples given, Danny Bakers comments were totally racist and anything referring to evolving from slaves is also racist. I also believe the reference to Straight outta Compton in the Daily Mail headline smacks of racial undertones, but when you read the article itself it had more to do with social background than race. Similar to Johnson's pillar box gaff, in which he came across as racist in an article supporting the rights of Muslim women.
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