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[Prevenger17]

had to laugh at Question Time last night, they had a black author on going on about how racist the uk is...

"Boris Johnson is a racist, when he was mayor of London he wouldn't allow a celebration of black history"

er.... aren't you demanding that white history is dragged down? and why can't their just be a 'history celebration' regardless of skin colour?

You had a good old laugh at that, did you mate?

 

[arminisgod]

You had a good old laugh at that, did you mate?

yeah, laughed at how ridiculous she sounded.

 

[Hickson9]

That's blasphemy haha

God forbid.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Would have been quite easy to just say 'there is a lot of racism in Ireland' (some people would find the term southern Ireland offensive too, just to be clear) though wouldn't it. Or 'Ireland has some catching up to do with regard to tackling racism'. And yet you chose to use a word which is very regularly used to give offence to the people you're talking about. And then not accept your faux pas. Interesting.

I sometimes use the term Southern Ireland merely to distinguish it from Northern Ireland. I had no idea it was considered offensive.

I can't keep up with all this.

 

[Grinch]

Thank sweet baby jesus I was sleeping in these last 10 hours! This thread went nuclear

 

[Lanolin]

I sometimes use the term Southern Ireland merely to distinguish it from Northern Ireland. I had no idea it was considered offensive.

I can't keep up with all this.

Not everybody would find it offensive, and the ones who would wouldn't think you were a disgrace for saying it, but it's not really the done thing.

 

[Hickson9]

I sometimes use the term Southern Ireland merely to distinguish it from Northern Ireland. I had no idea it was considered offensive.

I can't keep up with all this.

I was also referring to the geographically southern part of the republic, not calling the republic "southern Ireland".

 

[tsubaki]

yeah, laughed at how ridiculous she sounded.

If it helps, you probably completely misunderstood what she was saying.

Those statues are not historical, so much as historiographical (in that as (ironically) Johnson said they represent another generations views of a thing, not what happened or how the people who carried it out saw it).

Nor is it “white history” being torn down; Colston and his ilk were after all prominent because of their enslaving black people (not that you’d know that from many of the statuary).

 

[Barnfred 55]

Yikes.

As someone who used to live nearby I can assure you that the people of Mossley Hill are used to having to replace and repair Penny Lane road signs. However that was because they were revered. How quickly things can change

 

[ClausThomsen]

Not sure on the name but saw something about a group protesting in the city.

If its BLM I refuse to name them that anymore as it simply isnt about that in the protests in the UK anymore.

Its "lets destroy property, attack der police and smash historical monuments" authoritarian movement.

Plenty of BLM protestors are not destroying property or attacking people. As a fan of a Liverpool based club, and a scouser (I think you are, not sure) does that kind of sweeping generalisation not annoy you?

 

[coollino]

If it carries on like this there won't be any white people left by the end of 2020.

Spike Lee released one of his black films in Netflix today as well.

 

[davek]

I feel like a member of the KKK. For decades I've been playing Penny Lane. Enjoyed playing it, in fact.

I AM responsible for slavery.

 

[Prevenger17]

If it carries on like this there won't be any white people left by the end of 2020.

Spike Lee released one of his black films in Netflix today as well.

If you can't say the N word in reference to an obscure world war II alsatian, then free speech is dead. They are coming for us and I have already kissed my girlfriend goodbye

 

[coollino]

If you can't say the N word in reference to an obscure world war II alsatian, then free speech is dead. They are coming for us and I have already kissed my girlfriend goodbye

I just sing it so people think I am 'rapping', I just chose to omit all of the other lyrics.

 

[Charro]

If it carries on like this there won't be any white people left by the end of 2020.

Spike Lee released one of his black films in Netflix today as well.

On the same day Dave Chapelle released something as well.

This needs to STOP.