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Previously on "Is it cuz I is white?"

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    Yes societal changes for the better are normally quite quick.Perverting a whole populace takes a little longer.
    Frankly I doubt it, but I admire your optimism. Also, your phraseology made me smile, since there are those who'd consider allowing gay marriage to be exactly perverting a whole populace.

    And look how quickly opinion was swayed concerning <censored. wrong forum>.

    My wife was watching Loose Women. There was an impassioned speech from one of the Asian panel members, pointing out that racism isn't just white people. It exists in BAME communities as much as in the white population - perhaps even more. Deny the validity of Fox's point of view by dismissing it as speaking from white male privilege is really ignorant/ideological behaviour. She has no idea what his experience and knowledge of racism and how it affects people is.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I think this is probably true.
    Might do. Societal changes can happen very quickly. It wasn't long ago that arguing against gay marriage was acceptable. Now it's regarded as being utterly beyond the pale.
    Over in foreign land, there's a vote on whether to extend hate laws to protect homosexuals from homophobic comments. The argument from a right-wing homosexual politician is that it's unnecessary, and what homosexuals largely want is equality under the law, not special treatment. It really shows how leftist intersectionalist theory has penetrated into the mainstream.

    Yes societal changes for the better are normally quite quick.Perverting a whole populace takes a little longer.

    I'm quite happy for sexuality to be a protected characteristic some people (I use the term loosely) have a problem with others being gay and try to make their unpleasant views felt. I believe the same for other protected characteristics should be protected so such scum can be prosecuted. But as that gentlemen says its not preferential treatment they are after just equal treatment.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by JohntheBike View Post
    It seems these days that issues which are statistically not the norm are being projected as norm. We are now being subjected to the "vegan" ideology, which clearly statistically is not the normal eating pattern.
    People happy with the status quo don't have a tendency to protest. Therefore any "protesting" will garner attention.

    As for Vegans, they're a bunch of intolerant ******* who need to be wiped off the face of the planet - opinions my own.

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    It still smarts, doesn't it?

    Let it go!
    the gogs are a different breed from the rest of us!

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I think this is probably true.
    Might do. Societal changes can happen very quickly. It wasn't long ago that arguing against gay marriage was acceptable. Now it's regarded as being utterly beyond the pale.
    Over in foreign land, there's a vote on whether to extend hate laws to protect homosexuals from homophobic comments. The argument from a right-wing homosexual politician is that it's unnecessary, and what homosexuals largely want is equality under the law, not special treatment. It really shows how leftist intersectionalist theory has penetrated into the mainstream.
    It really shows how leftist intersectionalist theory has penetrated into the mainstream.
    It seems these days that issues which are statistically not the norm are being projected as norm. We are now being subjected to the "vegan" ideology, which clearly statistically is not the normal eating pattern.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
    Maybe they've not been infected with the PC virus yet.
    I think this is probably true.
    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    So the rise of racism in the UK will put us above France & Eastern Europe?
    Might do. Societal changes can happen very quickly. It wasn't long ago that arguing against gay marriage was acceptable. Now it's regarded as being utterly beyond the pale.
    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    Bingo!
    Over in foreign land, there's a vote on whether to extend hate laws to protect homosexuals from homophobic comments. The argument from a right-wing homosexual politician is that it's unnecessary, and what homosexuals largely want is equality under the law, not special treatment. It really shows how leftist intersectionalist theory has penetrated into the mainstream.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    I prefer "who gives a tulip what they are, question is are they any good?"

    that should be the only metric.
    Bingo!

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    Splendid, try throwing back "Diversity Equals Dilution".

    I prefer "who gives a tulip what they are, question is are they any good?"

    that should be the only metric.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    "pale male and stale" is an openly used term at my clientco when discussing the introduction of 'positive action' to our hiring practices.
    Splendid, try throwing back "Diversity Equals Dilution".

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  • Jog On
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    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    "White Male Privilege" is an expression used by my Sister-in-Law. She's also a University Lecturer. Go figure.
    "pale male and stale" is an openly used term at my clientco when discussing the introduction of 'positive action' to our hiring practices.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    It is an interesting graphic, but have you read the article? There's some important caveats about this. One is that that the data has been collected over years. Some is recent, some not, so it doesn't reflect necessarily recent attributes.

    Data from Bangladesh (top left of India) has been inverted. which means that 28.3% of Bangladeshis said they wouldn’t want neighbors of a different race – not 71.7%!

    The Swiss are apparently less tolerant than the Brits. But perhaps they're equally tolerant, just the Swiss are more honest in their answers.

    The graphic says absolutely nothing about whether racism is on the rise in Britain or not. It's a snapshot.

    so pretty much any global study.

    So the rise of racism in the UK will put us above France & Eastern Europe? thought not.
    THe Bangladeshis are still more racist than the most of the world but that is a little embarrassing for the researchers.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    The Swiss are apparently less tolerant than the Brits. But perhaps they're equally tolerant, just the Swiss are more honest in their answers.
    Maybe they've not been infected with the PC virus yet.

    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
    It still smarts, doesn't it?

    Let it go!
    Never!

    Cymru am byth!

    Boyo, there's tidy then.

    Twll din i bob Sais
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 20 January 2020, 09:09.

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  • Zigenare
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    Originally posted by JohntheBike View Post
    the BBC is selective about what it judges is racism -



    TV watchdog clears Anne Robinson over Welsh jibes | UK news | The Guardian
    It still smarts, doesn't it?

    Let it go!

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  • JohntheBike
    replied
    the BBC is selective about what it judges is racism -



    TV watchdog clears Anne Robinson over Welsh jibes | UK news | The Guardian

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    ooh look research facts and thingies

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ant-countries/


    It is an interesting graphic, but have you read the article? There's some important caveats about this. One is that that the data has been collected over years. Some is recent, some not, so it doesn't reflect necessarily recent attributes.

    Data from Bangladesh (top left of India) has been inverted. which means that 28.3% of Bangladeshis said they wouldn’t want neighbors of a different race – not 71.7%!

    The Swiss are apparently less tolerant than the Brits. But perhaps they're equally tolerant, just the Swiss are more honest in their answers.

    The graphic says absolutely nothing about whether racism is on the rise in Britain or not. It's a snapshot.

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