Road rules1 min ago
Racist Or Just Stating A Fact?
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Frankly I'm disgusted by some peoples liberal head in the sand attitude to this question, you must be traitors to your country.
Scores if not hundreds of Asian rapists have got away with defiling our children for over a decade but someone on the night bus or train home after a few drinks says the wrong thing then they're branded racist and prosecuted. If you really believe that's equality or fairness your delusional and should be arrested or sectioned for treason or mental illness.
Scores if not hundreds of Asian rapists have got away with defiling our children for over a decade but someone on the night bus or train home after a few drinks says the wrong thing then they're branded racist and prosecuted. If you really believe that's equality or fairness your delusional and should be arrested or sectioned for treason or mental illness.
I'm so pleased I wasn't alone on this. When I saw the question and the first few replies I was expecting to see a boozed up harridan backed up by her chavvy gang picking on a lone, little old man.
I was amazed when I watched the footage but still a little apprehensive about going against the consensus.
I know it shouldn't really matter as long as you feel you're doing the right thing, but it does.
I was amazed when I watched the footage but still a little apprehensive about going against the consensus.
I know it shouldn't really matter as long as you feel you're doing the right thing, but it does.
I found it hard to pick out many words from all the simultaneous talking and can only hear part of the much requoted phrase.
He evidently had trouble hearing her too as he challenges her "Did you just call me a slave?"
Requesting another passenger to move to another seat, to suit oneself, is completely unreasonable. Superficially, it's racist but we don't know if she would have asked someone of her own ethnicity to do likewise, given the same triggering actions as here (not captured on video).
I am slightly curious as to why the person with the phone began filming so far ahead of the provocative statement being made and 4 minutes eats a fair chunk of phone memory. Clearly we are missing actions which were sufficiently remarkable to inspire someone to bother starting filming.
Even if the comments were factually correct, they were tactless, tasteless and culturally insensitive. If he's from Africa, not Caribbean, then she is factually wrong.
The seemingly pre-thought-out ideas about the chip on the shoulder attitude are a generalism (always a bad start) which she appears to be attributing to his ethnicity and, if she uses that as an excuse to treat him differently from other people then I believe that to be racist.
"Walking on eggshells" with minorities is also treating them differently and thus racist.
If your attempts at humour were received badly in the past and this is why you began "being careful" what you say around then carefully consider your entire thought processes about them. Better yet, make friends with them and try to broach the fact that you facked up, in your dim and distant past.
He evidently had trouble hearing her too as he challenges her "Did you just call me a slave?"
Requesting another passenger to move to another seat, to suit oneself, is completely unreasonable. Superficially, it's racist but we don't know if she would have asked someone of her own ethnicity to do likewise, given the same triggering actions as here (not captured on video).
I am slightly curious as to why the person with the phone began filming so far ahead of the provocative statement being made and 4 minutes eats a fair chunk of phone memory. Clearly we are missing actions which were sufficiently remarkable to inspire someone to bother starting filming.
Even if the comments were factually correct, they were tactless, tasteless and culturally insensitive. If he's from Africa, not Caribbean, then she is factually wrong.
The seemingly pre-thought-out ideas about the chip on the shoulder attitude are a generalism (always a bad start) which she appears to be attributing to his ethnicity and, if she uses that as an excuse to treat him differently from other people then I believe that to be racist.
"Walking on eggshells" with minorities is also treating them differently and thus racist.
If your attempts at humour were received badly in the past and this is why you began "being careful" what you say around then carefully consider your entire thought processes about them. Better yet, make friends with them and try to broach the fact that you facked up, in your dim and distant past.
If you scroll down to other news stories, there's this, for comparison.
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Greg19 - "Frankly I'm disgusted by some peoples liberal head in the sand attitude to this question, you must be traitors to your country.
Scores if not hundreds of Asian rapists have got away with defiling our children for over a decade but someone on the night bus or train home after a few drinks says the wrong thing then they're branded racist and prosecuted. If you really believe that's equality or fairness your delusional and should be arrested or sectioned for treason or mental illness."
And the prize for the most over-the-top off-the-point rant goes to ....
(You can't be sectioned for treason Greg).
Scores if not hundreds of Asian rapists have got away with defiling our children for over a decade but someone on the night bus or train home after a few drinks says the wrong thing then they're branded racist and prosecuted. If you really believe that's equality or fairness your delusional and should be arrested or sectioned for treason or mental illness."
And the prize for the most over-the-top off-the-point rant goes to ....
(You can't be sectioned for treason Greg).
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