Do You Think

[TWR]

over the last 2>>3 months on AB posts regarding the Jungle & the people trying to force their way into Trucks mainly to get into the UK, with comments from many members on here including myself, do you honestly think we are racist or is this a serious problem? my concern are the NHS, Housing that we don't have, people with no papers, where they are from & what backgrounds do they have, we have enough villains within the UK as it is. what are your views?

[Answerprancer]

Ok, I think a large proportion of posts here *are* racially biased and/or xenophobic.

[Answerprancer]

...there is a fine line between banter/leg-pulling (which I enjoy) and just being a provocative prat.

[fiction-factory]

>FF. It's easy to see why some people are thought over sympathetic towards immigrants (legal or otherwise).
If a thread is about an immigrant criminal/benefits cheat for instance, they can be relied on to point out that we have plenty of indigenous criminals/cheats. Like that somehow makes immigrant crimes OK.

No. There is no logic in your statement, divebuddy. It's all in your mind.It seems you are jumping to conclusions. Can you show me where I have ever said immigrant crimes are okay? No. All crimes are to be condemned, regardless of who does them. Of course some posters seem more interested in trawling through the papers/Facebook to find stories where the criminal is a Muslim or a migrant as it fits in with their agenda

[fiction-factory]

You have got hold of the wrong end of the stick divebuddy - you are inferring things that just aren't there. Some have a talent for this on these threads

[fiction-factory]

Because the concern should be about the crime and the victim not about the colour/stattus/religion of the perpetrators. Focusing on crimes by Muslims/migrants and ignoring equally brutal crimes by others, and using it to further one's case against Muslims/migrants might lead some to thing the posters have an obsession and tunnel vision.

[fiction-factory]

It's all in your mind. Hope that clarifies things.

[Baldric]

@ FF 15:34
Can I remind you of my post from yesterday
ff,
///receiving no critism///
is not the same as condoning, you're reading things into posts that just aren't there

[TWR]

The OP was put on to see what members think, it look like as usual a slagging match is about to start between 2!!

[trt]

When people start or reply to a post, starting with.... I'm not a racist, BUT, that means they are a racist!!!!

[fiction-factory]

I was one of the first to answer your question, TWR.

Thanks Baldric. If Talbot didn't mean that not criticising crimes by migrants was akin to condoning those crimes then that's fine (and we agree on that) but it does make his point at 10:06 yesterday seem pointless.

Maybe for consistency you are planning to point out to divebuddy that he continues to make statements about me that have no foundation.

[Baldric]

///fiction-factory. You chose your user name well///

No problem with that one!

[Mamyalynne]

This is a circuitous discussion that is going nowhere - the truth is that whenever you answer something, it won't suit all and some will be quick to tell you they don't like your mode of reply.

Happens to me plenty, no point in bothering sometimes.

[TWR]

Dive / FF, can you just let this drop please.

[Answerprancer]

TWR ..why are you trying to put a lid on this just as FF seems to be upholding a very valid point? You've raised a very contentious subject matter and processes are ongoing and (IMO) AB has a fairly large population of right-leaning regulars, possibly an imbalance. I for one think it's healthy to let this run its course.