Anti immigration and England being 'racist'

Sorry, but I had to google kurds in Japan. It seem there are 2000 to 3000 of them. The population of Japan is 124 million! Two thousand people create lots of societal problems? Sorry, but I don´t buy it. It´s just plain xenophobia.

As someone with a Japanese fiance I have numerous conversations about immigration. He and his family and friends are sick to the back teeth of Kurds and Chinese. The Kurds causing many societal problems. They want them to be deported . You live in Japan you adhere to their cultural norms. Anyone living over there should not expect society to bend to their will.

My point is more - do people realise this is going on around the world? Japan, Australia, I've just seen things are stepping up in France. US, of course.

My family have always been treated well in JP until recently. One of them went to buy pokemon cards the other day and was told by the shop owner they only sell to Japanese 😆

My go to answer to this is "Passive aggression and binge drinking" 😆

Being serious, though: there's a huge resurgence right now in things like British folk dancing, music, folklore, pagan festivals and interest in ancient sites like stone circles. I know some all female Morris sides, and they're totally badass!

From where I'm standing, celebrating British countryside and culture has never been stronger. And it is (or tries to be) completely inclusive.

But you never see any of the gammon flag shaggers at these events, and expressing racist or aggressive views would be very unwelcome. So I do wonder what their version of "British culture" is? Some of them bang on about being Christian, but they don't strike me as regular churchgoers.

My go to answer to this is "Passive aggression and binge drinking" 😆

Being serious, though: there's a huge resurgence right now in things like British folk dancing, music, folklore, pagan festivals and interest in ancient sites like stone circles. I know some all female Morris sides, and they're totally badass!

From where I'm standing, celebrating British countryside and culture has never been stronger. And it is (or tries to be) completely inclusive.

But you never see any of the gammon flag shaggers at these events, and expressing racist or aggressive views would be very unwelcome. So I do wonder what their version of "British culture" is? Some of them bang on about being Christian, but they don't strike me as regular churchgoers.

Do you question the existence of other countries’ customs and cultures or is it just here you think doesn’t have any?

Do people know that this is not just a UK thing? I see so many people saying they are ashamed to be british etc but this is happening the world over. And it can work both ways! I have close family in Japan and there are protests there too and they are being treated very differently - yes, white english! The right are gaining traction there too. Are the Japanese allowed to be proud of their country and fly their flags? What's people's thoughts on this?

As a non-English person I’d be really interested to know what English customs and culture are. Morris dancing? Maypoles? Colonising other countries??
’Fighting-age’ is an interesting choice of words - are you worried that some of the small boat arrivals are actually enemy soldiers planning a very slow, piecemeal invasion of some kind?

As a non-English person I’d be really interested to know what English customs and culture are. Morris dancing? Maypoles? Colonising other countries??
’Fighting-age’ is an interesting choice of words - are you worried that some of the small boat arrivals are actually enemy soldiers planning a very slow, piecemeal invasion of some kind?

Unless I’ve gone mad ALL those things still exist?

As someone with a Japanese fiance I have numerous conversations about immigration. He and his family and friends are sick to the back teeth of Kurds and Chinese. The Kurds causing many societal problems. They want them to be deported . You live in Japan you adhere to their cultural norms. Anyone living over there should not expect society to bend to their will.

Mass immigration and uncontrolled borders are not a good thing. There is nothing racist about that.

You can add all the fluff to try and label people as racist, it doesn’t work anymore. And you are not doing any favors to race relations by being in denial.

Wanting to preserve your culture and customs is not racist.

Wanting to stop boatloads of fighting age men who’s identity we do not know and who are from a different culture and are not escaping persecution in their homeland, who hold different views about the welfare of women and children coming to the UK illegally and then being given priority treatment over people born here, is also not racist.

It doesn't. But they have really serious concerns there about immigration and in particualr about the Japanese culture disappearing

The protests in Japan seem tiny. The information about them is being spread by a far right account and cheered on by Musk. That tells you a lot.

Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan - The Japan Times https://share.google/G9GT1JZgQkNBG6XbA

The Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan summed up the English for me when he said ‘ The English have a fierce reputation for conquering the world… invading loads of different countries and then getting upset when those people follow them home’ … amen brother!

English culture and traditions - Drinking tea, afternoon tea, queuing in an orderly fashion, moaning about the weather too hot or too cold, love of football and cricket, our pubs, Sunday roast, trooping of the colour, changing of the guards, red London buses, black cabs, celebrating Christmas, Boxing Day, Easter, November 5th and Guy Fawkes, to name a few.

I'm sure I've missed out loads of others but these were just off the top of my head.