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Do some reform voters not realise what the definition of racism is?

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Workingclasslass · 07/12/2024 14:46

Is anybody else listening to LBC right now? On a particular show? I have just heard a lady say I’m going to vote reform I am not racist but on a recent visit to my friend in hospital in London there was too many brown faces about I didn’t see any white people that’s why I am voting reform but I am not racist.
Seriously, are these people absolutely deluded because I’d have more respect for them if they actually openly admitted they were racist

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GretchenWienersHair · 08/12/2024 08:35

Julia34 · 07/12/2024 16:27

Racism is hate towards person with another skin colour and this working both ways
Hating Muslims is islamphobia not racism

So does that make it ok, Julia?

GretchenWienersHair · 08/12/2024 08:45

Julia34 · 07/12/2024 17:33

First we need to know the definition of phobia. Because not everyone who disagree with LGBT,Muslims, Migrants etc are homophobic or islamophobic

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Ignore my last post directed to you. I realise there is no point in discussing this with someone who thinks “disagreeing with Muslims” is a normal and acceptable thing.

As you were, Jules.

AgnesX · 08/12/2024 09:33

SensibleSigma · 07/12/2024 15:42

Not really- I think culture shifts fairly slowly- our current Christmas is pretty Victorian. Cricket obsession seems to me to be quite Edwardian.

The spices we think of as Christmassy are pretty old- easily Tudor times I think.

Beer, I don’t know why we ended up with mild and bitter, where other countries seem to be more lager based. I love a German Weissbier myself, but wouldn’t swap it for our ales.

Can I point out that I haven’t said that brown faces spoil England? I actually said we’re traditionally pretty diverse. I was wondering whether you can vote reform without being racist.

There’s a lot of sweeping rhetoric at the moment, people being categorised as one thing or another which I don’t find helpful.

Far right, racist, transphobic, bigoted- all thrown about to shut people down.

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I didn't mention faces of any colour, so I'm not sure how you extrapolated that from my post.

I'm still wondering what culture or parts of the culture that you want to stay the same - and that have anything to do with Reform keeping them the same.

RadioBamboo · 08/12/2024 19:27

GretchenWienersHair · 08/12/2024 08:45

Ignore my last post directed to you. I realise there is no point in discussing this with someone who thinks “disagreeing with Muslims” is a normal and acceptable thing.

As you were, Jules.

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I'm baffled by this. What's unacceptable about "disagreeing with muslims"? Is it not comparable to "disagreeing with Tories" or "Scientologists"?

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