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To hate red trousers on men?

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abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:45

This seems to be a status marker meaning I am very posh, so it doesn't matter if I look like a total nob.

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limitedperiodonly · 07/01/2019 22:57

MargueritaPink I'm going to say this just in case you are not being deliberately offensive or making a personal attack by calling me racist or ageist but simply don't get it.

Those pictures are by a respected photographer and are social commentary of what has happened to London as a result of the rise of the international super rich over the last 20 years.

They were taken around the time of the beginning of Boris Johnson's tenure as London Mayor. That was the time when that part of London became the money-laundering capital of the world with people putting dirty money into London property with impunity. That is a shame and a stain on my city.

But anyway. There is the phenomenon of the Ramadan Rush when very rich people from Arab nations come to European cities to escape the heat and party. London is a favourite. It's not racist to point that out. It's a thing. Google it.

It's a time of quite breathtaking excess when people drive around the streets of Knightsbridge in Lamborghinis and Bugatti Veyrons - that's a car costing £1 million. A car. That costs. £1 million. Think about it. And there are not just only one

Porsches are seen as runabouts. There was an incident where a traffic warden outside Harrods was told not to clamp an illegally-parked car because the council didn't want to risk damaging the wheel that probably cost about £10K.

Are you beginning to see the issue now? But if you can't then I can't explain it to you.

I don't believe I am racist and I am absolutely solid that as a 55-year-old woman I am not ageist

I think it's insulting of you to repeatedly make those accusations but I'm going to let it go because you were probably overwrought rather than trying to provoke me.

Therefore I think it is best that we don't speak to each other any more.

limitedperiodonly · 07/01/2019 23:02

Give it a rest Margeurita. If you are so offended report the post and see what happens.

I should have said this ^^ instead of wasting my time Bowchicawowow Wink

MargueritaPink · 07/01/2019 23:10

Limited as you said yourself the photographs came with no comment. As pointed out by me and another poster it was your reaction to them which was racist. "Come and laugh at these people"

You have been pontificating on your own moral high ground yet are completely incapable of seeing how vile your own assumptions and posts are.

limitedperiodonly · 07/01/2019 23:19

You have been saying offensive things about me for a while now and I don't understand why MargueritaPink. I think it's best if we don't respond to each other any more

MargueritaPink · 07/01/2019 23:20

Oh and as for it being "completely insulting" the vast majority of your posts have been insulting to a variety of people you seem to think you have the right to judge. I think your actions were indicative of a very narrow- minded, prejudice and racist mindset.

I am neither overwrought or trying to provoke you. I asked for an explanation why we should join with you in laughing at these "funny" people. Your explanation isn't good enough.

MargueritaPink · 07/01/2019 23:21

Cut out the pity plea. Most of your posts have been offensive. You are happy to be rude and arrogant but heaven forfend you get called out on it.

katekat383 · 07/01/2019 23:52

neither...nor

CrispbuttyNo1 · 07/01/2019 23:59

I had a lovely old gent come into my restaurant today. He was wearing burnt orange cords, a burnt orange shirt, a darker shade of burnt orange jacket, and tan suede shoes. He looked very dapper. 😁

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