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“We need to stop importing people who hate us”

186 replies

OneAmusedShark · 03/10/2025 21:13

Overheard an older couple of Caribbean couple talking about the Manchester attack on the train earlier and one of
them used this phrase.

Someone else (who was getting off at the time) shouted at them “You can’t say that! It’s hate speech!”

I didn’t get involved.

Was it hate speech?

OP posts:
FrauPaige · 04/10/2025 10:34

BoudiccaRuled · 04/10/2025 09:27

South East Asia refers to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia etc.
South Asia is the Indian subcontinent, the region containing India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Haha! Yes!

ChiliFiend · 04/10/2025 11:04

I am a (brown) immigrant to the UK, albeit from another western country. For me, gaining British citizenship was an honour and I feel immense gratitude for the opportunities I have had here. Perhaps as a result of this, I feel absolute rage with immigrants who don't adopt what I feel are core British values about tolerance and equality (I know not all British people are like that, but that is another matter). If you want to blow up a synagogue or a mosque, marry a child, carry out an honour killing, etc. then you can fuck off. And frankly I feel the same about generations of families living here where only the school aged members speak English.

Fridgemanageress · 04/10/2025 11:10

Some people are exceptionally rude, stupid, racist, xenophobic, dumb and ignorant. It doesn’t matter where they are from, it can be in them.

KTheGrey · 04/10/2025 14:18

Gall10 · 04/10/2025 09:35

Why the fuck should I ‘swear allegiance’ to some old bloke who’s never done a days work in his life… lives a completely pampered life thanks to the tax payers… cheated on his wife, doesn’t speak to his son and has his very own loo seat flown around the world so he doesn’t have to put his arse where commoners might have been???
Is this classed as hate speech?

If you want the benefits of a nation state you should be willing to be loyal to it - what you won’t fight for you don’t get to keep.

You might not fight for the Royals, but if Nazism abroad was on the rise would you fight against that? And if so, what exactly would you think you were fighting to preserve?

KTheGrey · 04/10/2025 14:22

ChiliFiend · 04/10/2025 11:04

I am a (brown) immigrant to the UK, albeit from another western country. For me, gaining British citizenship was an honour and I feel immense gratitude for the opportunities I have had here. Perhaps as a result of this, I feel absolute rage with immigrants who don't adopt what I feel are core British values about tolerance and equality (I know not all British people are like that, but that is another matter). If you want to blow up a synagogue or a mosque, marry a child, carry out an honour killing, etc. then you can fuck off. And frankly I feel the same about generations of families living here where only the school aged members speak English.

Religious tolerance is a very hard won British value and supremely important and we should be rightly proud of it. Any infringement or refusal to accept religious tolerance is actually threatening to others and should not (ironically) be tolerated.

Doingtheboxerbeat · 04/10/2025 14:30

I'm sensing there was a reason you mentioned their Caribbean heritage and then abandoned the thread, wasn't there?

CrispsPlease · 04/10/2025 14:33

Fridgemanageress · 04/10/2025 11:10

Some people are exceptionally rude, stupid, racist, xenophobic, dumb and ignorant. It doesn’t matter where they are from, it can be in them.

Nice leftist hyperbole there full of crass insults and ignorance. Good old lefties. Full of intelligence and reasonable debate from different viewpoints, including the poor and lower working classes 👏.your vehement support works only for certain groups because you're virtue signalling

Fridgemanageress · 04/10/2025 14:37

CrispsPlease · 04/10/2025 14:33

Nice leftist hyperbole there full of crass insults and ignorance. Good old lefties. Full of intelligence and reasonable debate from different viewpoints, including the poor and lower working classes 👏.your vehement support works only for certain groups because you're virtue signalling

Clearly worked on you. You’re claiming that I’m using crass ignorance and insults. Look in the mirror - I reiterate, it doesn’t matter where you are from, what YOU have achieved in life, there will always be haters.

Notmycircusnotmyotter · 04/10/2025 14:50

Truth

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:06

It’s not hard. I look at their allegiances through posts, words and their actions. If they literally talk rubbish about Britain then it is clear they hate Britain. You bring up “ALL Muslims?” That is something you have brought up, I never said that. I’m south Asian myself, Indian, and have experienced racism for decades. So I don’t discriminate against people for their faith and appearance. I do, however, distance myself from anyone with harmful beliefs towards a country (Britain) that has given them a home. There’s far too many assumptions in your post.

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:07

ChiliFiend · 04/10/2025 11:04

I am a (brown) immigrant to the UK, albeit from another western country. For me, gaining British citizenship was an honour and I feel immense gratitude for the opportunities I have had here. Perhaps as a result of this, I feel absolute rage with immigrants who don't adopt what I feel are core British values about tolerance and equality (I know not all British people are like that, but that is another matter). If you want to blow up a synagogue or a mosque, marry a child, carry out an honour killing, etc. then you can fuck off. And frankly I feel the same about generations of families living here where only the school aged members speak English.

Same! I am glad to meet someone like you on here!

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:13

bumbaloo · 04/10/2025 08:28

So how do you process who ‘hates us’ and who doesn’t?

Unless you are some sort of bigoted xenophobe who thinks ALL Muslims hate us and that we shouldn’t allow any in

but no, I doubt you are that sort of ignorant hate filled dogmatic partisan

It’s not hard. I look at their allegiances through posts, words and their actions. If they literally talk rubbish about Britain then it is clear they hate Britain. You bring up “ALL Muslims?” That is something you have brought up, I never said that. I’m south Asian myself, Indian, and have experienced racism for decades. So I don’t discriminate against people for their faith and appearance. I do, however, distance myself from anyone with harmful beliefs towards a country (Britain) that has given them a home. There’s far too many assumptions in your post.

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:23

Crowde · 03/10/2025 22:51

I think we need to be honest about a difficult reality…many parts of the world hold values and societal norms that are fundamentally incompatible with those of the UK. I would love to believe that every human being is inherently good, but that simply isn’t true. In far too many societies, practices like child marriage and the routine abuse of women are not just tolerated but normalised. These views are upheld, not by fringe extremists, but by ordinary people.

It is not acceptable for those attitudes to be imported here. We have fought too hard and come too far in terms of women’s rights to allow misogynistic norms to take root in our society. Men who have been socialised in environments where violence and subjugation of women are everyday realities should not be given free rein to bring those mindsets into this country.

I say this as a British Sikh woman. I am not islamaphobic nor am I seeking approval by appeasing anyone (as I am often accused of when I share my views online).

And quite frankly, I am tired of the middle class tendency to posture and virtue signal under the guise of compassion. This superficial moralism may make some people feel enlightened, but it does nothing to protect women.

Edited

This is so based! I find it remarkable that coming from a culture where my modern views would be frowned upon (Indian Hindu), there are women here in England telling me to shut up about issues (coming from my demographic) that would affect England.

CrispsPlease · 04/10/2025 15:27

Fridgemanageress · 04/10/2025 14:37

Clearly worked on you. You’re claiming that I’m using crass ignorance and insults. Look in the mirror - I reiterate, it doesn’t matter where you are from, what YOU have achieved in life, there will always be haters.

Stating your post was full of crass insults and hyperbole is not coming along and saying "you are stupid, thick, ignorant, racist ..." And whatever else you used. Hardly comparable Is it ?

Hey, I've got no skin in the game, but I do object to whole swathes of normal people with legitimate concerns on immigration being branded abhorrent names. In case you care to extend your virtue signalling to poorly educated people (they are also humans you know?Many of whom work very hard in jobs you and your white collar chums wouldn't want ) the way to describe their education status would be "poorly educated" : or is "thick" ok because they're not you're intended virtue signal receiver? Bet you're a lot more 'careful' how you speak then ?

And news flash : immigration isn't only a concern for the "stoopid," people.

Ablondiebutagoody · 04/10/2025 15:42

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skippy67 · 04/10/2025 16:24

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:07

Same! I am glad to meet someone like you on here!

Ah, the grateful immigrant. Extra points for being a brown one too.

nowinetimeforme · 04/10/2025 16:38

Ddakji · 04/10/2025 08:26

I understand that his father celebrated the October 7 attack. Which is suggestive, I would say.

Which was long after they arrived here. We have no idea how this kid, or this parents, felt 30 years ago.

Saying ‘stop importing people who hate us’ will get lots of claps but it won’t save a single life of change a single thing.

Yeah - let’s not do that! Right…. How?

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 16:39

skippy67 · 04/10/2025 16:24

Ah, the grateful immigrant. Extra points for being a brown one too.

What a malicious sounding post.

nowinetimeforme · 04/10/2025 16:41

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 15:13

It’s not hard. I look at their allegiances through posts, words and their actions. If they literally talk rubbish about Britain then it is clear they hate Britain. You bring up “ALL Muslims?” That is something you have brought up, I never said that. I’m south Asian myself, Indian, and have experienced racism for decades. So I don’t discriminate against people for their faith and appearance. I do, however, distance myself from anyone with harmful beliefs towards a country (Britain) that has given them a home. There’s far too many assumptions in your post.

It’s not hard 😂

You should give MI5 a call and tell them you can help them out.

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 16:48

nowinetimeforme · 04/10/2025 16:41

It’s not hard 😂

You should give MI5 a call and tell them you can help them out.

Thanks for the stunning advice.

Shitmonger · 04/10/2025 16:50

Since the thread is derailed anyway I don’t feel guilty derailing it further. The title reminds me of that clip of the American politician saying “We need to stop giving money to countries that hate us. They should be able to hate us for free.” Gives me a chuckle every time I see it. 😂

Sjkeb · 04/10/2025 16:52

How can you tell who hates the UK and who doesn't?
Most people hoping to move to the UK will want to make a good life here, and won't come here intending harm. So how can you differentiate?
Obviously people who are known to have anti-UK views can be vetoed. But everyone else?

Uggbootsforever · 04/10/2025 16:58

Sjkeb · 04/10/2025 16:52

How can you tell who hates the UK and who doesn't?
Most people hoping to move to the UK will want to make a good life here, and won't come here intending harm. So how can you differentiate?
Obviously people who are known to have anti-UK views can be vetoed. But everyone else?

You can’t but a good idea is which country they’re from. After waging war on Iraq for years, killing a million citizens, and destroying its cities and infrastructure, do you think they:

a) Love Britain
b) Hate Britain?

nowinetimeforme · 04/10/2025 16:58

QuickMember · 04/10/2025 16:48

Thanks for the stunning advice.

Edited

They’ll be glad to hear from you. Given you think terrorism is such an easy problem to solve. Governments around the world will be queuing up for your advice.

BalloonLabboon · 04/10/2025 17:04

ShesTheAlbatross · 03/10/2025 21:21

I don’t think it’s hate speech.

I think it’s fucking stupid though.
Firstly, we don’t import people. They aren’t goods.
Secondly, how could you possibly police that. Unless what you really mean is “we should stop letting Muslims in”. In which case, piss off.

That’s all well and good…

Except even when people show is that they hate Britain, we still let them stay. We absolutely can police these things after they’re brought to our attention.

Instead, we refuse to deport criminals and give them suspended sentences for violent crimes. Like the father of the synagogue terrors it who was spouting antiseptic views and advocating violence.

So….

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