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Whites are becoming the minority by 2056Whites- are becoming the minority by 2056

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Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 13:54

I read this ( not daily mail!) on MN -is this actually a true / statistical prediction?
I can send the link to the thread that stated this .
I have never heard this before . I assume that this is not accurate at all .( also assume applying to uk) .

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BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 21:54

cardibach · 14/02/2026 21:52

From what I know (friends and visiting) I’m not sure that’s accurate. But I’m talking about Welsh. We have increasing numbers of speakers, partly due to people moving in who don’t take your attitude and learn and partly because of their children (like mine) having the opportunity to learn young, when it’s easier. It’s interesting you have gone on about how much we’ve lost of British culture, but minimised examples I gave of differences within Britain and now the only example you seem to have is Gaelic fading - and you seem quite gleeful about it, certainly dismissive as you were about Welsh culture.

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What is my attitude?

Yes we have lost British culture, the differences between us all in previous generations were far more distinctive.

PandorasSockBox · 14/02/2026 21:55

Thank goodness I should be dead before then, otherwise I would be about 98, don't live in the UK any more, but think it is very sad that standards have already slipped.

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 21:59

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 21:54

What is my attitude?

Yes we have lost British culture, the differences between us all in previous generations were far more distinctive.

Culture changes and evolves. Most of us aren't pagans anymore. Britons gained culture from Romans, Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Normans.
What culture are you scared of losing? Some imagined 1950s?

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:00

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 21:44

I asked politely and you have no obligation to answer. Although you have responded defensively.

Yeah but you politely asked me a very personal question that is absolutely none of your business and I answered you directly, not rudely or aggressively

cardibach · 14/02/2026 22:01

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 21:54

What is my attitude?

Yes we have lost British culture, the differences between us all in previous generations were far more distinctive.

Your attitude to Welsh - that you could just move to any part of Wales and people would just deal with your English.
What have we lost of British culture? Given you don’t really value the local languages, it can’t be the decline of Gaelic you are thinking of - so could you give me another example of something we have lost. If there’s ‘so much’ it should be easy.

Edit: I’m confused by you citing differences being bigger before when you have talked about British culture and minimised countries’ cultures. You started by saying what different cultures in Britain, for eg.

cardibach · 14/02/2026 22:04

PandorasSockBox · 14/02/2026 21:55

Thank goodness I should be dead before then, otherwise I would be about 98, don't live in the UK any more, but think it is very sad that standards have already slipped.

Standards have slipped? What standards? And what have they got to do with culture? Or race?

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 22:11

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 21:59

Culture changes and evolves. Most of us aren't pagans anymore. Britons gained culture from Romans, Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Normans.
What culture are you scared of losing? Some imagined 1950s?

Are you saying the 1950s didn't happen?

Talking to people like you is always so disappointing, it's always the same script. No original defence or engagement. It's almost as though you just parrot the propaganda you're fed.

samarrange · 14/02/2026 22:14

cardibach · 14/02/2026 21:40

Ypu said I couldn’t name cultural differences in the constituent countries of the U.K. when I had.
Now you are saying we’ve lost loads of traditions and culture without giving examples. Can you gove some examples? Otherwise this is nonsense.

The people who can't name any of the lost traditions are much the same people who insist that Brexit was a success but can't name any specific benefit "because there are so many". 🙄

kittensinthekitchen · 14/02/2026 22:16

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 22:11

Are you saying the 1950s didn't happen?

Talking to people like you is always so disappointing, it's always the same script. No original defence or engagement. It's almost as though you just parrot the propaganda you're fed.

🤣🤣

cardibach · 14/02/2026 22:16

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 22:11

Are you saying the 1950s didn't happen?

Talking to people like you is always so disappointing, it's always the same script. No original defence or engagement. It's almost as though you just parrot the propaganda you're fed.

What are the cultural things we’ve lost? Come on. Because talking to you is disappointing currently due to you seeming to parrot the propaganda you’ve been fed

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 22:17

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 22:11

Are you saying the 1950s didn't happen?

Talking to people like you is always so disappointing, it's always the same script. No original defence or engagement. It's almost as though you just parrot the propaganda you're fed.

Sure Jan GIF

OK

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:19

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 21:31

You must be reading a different thread... read page one. All the "so?" comments

I'm one of the people that said So? It is because I do not see a problem with white skin becoming a minority colour. It has absolutely nothing to do with colonialism and I certainly made no comment on white people, like myself, deserving it. There's more to life and culture than skin colour.

The other poster was right. Your "basically" was an excuse for making shit up.

samarrange · 14/02/2026 22:25

cardibach · 14/02/2026 22:16

What are the cultural things we’ve lost? Come on. Because talking to you is disappointing currently due to you seeming to parrot the propaganda you’ve been fed

The main thing we've lost is that it's no longer acceptable to shout "Fuck off you p _ bastard" in the street. That loss is absolutely galling to these people. They try to portray it as "freedom of speech" but actually it's about their desire to be allowed to blow off steam about their shitty lives by being a cunt towards other people.

Likewise, when you see a discussion about "immigrants", it's almost entirely not about actual immigrants (people with visas, or perhaps EU people with the right to remain). It's about people who are now second and third-generation, with British citizenship but "funny" names. They will always be "immigrants" to this type of bigot.

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:31

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:19

I'm one of the people that said So? It is because I do not see a problem with white skin becoming a minority colour. It has absolutely nothing to do with colonialism and I certainly made no comment on white people, like myself, deserving it. There's more to life and culture than skin colour.

The other poster was right. Your "basically" was an excuse for making shit up.

It was me who said basically but changed it to blatantly and I didn't make anything up.

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 22:35

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:31

It was me who said basically but changed it to blatantly and I didn't make anything up.

Even if all your grandchildren have brown skin, why do you care? What difference does it make?

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:39

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:31

It was me who said basically but changed it to blatantly and I didn't make anything up.

Ok. Let me address this point of yours:

The vast majority of the posts on this tread are basically saying it doesn't matter if white people no longer exist in Britain. Those do sound very hateful I agree.

In response to the thread title, I don't think there's anything wrong with the proportion of white people going down. But it's not hateful. It's the opposite, it's welcoming of others.

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 22:44

I don't think there's anything wrong with the proportion of white people going down.

Substitute this sentiment with "non white people". Are you also in agreement with that?

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:50

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:39

Ok. Let me address this point of yours:

The vast majority of the posts on this tread are basically saying it doesn't matter if white people no longer exist in Britain. Those do sound very hateful I agree.

In response to the thread title, I don't think there's anything wrong with the proportion of white people going down. But it's not hateful. It's the opposite, it's welcoming of others.

At the expense of white people? Sounds hateful to me

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:52

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 22:44

I don't think there's anything wrong with the proportion of white people going down.

Substitute this sentiment with "non white people". Are you also in agreement with that?

No, because that's a false equivalence.

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 14/02/2026 22:53

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:50

At the expense of white people? Sounds hateful to me

Why would it be at the expense of white people? Are you expecting them to be deported or something? Someone else living here doesn’t mean you have to leave, it’s not an overcrowded nightclub.

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:53

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:50

At the expense of white people? Sounds hateful to me

No. Why is at the expense of white people? It's not a zero sum game.

marcyhermit · 14/02/2026 22:53

Poetnojo · 14/02/2026 22:50

At the expense of white people? Sounds hateful to me

In what way could it be at the expense?

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 23:00

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 22:52

No, because that's a false equivalence.

So basically you are only happy with one group to be reduced and not others. Isn't that a form of racism.

pointythings · 14/02/2026 23:01

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 22:44

I don't think there's anything wrong with the proportion of white people going down.

Substitute this sentiment with "non white people". Are you also in agreement with that?

Yes. Because skin colour doesn't matter. It is not a proxy for superiority, better morals. I couldn't care less if we were struck by a meteor which altered our genetics so we were all blue. It's irrelevant to what we bring as human beings. Got it?

ColdAsAWitches · 14/02/2026 23:13

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 23:00

So basically you are only happy with one group to be reduced and not others. Isn't that a form of racism.

No, because I don't believe it's as important as you do. I certainly don't believe that I lose anything by having a neighbour of a different colour. Replace white with "short appendix" and your argument dissolves because it is just as unimportant.

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