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Is anyone else getting quite tired of being called a racist?

684 replies

Peppatina · 13/06/2016 18:54

I know it can't just be me.

It doesn't matter what carefully thought out reasons a brexiter has for wanting to leave (I've seen some very articulate and reasoned ones on mn itself) we are still all getting lumped into a stereotypical group of closet racist idiots.

And Lord forbid any of those reasons might just involve any concern over levels of eu migration!

I've been told that I'm essentially imagining the three week waiting list for my GP or that this is nothing to do with eu migration. If I say I know it is because of the names being called out I become the equivalent of Enoch Powell.

The same goes for a certain local estate very much being a no go area, especially for young girls. After braving this street once with my children and being spat on and shouted at by a group of very hostile Romanian men/boys I've been told I imagined it.

When I had my son a few week ago my I was the only English speaking person in my ward. A polish man was shouting and being very aggressive to staff as they were struggling to find an interpreter.

I absolutely know that not every migrant is aggressive and that they should build more schools and go surgeries but I believe I'm right to be concerned about a high number of migrants who are not intergrating with their local community and the unsustainable strain on services.

I'm sick of being told that my experiences don't matter. That to even mention that this is what life is like in our town means I am a racist or little englander.

OP posts:
Cailleach1 · 27/12/2020 00:24

Just started the thread. I wanted to point out that both Claire Fox's parents are Irish. Do you thing the alleged Irish tendency to drunken rowdiness is hereditary? Would that mar the stated perception of her as being a source of clear thinking?

Cailleach1 · 27/12/2020 00:26

Goodness, sorry. See it is 4 year old thread!!

BlackForestCake · 28/12/2020 16:26

Well it doesn't happen so much on nice leafy parts of Islington

I see you have never been to Islington.

TuxedoPantherSheHer · 28/12/2020 19:00

Don’t be racist then?

If you’re worried about NHS waiting lists look at the people in charge of allocating resources rather than the other people in need of them.

AbiBrown · 02/01/2021 11:40

Amen @TuxedoPantherSheHer

rachelhammerbottom · 05/01/2021 04:14

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HannibalHayes · 08/01/2021 21:01

It's OK OP, we don't think you're racist any more much. But, we'd be interested in your "carefully thought out reasons", as you're looking very much like a complete idiot right now...

TheNighthawk · 08/01/2021 23:37

Thing is, @Peppatina, these peoples' opinions don't matter.

vera99 · 11/01/2021 09:23

Not all Brexiteers are racist (by a long shot) but all racists are Brexiteers. Go figure.

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