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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jul 24, 2020 9:21:57 GMT
"An actual racist" Absolute drivel. This is the problem with these kinds of discussions in a nutshell. People make assertions about someone they barely know, someone counteracts with the other extreme, and the truth lies in the middle somewhere. I doubt very much that Boris Johnson is a racist, but I think he's probably infected with the same public-school-white-privilege spirit which assumes that 'British is best'. And he's probably very nice to Sunak and Patel 'cos they work with him and they're on his side but I would take a guess and say he's probably not quite as equanimous when dealing with BAME folk he meets outside of the HoP. Furthermore he isn't responsible for any deaths due to COVID-19 but he hasn't done a very good job in preventing it either.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 24, 2020 12:58:44 GMT
yeah I don't think he's racist, I just think he's a shit PM.
I suspect Sunak will be PM in the not too distant future and Boris will go back to writing for the Telegraph.
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Post by Sneelock on Jul 24, 2020 16:08:11 GMT
well tonight's bedtime story is a reboot of Aladdin & his Lamp. in this version Al knows he gets three wishes but he knows that Racism is a large source of the power that will be used to grant them.
Boris & Donald may NOT be racist but they rubbed the lamp and they used that power. Now, even if you think this comparison is stupid please take a moment to imagine both Boris and Donald in Aladdin appropriate clothing. why not live a little?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 16:25:13 GMT
This Wiley fella is saying a lot of very silly things. There goes his Guardian cred.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 24, 2020 16:50:41 GMT
"An actual racist" "responsible for tens of thousands of death" By that logic, why are Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel in 2 of the 4 great offices of state if an actual racist is the PM? And if the Tory government is responsible for all the deaths attributed to Covid-19, surely the same must be levelled at EVERY government that has suffered deaths during the Pandemic? Absolute drivel. Lol, the right wing blinkers are on again. Just because he says and writes racist things, doesn't mean he's a racist. Some of his best friends are black. And the safety and well-being of the population is no longer a concern of the government? Ok then.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 18:22:08 GMT
Currently full of shitheads boasting about not wearing a mask in shops.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 24, 2020 19:18:10 GMT
Currently full of shitheads boasting about not wearing a mask in shops. I was fairly surprised to see that everyone was wearing a mask in Aldi earlier, I thought roughly 50% wouldn't bother. Can't say as I'm a fan, they pull my slightly sticky-up nose down which makes me terribly self-conscious. Proper first world problem.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 19:33:17 GMT
Yeah, it isn't so much about you (the mask wearer rather than you-darknessfish) though is it? And as usual with twitter, it's just the oiks sounding off, not reflective of most people.
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Post by tory on Jul 25, 2020 18:49:24 GMT
This Wiley fella is saying a lot of very silly things. There goes his Guardian cred. If it was a right-winger saying those things, there would be actual outrage. "Silly things" - it's anti-semitism pure and simple. I notice no-one in my left-wing bubble has said anything.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 25, 2020 20:26:37 GMT
Twitter seems to be in full outrage mode over the lack of action taken against Wiley, and I definitely get the left-wing echo chamber on there. Interesting that he's a Spurs fan!
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 26, 2020 12:12:09 GMT
Ice Cube got away with it.
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Post by Sneelock on Jul 26, 2020 12:45:28 GMT
It’s Ice Cube’s world. The rest of us just live in it.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 26, 2020 17:15:30 GMT
This Wiley fella is saying a lot of very silly things. There goes his Guardian cred. If it was a right-winger saying those things, there would be actual outrage. "Silly things" - it's anti-semitism pure and simple. I notice no-one in my left-wing bubble has said anything. Apparently he was suspended and then reinstated. I don't think all the offending posts are gone though. It surely raises issues in regards to twitters approach to issues like this.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jul 26, 2020 17:17:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2020 18:47:16 GMT
Who or what is a wiley? Any relation to jo?
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