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Please put away the tar brush. 52% of voters is not the majority of the UK population. I doubt even a majority of the 52% have deep-rooted hatred of foreigners.
by switch007 10y ago
Please put away the tar brush. 52% of voters is not the majority of the UK population. I doubt even a majority of the 52% have deep-rooted hatred of foreigners. Extrapolating public feeling based on reporting of recent, horrid, despicable events is not fair nor scientific.
Even if on a shallow level someone is anti-foreigner, I believe their discontent comes from somewhere else (if they had a well-paying, secure job, a house with a low mortgage payment, excellent prospects for their children etc... they'd forget about foreigners).
- afarrell 10y agoI'm stating a suspicion about the perceptions held by non-UK citizens. I'm not making a claim about the mindset of UK citizens. In fact, I'm not making any claims at all about the racial angle because: 1) I don't live in the UK yet 2) Race is weird
- switch007 10y agoI was born here, lived here 97% of my life. Perhaps it would be prudent to listen to those that live here to confirm/deny suspicions? Your choice obviously.
- afarrell 10y agoRight, but I'm not saying anything about the people who've lived here. In my first sentence, I'm suspecting things about the perceptions of people outside the UK (or possibly recent arrivals). In my second, I'm speculating wildly about how race works in the UK but stating that I really don't know. By the way, as an actual concrete statement: Your border force is absolutely grand and made me feel so welcomed. I should be going to sleep to stave off jet lag, but I am just really excited to finally be here after many years of planning and working toward this.