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It wasnt Germans, French or Spanish though was it, it was Romanians, Polish and Bulgarians.

mmarq 5y ago
To be honest, I’m kind of fed up with the normalisation of hate against Europeans and, in particular, Eastern Europeans. As if the Britons were some kind of a master race with a God-given prerogative re: ranking nationalities or races. If you have a theory re: why Poles are inferior to Brits, you don’t have to share it with me.
- drumhead 5y ago
  I dont have any particular axe to grind against foreigners, and there is no normalisation of hate against any particular group in the UK. They have some of the strictest anti discrimination laws in Europe. Im sure if you were say gay or black and living in say Poland or Romania you'd have a much harder time and be discriminated far more against than if you lived in the UK, so the idea that the British alone think they're better than others is wrong isnt it. The racism, homophobia, anti-semitism and islamophobia in Eastern Europe is far worse that the UK, so what does that say about them?
  - theplumber 5y ago
    >> The racism, homophobia, anti-semitism and islamophobia in Eastern Europe is far worse that the UK, so what does that say about them? I think it says that socially(i.e discrimination wise)EE is still a developing region while the UK is degrading. UK was seen as a model for many european countries. I don't think it'a the case anymore and I don't think the anti-immigration story is over in the UK. That being said I can't wait for the UK to lecture Eastern European countries on immigration...imagine that hypocrisy
  - mmarq 5y ago
    You wrote: > It wasnt Germans, French or Spanish though was it, it was Romanians, Polish and Bulgarians. as if this weren’t the result of normalisation of hate against Eastern Europeans. Not that I care much, I’m not Eastern European, but I’d try not to contradict myself in the space of one and a half sentence. > so what does that say about them? That there isn’t any “them”. Your neighbour is your neighbour and doesn’t bear the sins of his fellow countrymen.

To be honest, I’m kind of fed up with the normalisation of hate against Europeans and, in particular, Eastern Europeans. As if the Britons were some kind of a master race with a God-given prerogative re: ranking nationalities or races. If you have a theory re: why Poles are inferior to Brits, you don’t have to share it with me.

drumhead 5y ago
I dont have any particular axe to grind against foreigners, and there is no normalisation of hate against any particular group in the UK. They have some of the strictest anti discrimination laws in Europe. Im sure if you were say gay or black and living in say Poland or Romania you'd have a much harder time and be discriminated far more against than if you lived in the UK, so the idea that the British alone think they're better than others is wrong isnt it. The racism, homophobia, anti-semitism and islamophobia in Eastern Europe is far worse that the UK, so what does that say about them?
- theplumber 5y ago
  >> The racism, homophobia, anti-semitism and islamophobia in Eastern Europe is far worse that the UK, so what does that say about them? I think it says that socially(i.e discrimination wise)EE is still a developing region while the UK is degrading. UK was seen as a model for many european countries. I don't think it'a the case anymore and I don't think the anti-immigration story is over in the UK. That being said I can't wait for the UK to lecture Eastern European countries on immigration...imagine that hypocrisy
- mmarq 5y ago
  You wrote: > It wasnt Germans, French or Spanish though was it, it was Romanians, Polish and Bulgarians. as if this weren’t the result of normalisation of hate against Eastern Europeans. Not that I care much, I’m not Eastern European, but I’d try not to contradict myself in the space of one and a half sentence. > so what does that say about them? That there isn’t any “them”. Your neighbour is your neighbour and doesn’t bear the sins of his fellow countrymen.