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My goodness, people need to leave their ‘supremacist’ scarlet letters in their bags for when they’re actually earned. The Brits are just as much ‘native’ people
by mrkstu 1y ago
My goodness, people need to leave their ‘supremacist’ scarlet letters in their bags for when they’re actually earned. The Brits are just as much ‘native’ people to their lands as any aboriginal group. To want to keep their characteristic culture from being wiped out is no more supremacist than any other ethnic group doing the same.
The hypocrisy is beyond the pale.
- habinero 1y agoOh, is this the new talking point? The Brits conquered the world and imposed their "characteristic culture" on everyone else. They don't really get to complain lol
- mrkstu 1y agoCollective guilt is problematic regardless of which direction you point the gun.
- habinero 1y agoIt's really telling you jumped right to "guilt". Nobody said the Brits had to feel guilty for their ancestors doing that. Just that they don't get to complain lol
- jadamson 1y agoAre Brits not guilty of conquering the world? That would seem to be an honest reading of what you wrote.
- habinero 1y ago[flagged]
- jadamson 1y agoThe user you replied to said "collective guilt", which implies the former, and you seem to be confirming they were correct and that this side track about "feelings" is just you trying to diminish their point. There's no need to lash out, you certainly won't gain anything by doing so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_responsibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_responsibility
- viraptor 1y agoHe doesn't talk about culture though. He only talks about native. Like people coming from other countries can't drink tea or enjoy great British bakeoff or something. It's one of those "you know what I mean" posts with racist references.
- lowsong 1y agoThey are very much earned, but don't take my word for it when DHH says it himself. > In 2000, more than sixty percent of the city were native Brits. By 2024, that had dropped to about a third. A statistic as evident as day when you walk the streets of London now. What does he mean here with that last sentence? Did he do a survey? Ask people where they were born or to self report their nationality? No. He walked through London, saw people who weren't white, and then went on his blog to complain about "non native Brits". He is explicitly talking about skin colour and implying that unless you are white you are not British. That definitionally racist. To then go on, and praise Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who's spent the past decade stoking hate. The message of this article leaves no room for misunderstanding. In DHH's own view if you are not a white "native" Brit then you should be removed. That is, by definition, a white supremacist.
- smarnach 1y agoHe also links a Wikipedia article stating that more than 60 percent of Londoners were born in Britain to prove his point that only a third of Londoners are "native Brits". That doesn't leave much room for interpretation.