Multiculturalism reached a sweet spot for a few years in the 90s, early 00s. Nobody noticed or cared that two of the three leads in Red Dwarf were black, despite the absence of quotas which we have now. There was blacking-up in Little Britain/Boosh/League but the difference was generally understood. South-Asian comics applauded Apu. Goodness Gracious Me good-naturedly mocked white Brits. We were all happy taking the piss out of each other. All was as it should be. And then...
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 18:36, Reply)
Blair's black genie is out of the bottle. We are all enemies now (yours has always, mystifyingly, been the Jews). And multiculturalism is utterly fucked.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 19:08, Reply)
Some truth and reconciliation would be welcome, but I fear we're going to get more fear and loathing.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 20:26, Reply)
No-one's prepared to mount a defence of banning The League of fucking Gentlemen. It's almost as though I were right all along.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 21:02, Reply)
JK Rowling's current woes are particularly amusing.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 22:23, Reply)
I have found that people who regularly decry "The Left" are usually talking about liberals, and are usually daft cunts who cannot be reasoned with.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 15:39, Reply)
Reds, teachers, bleeding hearts, pinkos, strangely tactile scout leaders, students, junkies, non-African Anglican bishops, the feckless and trustafarians. Which one are you? I'm guessing not a bishop.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 16:36, Reply)
Stop being so uptight and cut them some slack.
(, Sun 14 Jun 2020, 21:24, Reply)
People might take a while to calm down and take a more reasoned approach.
A bit like virtually any human conflict whatsoever.
Anyway, if it wasn't for attention seeking twats, legitimate sneering would be trickier.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 22:20, Reply)
Asking for a friend.
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 22:28, Reply)
Some statues being taken down and TV shows off, (probably temporarily), are not exactly equivalent to the prejudice experienced.
Some will always take the opportunity to kick off stupidly, make shit decisions or retreat into nostalgia.
It can be easy for others to criticise who haven't had prejudice regularly inflicted on them, it is both inherited and current. Imagine how you might feel if your community had a Tulsa massacre, etc, etc.
Too 'tired' for arguing
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 22:53, Reply)
Us Australians demand our suffering be acknowledged by replacing the Colston statue with one of Rolf Harris
(, Sat 13 Jun 2020, 1:12, Reply)
that's what my mate reckons
(, Fri 12 Jun 2020, 23:14, Reply)
Or rather, a allegory for philosophical suicide in the absurdist sense.
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