My dad's a climate change denier.
However, he's also one of the most respected chemists in his field in the world, so that's a bit of a tricky one.

My grandma is an olympic-gold-medal level racist. Obviously.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:33, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I hate the phrase climate change denier, it has too many connotations

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:34, Reply)

yeah, I know, but I'm rationing words
and "doesn't believe at all in climate change caused by man" was too much effort.

And know you've made me type both, you insufferable cunt. Think of all those lovely wasted words...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:35, Reply)

You're to clever compared to me, for me to debate this with you.
But I'm pretty sure earth went through ice ages before man was about.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:48, Reply)

It certainly did Gonz, the argument really centres on the fact that we are speeding up the changes

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:51, Reply)

When a volcano goes off, how much carbon dioxide gets shot up into the air compared to, say, all the cars in london for a year?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

a volcano Needoo
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

what ape said, basically.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

basic is my default setting

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

What is it about old people and racism?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:35, Reply)

tolerance was only brought to britain at the same time as decimalisation.
anyone born before that date tends to be a massive racist.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:37, Reply)

Ironically,
tolerance arrived on these shores on The Empire Windrush
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Well, in her case
I suspect the fact that she has lived in the same town all her life, she's 96 and seen it go from being entirely white to now, I think, about 80% Asian. Plus, the major immigrant influx coincided with the failing of the mills, so that gave the local white population something else to blame for their jobs disappearing.

I'm not sure how well-equipped our generataion is to comment on "old people racism" as we've grown up in a more-or-less multicultural society and have had access to so much more information about the rest of the world.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

Makes sense. I also suspect that a lot of the elderly read the Daily Mail which must be a contributory factor.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:45, Reply)