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Anyone practising big government + authoritarianism + totalitarianism
seems to end in the genocides of millions. LIKE the Nazis.
Yeah, aggressive, expansionist dictatorships tend to do that. That still doesn't make them all Nazis or left-wing, though.
 
I lost track of the argument some time ago.
The Nazis aren't/weren't a race, but they identified strongly with a racial group - white Northern European.
Racism, based on racial superiority, was a key tenet of their philosophy.
Sadly, that was also true of the British Empire.
And the ideology which underpins this is still alive today.
Hence we have sections of society who are inherently racist (however they may choose to disguise it and dress it up).
And we also have groups who promote an anti-racism agenda which serves to draw attention to differences and divisions on race lines, which is ultimately counterproductive.
And then we have everyone in-between - like most of us.
People are far more complex than simply the race or colour or creed they identify with and should be judged for all their virtues and faults, whatever position on the fence you take when sitting in judgement on them.
(That sounds quite profound - here endeth the lesson!!!)
 
I think that is utter twaddle. So a racist is someone who advocates/believes/proposes notions/theories based on race? You're suggesting that could be totally benign. The only people who advocate anything of the sort are people who think one race is superior to another and so hate may not be the right word although it's not far removed.

Same with Suarez. Only someone who thinks he is superior due to his race would say what he said and superiority breeds contempt and contempt breeds hatred.
And there is the fact that I generally prefer black women, this may be racist, but certainly isn't racism. It's my personal preference. All of my children are mixed race.
 
And there is the fact that I generally prefer black women, this may be racist, but certainly isn't racism. It's my personal preference. All of my children are mixed race.
Jesus, you keep calling yourself racist. By my definition what you've written here would not be racist but by yours......... You can't be racist without there being racism, so your post above is bizarre.
 
King of Belgium, Leopold II (Queen Victoria's uncle), killed twice as many Congolese citizens than the number of people Hitler killed in WW2, why has history swept that one under the table?
The ****er nicked a country and killed millions of people there.
Hitler was probably responsible for more deaths than him, though.

Ben Affleck's making a film about Leopold, so perhaps he'll become more widely recognised as a massive ****bag?
 
The ****er nicked a country and killed millions of people there.
Hitler was probably responsible for more deaths than him, though.

Ben Affleck's making a film about Leopold, so perhaps he'll become more widely recognised as a massive ****bag?
Funny how less people have kicked off about that than him playing Batman...
 
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The ****er nicked a country and killed millions of people there.
Hitler was probably responsible for more deaths than him, though.

Ben Affleck's making a film about Leopold, so perhaps he'll become more widely recognised as a massive ****bag?
He killed at least 11 million Congolese, but almost certainly a lot more. I thought Hitler was around the 6 million mark.
 
He killed at least 11 million Congolese, but almost certainly a lot more. I thought Hitler was around the 6 million mark.
Hitler was probably responsible for 11 or 12 million noncombatant deaths and then you've got WWII on top, if you include that.
The 6m figure is just for the Holocaust itself.