I'm thick skinned, Beth, and not offended by anything anyone has said to me. If I've offended anyone, I apologise.
That is the spirit Goldhawk. We are happy with lively fair discussion with counter arguments. I actually learn a lot on this thread, when I come to browse. Keep up the fair discussion
I've only seen you, Strolls, over and over again. You started this thread, and I feel it irritates you that Kiwi uses it to post right wing stuff. Change the name to The Left Wing Politics Thread if you like, and thereby weed out articles that offend you
I've complained about kiwis posts to him. They go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on forever
1) Is Islam a race? There was me thinking it was some religion/religious ideology within which, like other ‘great’ religions, there exist unpleasant extremists with behaviours deliberately designed to provoke. Islamophobia, I would say, is therefore not akin to racism; it’s a distaste borne of differences that are particularly acute within that religion compared to ‘our culture’ (if that is what we have’). 2) I like Bobmid - he’s quite funny. 3) Free the Kiwi One.
For the record, I reported the ‘Islamophobia’ post which I thought was disgusting and racist. I also think the post mocking the idea that Britain was “racist and oppressive” in the c.1960s and progressive in this day and age, using simply an image of a group of young black men as evidence, is at the least highly questionable and at worst, is pernicious and racist. I didn’t bother complaining about this one as I couldn’t believe others were letting it slide.
It’s great to see Kiwi so engaged with personal content at last. I have called out Kiwi on the source of his posts on numerous occasions. And I suspect my comment on his apparent vacuum when it comes to his own viewpoint kicked this little spat off. I’m rather enjoying it, it’s all politics.
Certainly not. I won’t be posting further on it however, as it’s not worth my time, and if anyone fails to see that those two posts are racist, I pity them and doubt it’s worth any effort.
There have been quite a few more than Stroller. I suggested to Kiwi just a few days ago that he post links rather than pages and pages every day that are liable to give finger cramps scrolling past them. We've been joking about the length of these posts for ages.
Finger cramps? You're not serious? Just flick past them. If they were articles about how to remain in the EU, I bet your finger cramps would heal miraculously!
No, I'm serious about finger cramps. Many people get them, common as you get older, whatever you are are scrolling... With your posts I spread the risk and use my feet. (and fyi, the last comment is not so serious)
