UK likely to leave EU

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Commenter 42

There's something deeply troubling about Clinton. It feels sooo forced, like this giant chess game that's been mapped out in advance, with Trump playing the bad guy, in a really, really bad movie.

That's... exactly what it is, you know.

[Commenter 42]

Originally Posted by Powder

That's... exactly what it is, you know.

What? Really?
(I know you and I know, but I don't think they know.)

*ahem, I've never seen that man before in my life!

And right on cue...

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

Probably the saddest report I've seen is two girls (one white, one black) abusing a Muslim girl verbally, and when she complains of racism, the black girl says "take a look at me, how can I be racist?!" The mind boggles

Not to belittle the abuse, but... wouldn't that be more of ideological bigotry and not racism since the focus is that she is Muslim rather than Arab? I mean if we replaced the word Muslim with Christian or Hindu, would that still be classified as "racism"?

[Commenter 42]

No such thing. Theists are the ideological bigots, not the other way round.

[CyberCubed]

That's because it is a movie, with Trump as the villain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QEfmoqmCI

Hilarious Game of Thrones/Trump mash-up.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Refractive Reflections

Not to belittle the abuse, but... wouldn't that be more of ideological bigotry and not racism since the focus is that she is Muslim rather than Arab? I mean if we replaced the word Muslim with Christian or Hindu, would that still be classified as "racism"?

Racism isn't just ideological bigotry, it's ideological bigotry supported by pre-existing systemic and cultural structures.

Anyone can be a bigot, but not all of that bigotry is racism.

(And that's not even going anywhere near the issue of using the term Race when ethnicity is far more accurate and far less historically problematic a term)

[Commenter 42]

When you're this granular, they call you plastron.

Perhaps we can start deconstructing the the letters in words themselves.
I for one feel the letter L doesn't properly represent the letter's truth.

We need change, we need it now. Stop the blatant misspelling of AēLeé.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Apparently UK racists think Brexit meant all non-whites were supposed to be deported from england:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...land-and-wales

Eh it's just a minority. Most people wouldn't go as far as do that, no matter how xenophobic they might be.

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

Polish people are non-white???

The race issues in Great Britain-especially in England, are a bit different than they are in the US. ANYONE who isn't born and bred British is bound to be alienated, even if they're white. Which includes Polish, who are still sort of the immigration punching bag of Europe to this day. Which is why my family has a Polish friend who was brought to the US by his mother.

Sometimes people use "racism" as a synonym for "xenophobia", so I doubt Mayhem was implying that Polish people were not White.

I think Poles mostly immigrate to Germany and the UK? Some go to Sweden and the Netherlands as well, I think? So I don't think there's that many places where they're considered the punching bag.

[Mayhem]

Indeed, this. There are quite a lot of Poles here, in fact they easily make up the largest non-UK demographic in the country currently. Most are great people. You get the odd rogue element, but that happens in any culture.

[ZariusTwo]

Nigel Fargae's epic heel promo on the EU

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Good to know we're not the only nation with voting idiot majorities...

Originally Posted by Katie

So, Uk friends, seems like you may be getting Boris Johnson for PM....he reminds me alot of Trump. If our silly old and uneducated red neck people vote Trump in, they'll be good friends I bet.

Edit: scared old people. Scared poor people. Scared uneducated people. They all vote the same.

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

More stupidity unfolds.
Old people always say how stupid young generation is yet they are far more idiotic and uneducated that they brought destruction to everyone else. Fantastic.

The right-side would respond saying this :

[MikeandRaph87]

Boris seems like a really sleazy guy in his personal life with a string of affairs, but a good record in politics. He reminds me of Bill Clinton. I would say Boris has a better chance than Donald Trump.

[ZariusTwo]

So Boris has dropped out of the race for Downing Street after his own partner in the Brexit campaign came out and said he'd be a terrible choice, and is in the running now himself

[ZariusTwo]

Now Nigel Farage has quit as UKIP leader

[MikeandRaph87]

So who would likely run in the Prime Minter contest this Fall?

Will any other countries follow Great Britain out of the door such as France?

[ZariusTwo]

So we are now guaranteed, one way or another, our first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, as the final two candidates in the Tory leadership race are Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36737426

[plastroncafe]

I don't know anything about either of them, do you have a preference?
Would either of them help the current political situation?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I don't know anything about either of them, do you have a preference?
Would either of them help the current political situation?

May supports gay marriage but wanted us to stay in the EU, however has vowed to help us work through the transition out of it, her rival not only doesn't back gay marriage, she is a keen fan of the banned sport of fox hunting, which may hurt her chances.

[plastroncafe]

Which hurts her chances more, her anti-gay marriage stance? Or her pro-fox hunting one?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Which hurts her chances more, her anti-gay marriage stance? Or her pro-fox hunting one?

You can add a third gaff to that list...her idea she's a better fit for PM because she's a mum.