LeMaquis Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Why do you think SF (general) has a fixation with race? Personally I find it very tedious when a different aspect is put forward on different threads (sometimes not even related) and get the almost identical reply as if the person making the statement is filing our lives with some beautiful philosophical point, where in reality their only repeating what they've already said in another thread or all the threads they answer to..with slight modifications. The racist posts tend to get started by members of the BNP or EDL. They're just trying to stir up some racial hatred as they think their causes will benefit by people in general being more racist. This doesn't work because the posts allow others to provide links to pictures and articles about EDL/BNP members who have convictions for drug dealing, rape, paedophilia, arson, murder, etc,etc. Members of both the EDL and BNP, including the latter's Barnsley organiser, had links to the Norway mass-murderer, Breivik. Also, the process fails because the general public just isn't attracted to fascism and in any case the BNP and EDL are currently destroying their own organisations through greed, egotism, drunkenness, stupidity, etc. The EDL had 170 members arrested at the cenotaph while supposedly paying their respects to our war dead but were really getting drunk and causing havoc in a nearby pub. Other posts are put on by others who use one-off user-ids and some of those who join in are just like minded bigots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Racist . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The racist posts tend to get started by members of the BNP or EDL. They're just trying to stir up some racial hatred as they think their causes will benefit by people in general being more racist. That's about the size of it. It's a fair point to say the most racist posters here have the least English writing skills, the disenfranchised with a poor education and poor employment prospects will naturally be drawn to seeking out scapegoats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 That's about the size of it. It's a fair point to say the most racist posters here have the least English writing skills, the disenfranchised with a poor education and poor employment prospects will naturally be drawn to seeking out scapegoats. When the BNP membership list was leaked, it listed all sorts of occupations, including but not limited to teachers, police officer, nurses etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I think that some people are obsessed with seeing and screaming racism where there is none. Combine that with the fact that we seem unable to agree on what constitutes racism then you have a hot topic. There is a huge difference between racial slurs and racial descriptors. It's a veritable minefield. And apparently I am racist against blacks and whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 When the BNP membership list was leaked, it listed all sorts of occupations, including but not limited to teachers, police officer, nurses etc. Two officers, to be precise, one claimed it was a mistake over a cheque he had written and the other denied supporting the party: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1131421/BNP-police-officer-beat-cleared-Met-probe.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7956824.stm How strange that you should try to defend the BNP with dishonest claims on a thread about racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Two officers, to be precise, one claimed it was a mistake over a cheque he had written and the other denied supporting the party: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1131421/BNP-police-officer-beat-cleared-Met-probe.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7956824.stm How strange that you should try to defend the BNP with dishonest claims on a thread about racism. Please don't claim I defended the BNP when I clearly didn't. I'm simply pointing out the lazy naive thinking that BNP members must be folk that can't hold down a job. That's just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 apparently I am racist against blacks and whites. No you're not you lezzer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Two officers, to be precise, one claimed it was a mistake over a cheque he had written and the other denied supporting the party: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1131421/BNP-police-officer-beat-cleared-Met-probe.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7956824.stm How strange that you should try to defend the BNP with dishonest claims on a thread about racism. I don't see that as being dishonest. I think one copper on Merseyside got sacked and there were a few teachers or ex-teachers. Nick Griffin went to Cambridge and Andrew Brons is an ex-lecturer, I believe. Some BNP members are relative well-educated. Others are a lot more intellectually challenged. The EDL are the really brain-dead organisation. They boast on Facebook about the crimes they've committed or they broadcast to the world what they're going to do next and to their great surprise get nicked. I never tire of this one; http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+edl+muslamic&docid=1501189309738&mid=5B201BAF3B79BE65D7215B201BAF3B79BE65D721&FORM=VIRE3# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferno Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Please don't claim I defended the BNP when I clearly didn't. When told that racists are often thick you claimed, wrongly, that police officers supported the BNP. Or did you know that the officers denied the claims, so you deliberately posted stuff you knew was untrue? It's an established fact that lower educated people are drawn to the extreme right: A study by the Institute of Public Policy Research has found that British National Party supporters are more likely to have lower level educational qualifications, and are less likely to have experienced living with migrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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