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9 November, 2012 at 1:54 pm #513991
@sceptical guy wrote:
also…the legacy of British blacks (sorry panda and kenty I am using the term loosely) has still to be udnerstood by most Brits..
the Caribbean has its own brutal history, and the British were particularly brutal there….the legacy of slavery has an impact there too..
I seriously wonder about you at times. How did you ever get to be so patronising?
9 November, 2012 at 2:14 pm #513992@terry wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
also…the legacy of British blacks (sorry panda and kenty I am using the term loosely) has still to be udnerstood by most Brits..
the Caribbean has its own brutal history, and the British were particularly brutal there….the legacy of slavery has an impact there too..
I seriously wonder about you at times. How did you ever get to be so patronising?
You probably have the same alma mater Terry . . . . . .
9 November, 2012 at 2:40 pm #513993Strange Terry for a man who claims to be completely colour blind, you seem to bring up the race card on every possible occasion. I know you’re not racist, but you do seem to complain about anyone who suggests sensitivity of any sort to non white people and the things that make them distinctive. If American politics was divided on race grounds why did Obama get 40% of the white vote (or would you just write them off as politically correct do-gooders?).
Just as a counterbalance to all the race talk on this thread, I attach a link to an article outlining some of the reasons why Romney lost, including the wild misinformation about him which went largely unquestioned in the US broadcast media. The campaign itself was very dirty but the stuff in this article was part of mainstream US politics.
I should add, for the record, that I am not that keen on Obama, despite his achievement in becoming the first black president. My “support” for him, and I am not sure that is the right word, is as the least worst choice.
Anyway the article.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/07/1158098/-Why-Romney-and-the-Republicans-lost
9 November, 2012 at 3:08 pm #513994@momentaryloss wrote:
. . . . My “support” for him, and I am not sure that is the right word, is as the least worst choice. . . .
That’s always going to be the case in a modern democracy. The last person you should give power is the person who wants it – not completely true, but it’s worth taking into account.
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