Merrick
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Re: Nick Griffin's
Oct 28, 2009, 12:00
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It's interesting that he wants to use 'aborigine' a term that doesn't just mean the original occupants but also has connotations of a marginalised and downtrodden group. Who are usually downtrodden by white racists. The fucking gall of the man.
Then he goes on to say that Question Time was a 'lynch mob' in the 'ethnically cleansed' city of London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/23/bnp-nick-griffin-question-time
Again, two more phrases that have negative connotations in the public mind because of the actions of white racists. Lynh mobs are most frequently asscoaited with the, er, non-violent Ku Klux Klan.
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pooley
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Re: Nick Griffin's
Oct 28, 2009, 12:12
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Merrick wrote: It's interesting that he wants to use 'aborigine' a term that doesn't just mean the original occupants but also has connotations of a marginalised and downtrodden group. Who are usually downtrodden by white racists. The fucking gall of the man.
Then he goes on to say that Question Time was a 'lynch mob' in the 'ethnically cleansed' city of London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/23/bnp-nick-griffin-question-time
Again, two more phrases that have negative connotations in the public mind because of the actions of white racists. Lynh mobs are most frequently asscoaited with the, er, non-violent Ku Klux Klan.
He aint stupid is he? and utter arse, but not stupid
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handofdave
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Re: Nick Griffin's
Oct 28, 2009, 12:48
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Well, this is why, ironically, bringing such idiots onto QT and other shows has the effect of showcasing their hypocrisy and stupidity.
He demonstrates the same tactics as the American right... when they're on top, they play the bully, when they're not, they play the victim. To the denser rank & file of their ilk, there's no irony in this whatsoever because they feel justified in whatever they do or say, even if it contradicts their accusations aimed at their political foes.
I find it interesting that, in terms of percentage of the population, the BNP is about the same as the far right in the USA, about one in five. This bunch alternates between claiming minority victim status and asserting that their views are those of the majority.
The 'Lynch Mob' statement reminds me of our own Justice Clarence Thomas's complaint of being the victim of a "'Hi-Tech' lynch mob" when he faced Senate confirmation... an insult to every other black man who actually WAS strung up by white mobs during the gruesome days of racial violence in the USA.
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micmacmoc
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Re: Mark kurlansky
Oct 30, 2009, 12:22
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That cod book is really good, a strange subject to hold ones fascination but so well researched and written.I recommend it most highly.
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Jim Tones
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Re: Mark kurlansky
Oct 30, 2009, 19:43
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micmacmoc wrote: That cod book is really good, a strange subject to hold ones fascination but so well researched and written.I recommend it most highly.
cheers mic,
damn good author all round it looks like
;-)
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drewbhoy
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Re: Nick Griffin's
Oct 30, 2009, 21:59
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Jim Tones wrote: stray wrote: Heh, but a sizeable number of our middle class have buggered off to the ancestral home of Brittany, and northern Spain.
....and others from this isle have gone too.....
Heh! heh!
Oooooh...... Home from home =8-[ ]
And don't forget "Eldorado" that brilliant soap.
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