[Kizzy]

Seen some similar comments on here at times, (just an observation)

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

But but but I thought Brexiters weren't racist?

"Leave vote it's not about trade and other business it's about immigration simple as that! It's to stop the Muslims..."

Movement is alright just not from brown people

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

But but but I thought Brexiters weren't racist?

"Leave vote it's not about trade and other business it's about immigration simple as that! It's to stop the Muslims..."

Movement is alright just not from brown people

Erm..leaving the EU will have no effect on any immigrants from Africa and such anyway? Another who doesn't seem to know what he was voting for...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Erm..leaving the EU will have no effect on any immigrants from Africa and such anyway? Another who doesn't seem to know what he was voting for...

"The movement of people from Europe, fair enough" .....isn't that exactly who is going to be affected by it?

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

"The movement of people from Europe, fair enough" .....isn't that exactly who is going to be affected by it?

yup...bright spark that one eh

[Crimson Dynamo]

just been to take the children to school and can report that i did not come across any racism

will update later when I go to the Spar..


LT

[Crimson Dynamo]

Hopefully now that we can finally look forward to a more controlled immigration policy racism will decline.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Hopefully now that we can finally look forward to a more controlled immigration policy racism will decline.

You are aware of the problems Australia has with racism, right?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You are aware of the problems Australia has with racism, right?

well no as I have never heard of Australia having a particular problem with racism and i do tend to keep up to date with current affairs. I lived on australia and never came across racism?

I am sure there are racists there but its a big place very few people

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

well no as I have never heard of Australia having a particular problem with racism and i do tend to keep up to date with current affairs. I lived on australia and never came across racism?

I am sure there are racists there but its a big place very few people

Aus has huge problems with both racism (particularly against black people and people of Aboriginal origin) and homophobia. Improving steadily for decades, but still some major issues.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Aus has huge problems with both racism (particularly against black people and people of Aboriginal origin) and homophobia. Improving steadily for decades, but still some major issues.

Australia is 20 years behind the UK so it not being the same as the UK is no surprise but how do you qualify a huge problems? oz is one of the most sought after countries to emigrate to.


I think if you stopped 100 people in any street in the UK and asked "does Oz have a huge problem with racism?" 100 would say no

just my guess

[joeysteele]

Overheard this in my ASDA supermarket this morning by a group of men too as to this referendum.

They better get moving and make sure they stop 'them' coming into our Country, that's what was voted for.

Whoever 'them' may be is open to anyone's guess,whoever they are, they are likely not seen as people or human beings.

[user104658]

Do you know what I've noticed and find really sad? Over the last couple of weeks, and especially since Thursday, there's been a noticeable difference in a lot of my immigrant customers. They're making obvious deliberate efforts to make small talk / chat about sports and events / generally making clear efforts to, for want of a better term, "be liked".

Not that this is a bad thing in itself, of course the outcome of such efforts can only be a good thing. But the REASONS for it - the obvious desperation to be accepted and liked and not glared at or whispered about (and believe me there has been plenty of that) - is very sad.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Do you know what I've noticed and find really sad? Over the last couple of weeks, and especially since Thursday, there's been a noticeable difference in a lot of my immigrant customers. They're making obvious deliberate efforts to make small talk / chat about sports and events / generally making clear efforts to, for want of a better term, "be liked".

Not that this is a bad thing in itself, of course the outcome of such efforts can only be a good thing. But the REASONS for it - the obvious desperation to be accepted and liked and not glared at or whispered about (and believe me there has been plenty of that) - is very sad.

TS its only the first week
its a temp blip.


Conservatives
Run The UK


Farage is not part of the Cabinet.


Fecking Get that old Tory of the BBC Breakfast
he is stupid keeps saying they need Farage



FARAGE is UKIP
another Party

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by arista

TS its only the first week
its a temp blip.


Conservatives
Run The UK


Farage is not part of the Cabinet.


Fecking Get that old Tory of the BBC Breakfast
he is stupid keeps saying they need Farage



FARAGE is UKIP
another Party

You make it sound like a good thing that the Tories run the UK?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Do you know what I've noticed and find really sad? Over the last couple of weeks, and especially since Thursday, there's been a noticeable difference in a lot of my immigrant customers. They're making obvious deliberate efforts to make small talk / chat about sports and events / generally making clear efforts to, for want of a better term, "be liked".

Not that this is a bad thing in itself, of course the outcome of such efforts can only be a good thing. But the REASONS for it - the obvious desperation to be accepted and liked and not glared at or whispered about (and believe me there has been plenty of that) - is very sad.

It would be the same for any british people in their country if the roles were reversed I am sure

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Do you know what I've noticed and find really sad? Over the last couple of weeks, and especially since Thursday, there's been a noticeable difference in a lot of my immigrant customers. They're making obvious deliberate efforts to make small talk / chat about sports and events / generally making clear efforts to, for want of a better term, "be liked".

Not that this is a bad thing in itself, of course the outcome of such efforts can only be a good thing. But the REASONS for it - the obvious desperation to be accepted and liked and not glared at or whispered about (and believe me there has been plenty of that) - is very sad.

This is not really going to be a popular post, but I king of think they should always have been making some kind of effort to integrate rather than isolating themselves. I feel like some of the...unsavoury..views a lot of British people have come from fear of the unknown. People ignoring you when you walk past them, blanking you if you attempt to talk..etc.

Of course a lot of immigrants do make an effort to 'fit in' but a lot also don't bother, the guys who own the shop up the road from me speak perfect English, but they often talk in their own language when there are English in the shop, which tbh I find quite ignorant :/

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Do you know what I've noticed and find really sad? Over the last couple of weeks, and especially since Thursday, there's been a noticeable difference in a lot of my immigrant customers. They're making obvious deliberate efforts to make small talk / chat about sports and events / generally making clear efforts to, for want of a better term, "be liked".

Not that this is a bad thing in itself, of course the outcome of such efforts can only be a good thing. But the REASONS for it - the obvious desperation to be accepted and liked and not glared at or whispered about (and believe me there has been plenty of that) - is very sad.

I don’t know about you but because racism and bigotry is at the forefront at the moment, I make a special effort with foreign shop assistants to be extra pleasant. Before they were just shop assistants like anyone else but because I’m now aware of how they are possibly feeling, it makes me want interact with them more. I like to think they are being extra nice because they are feeling accepted by all us none bigot/racists and not because they are attempting to be more accepted.

[arista]

"You live in Scotland -"


How Nice

[user104658]

So you open your denial that you / others are xenophobic by directly commenting on my nationality and inferring certain things about what that means.

Slow. Clap

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

So you open your denial that you / others are xenophobic by directly commenting on my nationality and inferring certain things about what that means.

Slow. Clap

I am more than secure in the knowledge that my post was reasoned and reasonable, but I'm afraid your deflectory response is yet further proof that trying to be reasonable and genial with you T.S. just does not work.

The fact that I pointed out that you live in Scotland is neither xenophobic or racist, or any other 'tosh' label which you disingenuously wish to falsely label it with.

I used the fact of your geographical location to underscore my point, that you are just not qualified to KNOW the true circumstances of any people living in any other country of the United Kingdom who may have concerns about unlimited immigration, and because you do not have that intimate personal knowledge of these people's lives, you also cannot have any insight into their reasons for having concerns, therefore to denigrate them as you did is out of order.

To underscore your condemnation of the 'EU Referendum' verdict, there is no one on here more than you, who has pointed out over the past days, that 'Scotland' is a 'separate nation' - now, because I am innocently using the fact that you live in Scotland NOT England, Northern Ireland, or Wales, to underscore what I am saying, you accuse me of being xenophobic or racist.

[Tom4784]

I was in town today, a bunch of Takeaways have had their windows smashed and the atmosphere was generally tense as ****.

We employ quite a few polish people at work and I'm worried for them, I hope they haven't been targeted.

[Niamh.]

Ian Paisley Jnr is advising Unionists in Northern Ireland to get a ROI passport

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Ian Paisley Jnr is advising Unionists in Northern Ireland to get a ROI passport

Yes the Irish Passport Office Needs More Staff
can you spare 46hours a week Fine Lady
to Assist

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes the Irish Passport Office Needs More Staff
can you spare 46hours a week Fine Lady
to Assist

I already have a job I'm afraid Arista