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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I live in a world that has shades of grey, degrees of wrong and right
Again, on a scale of 1 to 10, in terms of offensiveness, please rank:
- You are a rapist and / or murderer, and are not welcome here
- you moved to a country and benefit from a higher standard of living but didn’t buy a poppy
Neither is right. But one is a hell of a lot worse
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I am perhaps a little more sensitive to any of this as I have watched the same kind of spurious rubbish thrown out about foreigners just about tear the UK apart, none of it was Donald Trump levels of offensive, just a steady drip, drip, drip, of lies about east Europeans and the EU, I doubt anyone leading the Brexit campaign meant any of what they prattled on about, nor did they expect it to do harm, but it has turned the country upside down and it has churned up real violence and hatred.
I love the fact that we live in a country so peaceful and trusting we don't think foolish points of view will ever be taken seriously enough to do harm, and I certainly wouldn't accuse Cherry of wanting that, but Brexit has taught me that it is frighteningly easy to stir up racial animus in a population that aught to have more sense.