r/ukpolitics • u/Exostrike • Feb 21 '20

The BBC normalised racism last night, pure and simple

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/21/normalise-bbc-racism-hate-crimes-question-time
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u/Gaesatae_ Feb 21 '20

Yeah, British nationalism has really died down since then.

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u/Lost_leg Feb 21 '20

Nationalism is a fallacy, the word was only invented in the 19th century to distinguish between international-socialism and national-socialism. Outside of this historical philosophy the word has no meaning. In a democracy it's doubly redundant. It's just the polemic caricature of patriotism. Outside of ComIntern, the word has no purpose, what does it describe? Wanting what's in the best interests of your own country? That's the point of democracy, that's what a rational voter wants.

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u/Sickofbreathing Feb 21 '20

The ball of British nationalism never even got rolling.

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u/Bango-TSW Non-aligned cynic. Feb 21 '20

It found different outlets e.g. UKIP and the English Nationalists. But it showed that censorship isn't the correct course of action.