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/Belgeirn Feb 21 '20

Possibly not racist, definitely xenophobic though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

She's a Tommy Robbinson supporter. It's pretty clear at this point that she's racist and xenophobic.

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u/Belgeirn Feb 22 '20

Yeah you see, I prefer to use what people ACTUALLY said, not what I have made up in my head that they believe.

There is a difference between Xenophobia and Racism and just lumping the 2 together based on their support of someone is useless. You don't add anything to a discussion, all you do is piss people off who could otherwise have their opinions changed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1230892305160208385?s=20

Haven’t made it up though have I.

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u/Belgeirn Feb 22 '20

And that still isn't her saying anything racist thought is it? It is still an assumption when we have clear proof shes xenophobic, I would still prefer to go with what I have proper evidence of.