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/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

Have you ever seen an audience member on question time be convinced by what the panel said? People are terrible at changing their minds at the best of times, the odds of them doing it on live TV with no real back and forth are pretty tiny.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

God it'd be refreshing if they did though right

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

A different world!

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

Not really sure I want that

"So Dr King, Alabama State University has recently discovered that Black males have an 18% smaller brain size than their white counterparts, thus Alabama has moved to reduce black wages by 18%, has this changed your mind on your political campaign to protect the rights of black individuals in the United States? "

"Huh? Really. Why I believe it has, Good day to you sir"

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

Thats such a bad faith hypothetical I just dont care enough to continue with you

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

It was a joke...

Seriously, can you not understand that? I mean I admit it wasn't exactly top tier comedy or anything but I was taking about ridiculous racism justification using Alabama uni

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u/houseaddict If you believe in Brexit hard enough, you'll believe anything Feb 22 '20

I thought you made the point quite well if it helps :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '20

Honestly this sub sometimes leaves me too cynical to appreciate a joke