Yeah,yeah,yeah Hoof...

He hadn't answered my point. But,I have been dodging the point,you are right.You are entitled to your opinions. However,I find your views and those of Hrolf on this general topic akin to a pile of one week old discarded leftovers.Point made.

It seems to me that,all protestations to the contrary aside,underneath it all both of you have demonstrated classic traits of prejudice towards people of differing ethnicities, be they Asian and W/Indian immigration who came in the 50's-70's or more recent immigration from Europe.

You have your views. You are both entitled to them.To me,they resonate of stale pond water.

What's worrying is that 'liberals' are being castigated left right and centre, being told they are the cause of the rise in xenophobia.

What's worrying is that 'liberals' are being castigated left right and centre, being told they are the cause of the rise in xenophobia.

"There are a lot of non white faces on the ITV news, at least on the night before I wrote this post. People in some parts of the country must think they have tuned on to a foreign channel by mistake."

Various comments, and the above and emphasis on how foreign it may appear to people as well a unprompted outrage at the fact that you are facing criticism despite being 'born here' was the biggest load of racist tosh I've had the misfortune to read in a long time.

If you fixate on the racial demographics of news stories on one given night in a way that borders on worrying and bizarre, don't expect some kind of back patting parade. Most people regardless of political or racial hue just tend to watch the news, not think about how unlike and foreign people on there appear to be based on the colour of their skin.

I also like how I'm accused of bringing a 'racial' slant into it, when you babbled on about race in your opening post and about ten after that before I even said anything. If you think you can make racially inflammatory statements then get to talk down to someone based on their race when they comment on this you have another thing coming.

Edited by blackpalacefan (27 Nov 2016 6.55pm)

A fine text book example of shutting down a debate.

Selective reading, making stuff up, straw man arguments,leading questions, unfounded accusations, faux outrage, name calling. It's all there.

Classic.

I was talking about the ITV news giving the impression that there are far more non white people in the country than there actually are regionally.
What are you talking about?

You deliberately ask me a leading question then ignore all my responses in order to pursue your agenda.

I'll just let people read the thread and decide for themselves.