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- It is not right that people are sometimes people are threatened or called names, but it seems that a group react in a overdefensive way which is racist and then fascist itself.
- There seems to be an alarming habit of liberal people being angry at what they perceive as racism/fascism and then actually responding in a fascist way themselves : "everyone believes the same as us, you're not the same as us, you should be prevented from speaking"
- 1. Banning the word Paki - Some people complained on Radio 4 Feedback that the the word should be called the "P-word", cos it's so offensive.
- i. Perspective - it is a rarely used word. It was used in a private conversation between 2 minor celebrities. It's not really newsworthy.
- ii. It's just a word Yes some people maybe have used it as an insult, but it's their behavior that is the offensive not the word itself. For most people it's just a short form of the word Pakistani, Paki shop - a shop run by people who seem to be Pakistani. People might use the words fat or lazy in an insulting way, but we wouldn't ban them.
- Some people wrote to Radio 4 to say the word Paki should be banned as they find it offensive. Look some people get too irrationally emotional and touchy in Princess Diana death way , but they are wrong and irrational and we shouldn't change the English Language to accommodate them.
- Yes I am white male, but there are words like : kaffir the derogatory word for non-muslim, but I don't feel it should be banned ... neither should words like, goy, gweilo, gaijin, athiest, Pommie, Scot, northerner be banned. Words are not offensive themselves it's their use - if someone said "smelly northerners" then that's racist and offensive but not "northerner" itself.
- People have pointed out that of course it has been used in a positive sense "Paki power" signs at the cricket match. I noticed that Indian newspaper headlines use Pak or Pak every day ... Do we really expect them to use the long form.
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If you don't believe the same as us "liberals", then you are evil. ... The behaviour of liberals towards BNP's Nick Griffin was outrageous - refusing to let him speak, then ganging up to push questions attacking him and then butting in before he can reply. - Saying "He doesn't have the right to speak, he's only a fascist". Surely that's not so different from saying "He doesn't have the right to speak, he 's only a black". They fail to understand the principle of free speech that anyone is free to think anything they like, only bad actions can
be policed.
- Ironically it's like saying "You are not one of us liberals; so you don't have the right to speak"
- 3. Closing down the debate When people try to open up talk about immigration the liberals react By tutting
- "everyone believes the same us, there is no debate, immigration is a good thing, ", hence the major issue of people perceiving that culture is being changed in a negative way is not talked about. So resentment builds up inside people. If 50 British people moved to a Spanish street then surely we could talk about their impact.
- Liberals adopt a similar attitude in other things "You have no right to question some homosexual lifestyles." Instead of patiently explaining they take offense and so come across as patronising and alienate people.
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