thebigfredc
pfm Member
Jack does like to spray the terms racist and nationalist about when referring to leavers.
I am not sure when being a nationalist became a crime. I am certain that for as long humans are organised into countries, then there we will be nationalists. Jack seems to have a real downer on it though and I agree btw that there are many inherent disadvantages to the nation-state.
I have queried his frequent use of the term 'racist' in relation to leave voters. I mentioned that European countries are less diverse than the UK in the racial composition of their populations with the possible exceptions of a Sweden, Holland and France. So if a white British racist were to have cast his vote in the 2017 referendum based on the physical differences of the UK population compared with EU population - he/she would have voted to Remain on the basis that the denizens of the EU were more white as a percentage of the population than the UK.
Perhaps he means cultural difference or maybe xenophobic. I think we can all agree that there were large groups of Bulgarian racists at last nights football match with England.
Ray
I am not sure when being a nationalist became a crime. I am certain that for as long humans are organised into countries, then there we will be nationalists. Jack seems to have a real downer on it though and I agree btw that there are many inherent disadvantages to the nation-state.
I have queried his frequent use of the term 'racist' in relation to leave voters. I mentioned that European countries are less diverse than the UK in the racial composition of their populations with the possible exceptions of a Sweden, Holland and France. So if a white British racist were to have cast his vote in the 2017 referendum based on the physical differences of the UK population compared with EU population - he/she would have voted to Remain on the basis that the denizens of the EU were more white as a percentage of the population than the UK.
Perhaps he means cultural difference or maybe xenophobic. I think we can all agree that there were large groups of Bulgarian racists at last nights football match with England.
Ray