Grayson wrote: » Because you'd have a ripping retort that you can't express over the internet? Or because you'd smack him?
thebull85 wrote: » Ah you're just a little keyboard warrior, calling people thick over the internet. Im a Tommy Robinson supporter and i tell you one thing you wouldnt call me a thick to me face.
tritriagain wrote: » You can back that up can you. I'm no fan of tr but labelling all his supporters thick is really just burying your head in the sand and avoiding the most important issue i.e why do so many people across Europe feel such anger and disconnection from the social and economic future of their Homeland .it's there, and to ignore it is asking for trouble in the long term.
dav3 wrote: » Please tell me this is a parody account.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » people from pakistan would disagree with you. History disagrees with you.
thebull85 wrote: » As i said before, pakistanis ive met here and in the UK have referred to themselves as "pakis" actually it was mostly said like "im paki". Id no problem being called a mick or a paddy (also not racist) in England and i think anyone that has a problem with that is an extremly delicate person.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » I refer you to my previous answer where i mentioned context. Some black people refer to themselves as n*gger. do you think you can call them by that name?
ohnonotgmail wrote: » Well at least you live up to the stereotype.
thebull85 wrote: » Id never call anyone a n*gger, we know the origins of that word. However paki is short for pakistani its a little bit different. I dont know the origins of the word paki. People will probably say it originated in England in the 50s but id doubt that very much.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » and you would be wrong. As i said history is not on your side. Though it first appeared in the 1960s not the 1950s. It is most definitely a racial slur. But as a tommy supporter you dont want to see that.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6740445.stm
thebull85 wrote: » Good article, i still dont believe it was first used in 1960s England, but i have no way of proving otherwise nor is the article proof of origins of the word. The word has been used by racists we know this, but to say it was originally coined as a racist term is a bit of a stretch.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » It really isn't. You just dont want to believe that is how it started. The rest of us in the real world know otherwise.
An Irish market in Missouri in the United States has been racially attacked, with vandalism telling patrons that "immigrants [aren't] welcome". The racially motivated attack happened at the site of Browne's Irish Marketplace, listed as Kansas City's oldest business, which has been run for four generations by an Irish immigrant family.
Odhinn wrote: » I'll just drop this here.....https://www.buzz.ie/news/irish-market-missouri-attacked-immigrants-not-welcome-288540
ohnonotgmail wrote: It really isn't. You just dont want to believe that is how it started. The rest of us in the real world know otherwise.
Taytoland wrote: » Read her book on the gunpowder plot and you will learn more about traitor Guy Fawkes wanting to restore the one true faith which he and his buddies wanted to overthrow England.
Deleted User wrote: » The family in East is East use it a number of times to refer to other Pakistani people, are they racist?
ohnonotgmail wrote: » Perhaps they are using it in a perjorative manner, i haven't seen east is east. Do you think that makes it acceptable for you to do so?
Deleted User wrote: » I'm not saying if it is or is not acceptable but just wondering where you stand on Pakistani people using it? Can a non Pakistani person use the word if they are using it in a pejorative (I assume that is the word you meant) manner?
ohnonotgmail wrote: » The word doesnt have a non pejorative manner. It is entirely racist in origin. I would be surprised at a pakistani person using it but there are thick people everywhere.
Deleted User wrote: » Hang on, you were the one suggesting that they may be using it in a pejorative manner. You may want to get your ducks in order and not start falling over yourself. I think that paki is an awful term and one that should not be used ever but much like the word ******, I find it interesting when it is used in media by those it belittles.
thebull85 wrote: » Yeah, loyalist nazis waving Irish tricolours.. I dont think so. As shocking as it may seem to you there are plenty of Irish people who support the likes of Tommy Robinson and they are not nazis.
thegreengoblin wrote: » Have you any stats to back that up or are you just talking through your hoop again?
thebull85 wrote: » Would you like me to do a door to door survey for you sir?
thegreengoblin wrote: » Nah, but some figures to back up your assertion would be nice. Presumably you must know already seeing as you said 'plenty'...