Did the British ever stop seeing us as inferior?

Allinall · 26-10-2018 06:23PM

Inferior in what way?

26-10-2018 06:37PM

Ingenious tactic, doctor title of thread so my polite rebuttal is now an endorsement. Slow hand clap.

CrankyHaus · 26-10-2018 06:48PM

I've generally not resented the occasional disrespect I've received from British people and focused instead on the good exchanges I've had with them. Maybe I just had low expectations.

Ironically I've found Anglo-Irish types (i live in a part of Dublin with a lot of them) can be very resentful over high handedness from the British. They probably expected better from people they saw as their cousins but who often just see them as Paddies.

Odhinn · 26-10-2018 06:51PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

They did a bit but the Brits have never changed their attitude or fixed their ignorance.

That's because, unlike the Germans, they were never made face up to what exactly it was they were doing.

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-10-2018 06:54PM

Who cares what those cretins think?

Odhinn · 26-10-2018 07:03PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Who cares what those cretins think?

People who've gone to live there from here, I'd imagine.

Allinall · 26-10-2018 07:09PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Who cares what those cretins think?

Actually OP, maybe it’s posts like this that give them a feeling of superiority , and theyd be right.

Kermit.de.frog · 26-10-2018 07:12PM

I wonder what excuse will be used after the ALL IMPORTANT presidential election assuming the government succeeds in keeping out the Sinn Féin hordes

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/935626442888699904

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-10-2018 07:12PM

Allinall wrote: »

Actually OP, maybe it’s posts like this that give them a feeling of superiority , and theyd be right.

Yeah heaven forbid we'd think Johnson and his old man were anything else.

Feisar · 26-10-2018 07:55PM

The real question is, did we ever stop seeing ourselves as being inferior.

Trainspotting/joking aside, ever notice how some people can command a room and others can't? Pecking order is based on some sort of inherent belief.

I'm afraid the spud picker is an "also ran" in that regard. You have the outliers though. To name a few in sport, you have Roy Keane, he went to Saipan to win, *shudder* Conor McGregor, we're not here to take part, we're here to take over. Tom Crean (not a sport I know, more life and death).

Edgware · 26-10-2018 07:55PM

I'm sure they would feel superior if they listened in to our Presidential candidates debating the other night.

purplepanda · 26-10-2018 07:59PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I'm afraid polls show that Brexiters would sacrifice peace in Northern Ireland.

https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2018/1009/21444960-brexiteers-in-northern-ireland-willing-to-sacrifice-peace-process-survey/

There are many facets within Brexit opinion.

Some are English nationalists hence not being bothered about N.I. still being in the union. Opposed to large scale billions of pounds of subsidy been given to N.I. this viewpoint would certainly would like to split from Scotland. Others are old school "conservative" British, usually middle / upper class & see Ireland as being an historical part of that political entity.

Plus you have the far right racist types, some of these often have Irish ancestry & even surnames. Then there is the traditional "Lexit" Bennite left wing Labour / far left socialists who maintain that the EU is an oppressive capitalist organisation.

You even have some of the long standing Afro Caribbean & South Asian communities who voted Brexit as they would prefer less EU immigration balanced by more Commonwealth arrivals. Opinion researchers pollsters even identified council wards in & around West London where the large Asian population was a major factor for voting Brexit.

I even know some West Africans & Jamaicans who voted to leave. They don't see the EU as being relevant to them.

mikemac2 · 26-10-2018 08:53PM

I did a double take when I heard on TV the chairman of the Tory party was named Patrick McLoughlin

Ah come on :pac:

Odhinn · 26-10-2018 09:32PM

mikemac2 wrote: »

I did a double take when I heard on TV the chairman of the Tory party was named Patrick McLoughlin

Ah come on :pac:

Better sit down for this one

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/how-ira-links-came-back-to-haunt-tory-1.920306

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/4045346.IRA_Councillor_welcomed_back_to_Tory_bosom/

fryup · 26-10-2018 10:09PM

ah sure de luv us.....

(2 min in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaDjSiuKO-o

26-10-2018 11:21PM

Allinall wrote: »

Actually OP, maybe it’s posts like this that give them a feeling of superiority , and theyd be right.

It sounds to me as though the OP has a superior complex and has moved to the UK taking that with him, only to discover that no one in England thinks he is superior, just another guy with a chip on his shoulder.

Lose the chip OP and you will find that you are treated no differently to any one else.

Yeah, you might get called a paddy bastard, just like the guy from Scotland gets called a jock bastard, the Londoner a cockney bastard and the Liverpudlian a scours bastard. Stop looking for offense and embrace the country that has given you a job and helped you earn a living and you’ll find life much better.

Did the British ever stop seeing us as inferior?

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