A Bit of Heavy Reading . . . .

I agree poli – sadly these days there are some who have to categorise others by some demeaning form to try and get the upper hand. Colour, disability, size, age, location – those do not matter at all, it is always the personality that matters, but the sad individuals who try to discriminate are the one’s that show themselves up

@wordsworth60 wrote:

@(f)politics? wrote:

It’s not just race as I said it applies to disability gender age and so on but race issues do crop up more as a rule like this piece from the paper but yes it’s something I feel strongly about on many fronts.
And not just race I have a soap box for each one too lol x

Maybe I’ve missed the others, in which case I apologise.

Where I disagree, is that if you are bullied because of a characteristic you can’t or shouldn’t have to change, why shouldn’t you say so? If it’s unfair – which bulllying is, why shouldn’t you say so?

Most of the freedoms you value were restricted until people got on their high horses (or in front of racehorses etc) and prompted action from the people who could change it.

Discrimination is not the fault of the victim, but of the discriminator. If you want to stop the whingeing, stop the discriminator.

If the discrimination is historical, then anyone has a right to talk about it, and if it was horrible, why shouldn’t they be horrified?

In the end we are complex creatures the products of a complex interplay between biology and sociology, we learn more by listening to each other than by shutting each others down.

You are right Words but quite often you will find in the room or on the boards that the discriminator is oblivious to what they do.

We live in France which seems to cause a major problem to some. Would it be better if we lived in Wigan or if Helen was really a man. The simple thing is we just ignore that idiots and the more they try to discriminate the worse they look.

@rubyred wrote:

and Maybe.. Just Maybe,. J _in _France.. maybe its NOT all about you after all !

just an idea like.

thanks for proving my point ruby

@j_in_france wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

and Maybe.. Just Maybe,. J _in _France.. maybe its NOT all about you after all !

just an idea like.

thanks for proving my point ruby

WHAT point ?? deary deary me.. it seems to be if we are not from Wigan.. too many folks stating “thanks for proving my point”..

you are obsessed with yourself j-in fornby/wigan/weymouth.. or whereever the fvckerslike you are. !

I do not CARE where folks are from, or if “helen” is a Man.. I talk and have a laugh with folks,the same way i would talk and laugh to them in real life.

I understand where pols is coming from actually. and yes i read the excellent Guardian Journalism. The people that go on and on about things like this tend to be the rascists..

/white woman. Dundee..