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 Yorkshire CC and the saga.... - No FM2R
>>I thought the article was mainly tripe

I thought it was interesting, actually, though perhaps not the obvious message.

For example I'd not say her Father was racist, though he clearly said racist things. He was abusive about stuff he didn't know, really because he didn't know rather than because he hated it for itself.

It's a British trait, I think. It's easier to hate (dislike?) than it is to love. To love or support takes courage and frequently knowledge. To denigrate does not, that's easy. Thus it is easier to dislike the unknown rather than embrace it. And we all know what a group of like minded people are like when they get together, good or bad.

One of my Grandfathers possessed the most racist of speech habits. Some of the stuff he said would make your toes curl and caused many a fall out, especially about Pakistanis, for some reason. I'm not sure he ever met someone from Pakistan, or anywhere else for that matter. I don't think he was racist per se, he just trusted nothing that came from more than about 10 miles away and didn't think about what he said.

My other Grandfather was quite different. No education, a life down the mines and boxing in fairgrounds, yet he wouldn't even hear a bad word against the English, never mind those from foreign lands.

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