"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British.
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@nazokiyoubinbou @_thegeoff Oh absolutely, as a white man who is the son of an immigrant, it's never been lost on me the hypocrisy of the children of immigrants complaining about immigration.
@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff I bet quite a lot of Native Americans would agree.
The amazing thing is, they treat Native Americans (who were here first!) the same way they treat immigrants. Or worse...
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
@_thegeoff tbh non-british food is better
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@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff I bet quite a lot of Native Americans would agree.
The amazing thing is, they treat Native Americans (who were here first!) the same way they treat immigrants. Or worse...
@nazokiyoubinbou @_thegeoff Sadly very true. ICE has actually abducted several first nations people and held them as "illegal immigrants." These are insane times.
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@nazokiyoubinbou @_thegeoff Sadly very true. ICE has actually abducted several first nations people and held them as "illegal immigrants." These are insane times.
@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff ICE has kidnapped even white citizens. I really wish people as a whole could be made to understand how horrible and dangerous they are and why even far right gun nuts should want them shut down yesterday.
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
@_thegeoff Yeah, I think the Costa Del Sol might have some opinions on this.
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@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff ICE has kidnapped even white citizens. I really wish people as a whole could be made to understand how horrible and dangerous they are and why even far right gun nuts should want them shut down yesterday.
@nazokiyoubinbou @_thegeoff 2nd Amendment "enthusiasts" literally had one job.
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@nazokiyoubinbou @_thegeoff 2nd Amendment "enthusiasts" literally had one job.
@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff The irony on that one is so thick you'll need a steak knife to cut through it and even then it's going to dull the blade before you're through.
I mean it was always a complete crock of it of course, but people were falling for that whole claim that they needed guns supposedly to fight off tyranny. And then here tyranny is and they want to fight *FOR* it instead.
My neighbors are among them. I hear them practicing, knowing they want to shoot people like me...
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
[ British museum enters the chat ]
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@dianea Why are there pyramids in Egypt?
Too big to move to London.
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
@_thegeoff
British?
Oh yeah, but what about the "flag sticking"
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@_thegeoff Brits should be better informed about our barbaric empire before declaring any positivity about British culture.
ey, hang on. You're Brits, actually the only actual Brits speaking British.
Now the English...
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
@_thegeoff Keep the animals at the zoo.
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@dianea Why are there pyramids in Egypt?
Too big to move to London.
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
@_thegeoff Even in the UK. The British tried to destroy the languages in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
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ey, hang on. You're Brits, actually the only actual Brits speaking British.
Now the English...
@doctormo @NicelyManifest @_thegeoff That would be the Welsh and Breton (in Brittany). And Cornish if you include revived languages.
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
Is the writer referring to the Costa Brava or the Dordogne?
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
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@_thegeoff tbh non-british food is better
This!
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@minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff I bet quite a lot of Native Americans would agree.
The amazing thing is, they treat Native Americans (who were here first!) the same way they treat immigrants. Or worse...
@nazokiyoubinbou @minentromaxinfo @_thegeoff because it's not (just) xenophobia, it's racism and colonialism. Indigenous people are the intended targets of this genocide, not accidentally caught up in it by being mistaken for someone else. The descendants of the original colonizers/genocidaires are trying to finish the job, using alleged immigration to defend their actions. Immigrants are more likely to be taken if they're visibly Indigenous than if they're white.
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"And some people say 'These people, they're not even trying to be British. They come here, they bring their own culture, their food, speak their own language, and try to take over the whole bloody place.'
Dunno. Sounds pretty British to me."
~Trevor Noah
As an English person, I'm not trying to be 'British' either. I don't believe in it, or any other relics from when we were colonisers. If we want close ties with our neighbours, those relationships should be based on mutual respect, as equals.
And BTW let's not forget that the English are absolutely capable of shitting on their own native languages too (the ones without army and navy - yep, the dialects).
