Keeping up with the Markles
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if I read newspapers - would be a Star or Metro convert :
Australian news /todanewspost ,
sister has agency to give her truth ?
like Thomas Markle, whose new sound bite makes sense. - "just a dumb/stupid comment"
Australian news /todanewspost ,
sister has agency to give her truth ?
like Thomas Markle, whose new sound bite makes sense. - "just a dumb/stupid comment"
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Probably some flowers [with thorns] and a 'strong' symbol like a fist. Something which ironically but unintentionally makes it look totally fascist.
It's absolutely not racist at all.
Not racist: I wonder what colour the kid will be.
Racist: I wonder what colour the kid will be, I hope it's not too dark.
Just because you get kicked doesn't mean you should give up milking.
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Yeh, that is what I was getting at.
Conversations with unborns for .. ever... but now it is a problem and no one has ever asked questions about peoples unborns.
Are North Korea/China/Russia going to start WW3 soon so we can have some real problems to think about...
Seriously? You dont see an issue with someone having a concern that a child might be too dark?
My wife is Indian...I am not......When my wife fell pregnant with our children it was a common question between friends and family.
"I wonder what colour he will be, how will he look?"
At not one point did we interpret his as some form of racist rhetoric. It was genuine friendly curiosity.
We simply do not know how these questions were phrased to Harry and Meghan. So it's unfair to push my own personal experiences of this onto her thought process.
However, my view is this.....if you are going to make an allegation of racism.....you better be damn sure it is what it is....because its a brush and tar that doesn't go away easily especially in this political climate. Its an accusation too easily thrown around but not so easily taken away.
"I wonder what colour he will be, how will he look?"
At not one point did we interpret his as some form of racist rhetoric. It was genuine friendly curiosity.
We simply do not know how these questions were phrased to Harry and Meghan. So it's unfair to push my own personal experiences of this onto her thought process.
However, my view is this.....if you are going to make an allegation of racism.....you better be damn sure it is what it is....because its a brush and tar that doesn't go away easily especially in this political climate. Its an accusation too easily thrown around but not so easily taken away.
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Where is the concern? You seem to be injecting concern into the situation where none has been shown to be [so far]. Please show us where the concern is and I, for one, will graciously concede.
Yes, but we do know that no context has been given. Which suggests it was a non-issue and just Meg the Magic Witch stirring her cauldron.
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He knows he can't, he has no proof and doesn't seem to ever answer that question, but he's happy to go with the 'well it must be racist' view.
Sad really.
Remember how when we were growing up and your parents/grandparents/great grandparents or whatever used to say something that was a bit offensive, but they got away with it because "it's a generational thing", "they know no better" etc?
Half the people here (and if you don't know who you are, or spout about wokeness constantly, it's you) are literally becoming that person. You're going to be looked at as the offensive dinosaurs hanging onto the views of the past.
And if you take any offensive to this post, it's probably you too.
*stomps off in a huff like Piers when questioned over it*
Half the people here (and if you don't know who you are, or spout about wokeness constantly, it's you) are literally becoming that person. You're going to be looked at as the offensive dinosaurs hanging onto the views of the past.
And if you take any offensive to this post, it's probably you too.
*stomps off in a huff like Piers when questioned over it*
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To summarise the Oprah interview. Megan didn't do her research when marrying into the Royal family. Couldn't handle it. Quit and blamed it on everyone else but herself. Brought up race card for no apparent reason based on third hand whispers. Harry being the supportive husband followed suit as he has absolute zero chance of being King anyway.
All this does is highlight how much members of the Royal Family actually give up. Sure they have plenty of money but some of the simple liberties that we take for granted they just cannot do.
She also had no idea about whole Royal titles thing and got taken back by the idea he wasn't going to be called a Prince. She blamed it on colour and the whole reason was "protection" that her son wouldn't get. What does she want an SAS squad behind her son all the time? lol
All this does is highlight how much members of the Royal Family actually give up. Sure they have plenty of money but some of the simple liberties that we take for granted they just cannot do.
She also had no idea about whole Royal titles thing and got taken back by the idea he wasn't going to be called a Prince. She blamed it on colour and the whole reason was "protection" that her son wouldn't get. What does she want an SAS squad behind her son all the time? lol
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Just because you say something, it doesn't make it true.
That's more of an issue with today's society tbh, there's very little middle ground, you must be on one side or the other when in most cases, the truth always lies somewhere in the middle.
If you're up your own arse and assume no one should ever say anything other than gush over you then you might regard any question you don't like as being of concern when it may not have been anything more than ideal curiosity. No evidence has been presented to substantiate the seriousness of the claim so it has to be taken with a huge pinch of salt.
Again, I have to point out that this while thread is people slating Meghan Markle with ZERO evidence so why is it that this is taken with a pinch of salt but not what the Daily Mail decide to put out?
Im quoting from the interview.
I absolutely see the issue with that, why it could be considered offensive and inappropriate.
Can you see the issue with positioning that, rather than royal rules established in 1917, as the reason said child wasn't granted a title?
That's not really answering the question, is it.
Not sure what you're referring to in the Daily Mail but if it was baseless without proof then I would take that with a pinch of salt too just to be clear on that.
Really. You just have to think about everything around race and sexuality, feminism etc now.
Overall I think it's a good thing. But it is concerning how far into eroding free speech it could go. Particularly with band wagoning where on social media people jump on anything. True or not.
There will always be people who innocently get caught out. They didn't mean it. But it was said
There will always be a generational divide (I'll never forget my nana describing a bag that was a shade of brown.. 'that's a lovely shade of [insert very racist term] brown'
Will always be some people will go too far, and see racism etc even where it isn't.
Some are racist, sexist etc and will just hate movements like this and change in general
Personally as a white British male I just still clear and rarely comment. And never really in person. There is just too much danger of saying the wrong thing. You can even sympathise and be caught out.. Because 'you don't fall injury that category'.
With so much recorded and evidenced now. Who knows what you say now might not be OK in 20 years. And it's always on record.
Overall I think it's a good thing. But it is concerning how far into eroding free speech it could go. Particularly with band wagoning where on social media people jump on anything. True or not.
There will always be people who innocently get caught out. They didn't mean it. But it was said
There will always be a generational divide (I'll never forget my nana describing a bag that was a shade of brown.. 'that's a lovely shade of [insert very racist term] brown'
Will always be some people will go too far, and see racism etc even where it isn't.
Some are racist, sexist etc and will just hate movements like this and change in general
Personally as a white British male I just still clear and rarely comment. And never really in person. There is just too much danger of saying the wrong thing. You can even sympathise and be caught out.. Because 'you don't fall injury that category'.
With so much recorded and evidenced now. Who knows what you say now might not be OK in 20 years. And it's always on record.