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legaleagle  23 Apr 17 2.26pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
That's only a point if you think celebrating Englishness means you have to be xenophobic. I know being from the 'progressive' section of the left you find those two concepts difficult to separate. Edited by Stirlingsays (23 Apr 2017 11.46am) Doesn't mean a person HAS to be a xenophobe..just that regrettably many in this day and age are..
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 elgrande bedford 23 Apr 17 2.26pm |
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And they wonder why we think the left are unpatriotic....
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| elgrande bedford 23 Apr 17 2.28pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Doesn't mean a person HAS to be a xenophobe..just that regrettably many in this day and age are.. So the Scots must be celebrating St Andrews day,the Irish for St Patrick's day,and the Welsh for St David's.
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 23 Apr 17 2.31pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
And they wonder why we think the left are unpatriotic.... Exactly my point. The same type of people pushing for Eid to be recognised as a public holiday (they've already introduced a Islamic day here to placate the left) bend themselves out of shape to call it what it is St George's Day irrespective of whether you celebrate it or not.
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| legaleagle 23 Apr 17 2.35pm |
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Who said being proud of your country or celebrating a national day HAD to involve being xenophobic? Not me. I just said that in England nowadays IMHO in many (not all by far) cases its does.. Australia (in my experience) is a good example of a place where generally people have passion for their country without xenophobia creeping in..
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 Hrolf The Ganger 23 Apr 17 2.35pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
So the Scots must be celebrating St Andrews day,the Irish for St Patrick's day,and the Welsh for St David's. But that's OK because they are minorities. That excuses practically everything.
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| legaleagle 23 Apr 17 2.35pm |
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Originally posted by elgrande
So the Scots must be celebrating St Andrews day,the Irish for St Patrick's day,and the Welsh for St David's. ................................................ Who said being proud of your country or celebrating a national day HAD to involve being xenophobic? Not me. I just said that in England nowadays IMHO in many (not all by far) cases its does.. Australia (in my experience) is a good example of a place where generally people have passion for their country without xenophobia creeping in.. Edited by legaleagle (23 Apr 2017 2.36pm)
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| Hrolf The Ganger 23 Apr 17 2.36pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Who said being proud of your country or celebrating a national day HAD to involve being xenophobic? Not me. I just said that in England nowadays IMHO in many (not all by far) cases its does.. Australia (in my experience) is a good example of a place where generally people have passion for their country without xenophobia creeping in.. Go and live there then.
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| elgrande bedford 23 Apr 17 2.37pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Edited by legaleagle (23 Apr 2017 2.36pm) As you said in your opinion
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| legaleagle 23 Apr 17 2.37pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
But that's OK because they are minorities. That excuses practically everything. Without the Polish and Czech fighter pilots in 1940,we might be buried in a Nazi mass grave...something those with antipathy to Poles coming here might want to remember..
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| Hrolf The Ganger 23 Apr 17 2.40pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Without the Polish and Czech fighter pilots in 1940,we might be buried in a Nazi mass grave...something those with antipathy to Poles coming here might want to remember.. I like the Poles. They work hard, share common interests, and don't try to kill us.
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| Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 23 Apr 17 2.40pm |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Who said being proud of your country or celebrating a national day HAD to involve being xenophobic? Not me. I just said that in England nowadays IMHO in many (not all by far) cases its does.. Australia (in my experience) is a good example of a place where generally people have passion for their country without xenophobia creeping in.. I would imagine most countries would exhibit this trait? Including many Involved in yesterday's march along Madison Avenue celebrating Punjabi Day. So to single out the English is being IMO disingenuous ..
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