I'm amazed by the number of conspiracy theorists on here fretting about the lefties somehow interfering with their free speech. If you look at the reality, the majority of UK media veers towards right wing views and hence we get multiple anti-immigrant stories, scary black man stories (e.g The Sun on Frank Bruno) and drumming up fear of crime items.

All that the decent posters are saying is have some respect for others and don't label people by their skin colour. If that interferes with your right to free speech best get back in your bunker before the New World Order come calling.

The question? Oh, yeah. The same as you have directly.

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There is an interesting symbiotic relationship between one group who form 'the PC crowd' and look to be offended, and another who fixate on 'you just can't say anything nowadays' and 'thought police' ideas partially because they primarily only spot differences not similarities in groups of people and engage in relentless commentary ranging from stupid to awful that really only ever seeks to lessen or pick apart minorities. Thankfully most people don't really fully fall within either cliched group.

In short, of course people looking for offense will find it - the extremes in the BLK movement for instance, because that's their goal or a symptom of damage they've endured. It doesn't further their cause in any way. In actual fact it makes a mockery of real examples of prejudice. Many in BLM do a laudable job, but some elements and almost all SJWs actually attack fairly liberal individuals who 'said the wrong thing', because they're easy pickings who won't fight back. They don't confront real bigotry because that involves hard work and bigots fight back even if rationality isn't on their side. It'll be stupid crap like attacking Justin Timberlake for 'cultural appropriation' in music, even though he's clearly not racist in any way. It's a failing of some on the left that this bullying behaviour isn't called out.

Equally those looking to offend, or at least looking to able to say comments that are consciously or otherwise a power play, a 'im the majority and deserve the loudest say' 'its pc gone mad' daily mantra, will perpetually find themselves in hot water because they dream of a level of unfettered control and domination over others that simply will never be given a total free pass no matter the era we're in. If someone always seems to have 'something contrary to say' about race, religion, disability, sexuality, the whole gambit, generally they're not 'fighting the good fight against pc' they're just expressing their own dislike or fear of difference and keeping the mantra up to avoid acknowledging the damage their own behaviour causes to those around them. Ignorance is bliss.

Edited by blackpalacefan (11 Sep 2016 1.32am)

I agree with elements of what you are saying, but I have to disagree with some of the highlighted, and I shall explain why.

You bring up the 'numerous' videos of Chinese people not helping people. You are right to say its a problem, however your reasoning behind it is a little off in my opinion.

Chinese people I believe are no different from Westerners in their willingness to help and their warm heartedness. Infact in some areas of life I'd say Chinese people are even more generous due to the 'face concept'.

Back to my point, China has in recent years experienced an ageing population made worse by the one child policy. As the population gets older, and with almost no state care to help the elderly, it has not been uncommon for some people in China to 'fake' accidents. When someone then leaps to their aid, the 'victim' then tells the police that it was the helper who caused the accident and they then demand (lifetime) compensation. There have been many high profile cases in China where some people have accused people of 'hurting them' and using the resources of the poor 'good samaritan' to leech out an existence in relative comfort . This problem is made worse by the governments tendency to always come down on the side 'victim' especially when its a case of 'his / her word against mine'. Kind of like how a judge will always lean towards the mother in a family divorce case.

Chinese society's response to this small (but sizeable) problem is to just leave people alone unless you are 100% convinced they can't turn around and blame you. It's not just a Chinese thing, the same happens in India (I can provide links if required). The thought process is, "this is really bad, but I can't risk the lawsuit - sorry!".

Things are changing however, the government launched a 'back to basics' campaign a few years back 'educating people' to be careful about possibly fraudulent cases, but to help as much as possible. However, old habits die hard particular in less clear cut cases!

I don't just tell you want I read in the news or on Chinese social media either. Last month, I was cycling along a relatively quiet Beijing street, when a taxi tried to overtake me and knocked me off my bike while I was doing about 15 - 20 mph (he was doing about 40mph). Not only did pedestrians from quite some distance away come running over while I was laying in the road (in shock) to help. But people who probably hadn't even witnessed the accident began diverting traffic, calling the police, an ambulance and preventing the taxi driver from making a hasty exit by standing in front of this car and demanding he got out. Someone was even doing his best to put the chain back on my bike while I was mediating with the taxi driver.

Anyway enough about me. Back to the issue of the Chinese treatment of black people. Firstly, many Chinese people have never even seen a black person in real life as the black population in China tends to be concentrated in downtown urban areas, so many people base what they think of Africans and other black people from what the government tells them via its news outlets.

Sadly, much of the publicity surrounding Africa and black people isn't good. In an attempt to play politics with the USA and many other Western countries, the Chinese government have inadvertently demonised alot of black people in a similar way which the Western media has. During the Black lives matter protest in Ferguson two years ago. State media ran a whole newspaper spread for 4 days straight along the lines of "America really isn't that great, it can be really dangerous, better stay in the China, we love our ethnic minorities here - hooray for social harmony!". While China tries to score cheap points against the West, it does alot of damage to the image of foreigners to many Chinese people who quite simply, don't know any better.

Thanks for reading.

You are correct with one and incorrect with two. Not bad. Keep up the improvement.

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And in your mind, why is me correcting your incorrect account of the Falklands War, 'trolling', and the above not 'trolling'?

You are also a hypocrite. I have left you alone after your last meltdown. I politely ask that you do the same to me.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02