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Thread #159827   Message #3802104
Posted By: Steve Shaw
26-Jul-16 - 09:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
It's a handful of members, mostly junior, who need to watch their mouths, and the culprits have acknowledged what they did. Over half a million Labour members, on the other hand, have never been accused. That's how "disgraceful" it is. You can bet your life that if there are 200 people in your pews next Sunday, a few dozen of them would do a buttock shuffle if you told them that a devout Jewish family were moving in next door. But, you see, Keith, they don't get asked. They don't get to make high-profile public statements with hawkish media watching. There will be no enquiry. Unhealthy attitudes can be swept under the carpet. When carpets get folded back we see a horror story though, don't we. Four million people voted for a racist party in the last election. Millions of people were hoodwinked into voting out by a cynically racist campaign. Ugly stuff. But you'd rather concentrate on a few people constantly in the public eye who forgot to engage their brains before opening their mouths than address the ugly realities of racism perpetrated by people who you support. That makes you a hypocrite.