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Thread #159827   Message #3803147
Posted By: Raggytash
02-Aug-16 - 05:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Naming someone as a racist as you are is not "silly name calling" it is a serious issue and one that creates deep divides in any country.

You have failed to acknowledge that the word "piccanniny" is a racist term even though politicians have been castigated for using the term for almost 50 years. The mere fact that YOU don't acknowledge the term for what it is does not make the word acceptable. It is NOT acceptable, not today , not yesterday, not in 2008 when Boris Johnson issued an apology and not in 1968 when Enoch Powell controversially used the term.

Your refusal to accept the word as repugnant marks you down as a racist. No if's, no but's, no maybe's.