(07-17-2019, 09:04 PM)BLINGMW Wrote: I think we're on at least two topics now
1) Is it ever OK to say go back where you came from?
2) Is Trump racist?
On #1, I'll have to sleep on it. I honestly don't get it. Almost no-one here came from here, so it's a stupid comment and I don't know why anyone would give it any weight. If someone said to me:
(07-17-2019, 11:23 AM)Apoc Wrote: Iain Tyson says that when he was stopped while driving by a Los Angeles police officer, the officer heard his British accent and - using an expletive - told him to go "back to where you came from".
He said that during his travels in the US, he has frequently been told: "If you don't like it, why don't you go back to where you came from?"
I would laugh. It would ruin my day for .02 seconds. But if that person were a police officer, I would respectfully say "yessir" because I don't want to spend the night in jail knowing our justice system is almost as broken as the rest of the world.
It's mighty nice growing up white in the country you were born, eh?Perhaps you don't get it because you've never heard these phrases hurled at you in a disparaging, hostile manner over and over again?
Honestly, why stop there? Why does anyone give n***** or k*** any weight?