Question for British: what would happen in your country if THIS happened?

[brocktonblockbust]

@Master @Beanz I dont get it. So in UK "Paki" or other "derogatory" terms are ILLEGAL HATE SPEECH, but hoping or calling for assassination is a nothing burger? Here in the US it is the opposite, and therein lies many of our disagreements.

assassination/Killing references of politicians are much more heinous. Who wouldnt aagree WEIRD.
@walrus @El Kabong

I thought you believed in Free Speech? Why is an elected politician more important than a normal person? You think we are weird because we don't find talk of killing one single politician more heinous than people threatening to kill whole groups, races or demographics?

It is weird how hypersensitive you seem to be to anyone saying anything about Trump.

calling "monkey" should be fine free speech; I DO believe in it you nutter. Calling for ASSASSINATING A POLITICIAN OR WHOEVER is rightfully illegal.

[X]

It's very true that there are many differences, culturally ideologically economically and politically between many in the US and the UK.

In fact, the cause of most misunderstandings between our politicians, tourists and also business people is that we make the mistake of not remembering that each is really a foreign country.

Having said that, our shared language and general values give us much more in common than there are dividers.

I can't think of any country where British people have so much in common with the inhabitants. Germany, maybe, but the language divides as does our recent history.

[brocktonblockbust]

it's very true that there are many differences, culturally ideologically economically and politically between many in the us and the uk.

In fact, the cause of most misunderstandings between our politicians, tourists and also business people is that we make the mistake of not remembering that each is really a foreign country.

Having said that, our shared language and general values give us much more in common than there are dividers.

I can't think of any country where british people have so much in common with the inhabitants. Germany, maybe, but the language divides as does our recent history.

********jesus christ, we have a civil response!!!! x for president!!!!!***************

[Beanz]

it's very true that there are many differences, culturally ideologically economically and politically between many in the us and the uk.

In fact, the cause of most misunderstandings between our politicians, tourists and also business people is that we make the mistake of not remembering that each is really a foreign country.

Having said that, our shared language and general values give us much more in common than there are dividers.

I can't think of any country where british people have so much in common with the inhabitants. Germany, maybe, but the language divides as does our recent history.

********jesus christ, we have a civil response!!!! x for president!!!!!***************

How was my response not civil?

[brocktonblockbust]

it's very true that there are many differences, culturally ideologically economically and politically between many in the us and the uk.

In fact, the cause of most misunderstandings between our politicians, tourists and also business people is that we make the mistake of not remembering that each is really a foreign country.

Having said that, our shared language and general values give us much more in common than there are dividers.

I can't think of any country where british people have so much in common with the inhabitants. Germany, maybe, but the language divides as does our recent history.

********jesus christ, we have a civil response!!!! x for president!!!!!***************

How was my response not civil?

yours was too mate I just was wanting to show great, tremendous respect to X.

[El Kabong]

I've never understood why "Paki" is a bad name certainly people understand it's just a shortening of the word Pakistani....same deal with "Jap" when referring to the Japanese, it's still considered a derogatory name but it's just a shortening of the name...."Yank" for Yankee isn't considered in poor taste although I don't personally care for being called such as that term is typically used for Northerners.

I mean there's OTHER derogatory names which sound/seem far worse than "Paki" or "Jap"....I mean at least the Chinese have "Chink" which is NOT short hard for Chinese.



At the end of the day all these names are pretty worthless like any name or derogatory term for someone if you use the stoic approach you understand that all of those terms only have power if you CHOOSE to allow it to hurt you....it's the Roadhouse method Patrick Swayze tells the bouncers how to maintain their cool

[Master]

I know they are just words and if someone called me one I would laugh at them as they are just trying to get a reaction which I would not give them the satisfaction.

A younger me would punch them.

[Batman]

I've never understood why "Paki" is a bad name certainly people understand it's just a shortening of the word Pakistani....same deal with "Jap" when referring to the Japanese, it's still considered a derogatory name but it's just a shortening of the name...."Yank" for Yankee isn't considered in poor taste although I don't personally care for being called such as that term is typically used for Northerners.

I mean there's OTHER derogatory names which sound/seem far worse than "Paki" or "Jap"....I mean at least the Chinese have "Chink" which is NOT short hard for Chinese.



At the end of the day all these names are pretty worthless like any name or derogatory term for someone if you use the stoic approach you understand that all of those terms only have power if you CHOOSE to allow it to hurt you....it's the Roadhouse method Patrick Swayze tells the bouncers how to maintain their cool

Is Jap derogatory? I always refer to Japanese people as Japs, always just thought it was the same as Chink or Paddy