• mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    8 days ago

    There are streams and streams of Reform racists being called out daily in the press. Does that sound like a free pass to you?

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      8 days ago

      Racism and a political miss step like the above, are not comparable.

      One is a heinous immoral act that questions the very core of a persons ethical framework.

      The other is at worst, stupidity or miscalculation.

      Racism can never be an honest mistake.

      • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netM
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        8 days ago

        You’re well within your rights to make such a judgement. Fortunately, the press has accurately reported the relative merits of Reform and the Greens, so that you can make an informed decision about your vote!

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      8 days ago

      As per my other response. The scale is far different. If the criticism was proportional to the alleged wrongdoing, all this would be buried. You just can’t compare racism to saying something stupid on social media.

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        8 days ago

        But who’s trying to equate them? Unless you’re simply looking at the surface stats of how many articles are written on the subjects and not the substance of them? Do you think that if the media reports ten times of Polanski’s silly words as a young adult and once on the foul bile that comes from Reform that this implies Polanski is ten times as bad? That’s not how it works.

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          7 days ago

          My apologies.

          Did you say the media in this country is racist. That the media in this country supports racism?

          You’re right, I misunderstood. I’ll be on my way.

          It just sounded like you were implying that the press wasn’t giving racists a free pass. Which we know can’t be true because, gestures at picture, they are themselves racist.