British holiday park identified ‘people with Irish accents’ as ‘undesirable guests’

[likesfish]

I know they have a bad reputation and why. But, just so we're clear, are you saying it's OK to discriminate against a while ethnic group because of the behaviour of some members of it?

Pretty much if a bikers group turned trashed a joint you wouldn't have them back.
Or any other large group that's clearly identifiable.
Nobody's picking on travellers because they are travellers.
They get picked on because of the behaviour of previous groups.
Like UK football fans abroad or in general it's not because they are footy Dan's it's because of hooliganism.
Been barred from pubs as a squaddie same thing.

 

[editor]

Travellers have a terrible reputation because their terrible neighbors

Surely you mean SOME travellers have a terrible reputation or are you just going full on racist here?

 

[SpineyNorman]

Dear god. Are you the same with other ethnic groups?

Yes. Can't be arsed to find it but this squalid little racist once posted on a thread about attacks on UK troops in Afghanistan that attacks on Asian taxi drivers would now be justified.

Fuck knows what he's doing on these boards.

 

[eatmorecheese]

Illegal traveller camps cost Brighton and Hove City Council taxpayers £246,000

Illegal traveller camps cost taxpayers almost £250,000 over the past year.

www.theargus.co.uk

Facts show they don't give a fuck about the settled community

I think you need to step back, shut the fuck up and have a think.

 

[danny la rouge]

I think you meed to step back, shut the fuck up and have a think.

I think he needs to a) unreservedly apologise, or b) fuck right off and not come back.

 

[editor]

Once bitten twice shy
There's enough travellers who behave badly that the reputation sticks.

And on that note, you can permanently vacate this thread and take a warning. Please don't pollute any other urban threads with any more casual racism please. Thanks,

 

[SpineyNorman]

I don't think he ever apologised for this The Taliban taxi drivers of London ... this reads like a Chris Morris spoof...

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes. Can't be arsed to find it but this squalid little racist once posted on a thread about attacks on UK troops in Afghanistan that attacks on Asian taxi drivers would now be justified.

Fuck knows what he's doing on these boards.

so he did

 

[Santino]

Shocked to discover that a poster with a history of racist comments has said something racist.

 

[Pickman's model]

I think he needs to a) unreservedly apologise, or b) fuck right off and not come back.

maybe a bit from each column

 

[Athos]

Pretty much if a bikers group turned trashed a joint you wouldn't have them back.
Or any other large group that's clearly identifiable.
Nobody's picking on travellers because they are travellers.
They get picked on because of the behaviour of previous groups.
Like UK football fans abroad or in general it's not because they are footy Dan's it's because of hooliganism.
Been barred from pubs as a squaddie same thing.

Of course I wouldn't have those bikers back. But it wouldn't justify banning all bikers. (Not that the analogy is good; travellers have a protected characteristic and suffer terrible discrimination.)

And what you're talking about does amount to banning travellers because they're travellers (based on a prejudice about how travellers behave).

I think you should fuck off, and have a long hard think.

 

[planetgeli]

I don't think he ever apologised for this The Taliban taxi drivers of London ... this reads like a Chris Morris spoof...

Well, that was a bit of an eye-opener. Jesus Christ.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Worth reading on from that post, there's plenty more - this one is a real highlight The Taliban taxi drivers of London ... this reads like a Chris Morris spoof...

 

[planetgeli]

Worth reading on from that post, there's plenty more - this one is a real highlight The Taliban taxi drivers of London ... this reads like a Chris Morris spoof...

Oh I read on. Amazed he got away with any of it.

 

[Orang Utan]

He must really like pot noodle

 

[spanglechick]

Worth reading on from that post, there's plenty more - this one is a real highlight The Taliban taxi drivers of London ... this reads like a Chris Morris spoof...

Fuck-ing Hell!

So this racist poster can explicitly advocate genocide, and be free to keep posting for another decade? Then post more unapologetic racism, and only gets banned from one single thread. Not even a temp ban?

How does that stack up with what it took another poster to get a warning points ban last week?
Fuck this.

 

[Orang Utan]

Not sure we should blame the moderation. It may not have been reported. Sometimes egregiously offensive things don’t cos everyone assumes it will have been reported by someone else

 

[cupid_stunt]

Not sure we should blame the moderation. It may not have been reported. Sometimes egregiously offensive things don’t cos everyone assumes it will have been reported by someone else

Yep, that's happened with Detroit City who got banned for 'persistent anti-semitism' last year, after apparently being at it for years, but his posts hadn't been reported, and the small team of mods do not have all seeing eyes.

 

[ddraig]

Once bitten twice shy
There's enough travellers who behave badly that the reputation sticks.

dickhead

 

[Ax^]

well this went sideways jebus

 

[spanglechick]

Not sure we should blame the moderation. It may not have been reported. Sometimes egregiously offensive things don’t cos everyone assumes it will have been reported by someone else

Yeah, maybe. I didn’t see the original thread before, and I think people seemed less inclined to report, even really serious racism, than they are now.

I am surprised that he only got a thread ban for today, though.

 

[Ground Elder]

Today's anti-Traveller racism is from repeat offenders the Hull Daily Mail

Hull couple's wedding plans in chaos as caravans pitch up at venue

Oh no! The Travellers have ruined this couples special day! I'll read the rest so I can become even more enraged. Now I'm confused - the article says they booked the venue and paid the deposit, not knowing the company was already dissolved, so nothing to do with Travellers Nor does the article provide any evidence that the static caravans, that appeared after the booking was made, have anything to do with Travellers at all Still, it reinforces everything I 'know' about Travellers, so no matter