10-09-2007, 09:17 PM
Initial post: Oct 8, 2007 11:14 PM PDT
Prometheus says:
First, if you are a Brit, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, so if you want to defend your people you can do so here, and if you make a good case I'll reconsider what I have to say.
Okay here goes. I recently had the displeasure of encountering one of the nastiest most bigoted individuals I have ever come across. And wouldn't you know it, this individual was a Brit. Here's what he had to say. He hates the Irish (calls them "evil papists") and hates the pope, calls him a "Nazi pope". Then he hates Eastern Europe (he regards everything outside of England as "Eastern Europe") and calls their people "lazy good for nothings". He also hates America and calls its people stupid. Now I've got to ask you, is this kind of prejudice common among the British upper classes, because honestly I have to say it is. Hardcore know nothing type Protestant bigots seem to occupy a lot of prestige among the British. This is eerily reminiscnet of the kind of Germanophobia that existed in Britain during the First World War, a war that I largely regard as a huge waste of time and energy.
H. L. Mencken (an atheist unfortunately, but otherwise a clever wit) had this to say of the notions of Anglo Saxon supremacy that existed in America and Britain during his day. He argued in an extremely humorous essay that the Anglo Saxons were the most cowardly race. And I happen to enjoy reading his essay quite a bit.
Other phenomena that have come out of the British upper classes in recent times includes the rampant hate of such idiots as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (a man who is so slimey that I believe he ranks among the lowest of the low). And we are all familiar with the kind of rampant class hatred and class prejudice that exists amongst these people.
So Brits. Now it's your turn. Tell me where I am wrong about the upper classes of your country?
Prometheus says:
First, if you are a Brit, I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, so if you want to defend your people you can do so here, and if you make a good case I'll reconsider what I have to say.
Okay here goes. I recently had the displeasure of encountering one of the nastiest most bigoted individuals I have ever come across. And wouldn't you know it, this individual was a Brit. Here's what he had to say. He hates the Irish (calls them "evil papists") and hates the pope, calls him a "Nazi pope". Then he hates Eastern Europe (he regards everything outside of England as "Eastern Europe") and calls their people "lazy good for nothings". He also hates America and calls its people stupid. Now I've got to ask you, is this kind of prejudice common among the British upper classes, because honestly I have to say it is. Hardcore know nothing type Protestant bigots seem to occupy a lot of prestige among the British. This is eerily reminiscnet of the kind of Germanophobia that existed in Britain during the First World War, a war that I largely regard as a huge waste of time and energy.
H. L. Mencken (an atheist unfortunately, but otherwise a clever wit) had this to say of the notions of Anglo Saxon supremacy that existed in America and Britain during his day. He argued in an extremely humorous essay that the Anglo Saxons were the most cowardly race. And I happen to enjoy reading his essay quite a bit.
Other phenomena that have come out of the British upper classes in recent times includes the rampant hate of such idiots as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (a man who is so slimey that I believe he ranks among the lowest of the low). And we are all familiar with the kind of rampant class hatred and class prejudice that exists amongst these people.
So Brits. Now it's your turn. Tell me where I am wrong about the upper classes of your country?