Oh dear! I hope not.
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I saw it more as typical of islamophobic rhetoric.
Sorry @Susannah but thatâs the sort of thing that gets pushed by these people.
One SFer sees it as racist. Another as Islamophobic.
Edited to apologise: I musinderstood. I thought we were talking about the prison photo.
Absolutely. I was a little surprised to see it, but we all have moments where we do or say (or post) things and donât necessarily see the full picture so I just assumed it was that, but the idea that Muslim people are somehow shielded from facing justice in the UK is lazy, and not accurate either. Similar to all the photos of grooming gangs composed of brown people (do we actually know theyâre active Muslims? Maybe we do?) that get disproportionate amount of coverage compared to the grooming gangs composed of white people that you wouldnât know even exist if you only see the right wing sources.
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Wrong picture @Porridge . We were referring to the one with Prince Andrew converting to Islam so he wouldnât be convicted.
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No, I thought it quite funny - the 8th in line thing.
What I thought was racist was the picture captioned âAndrew converts to Islam, Police drop all chargesâ because it taps into that anti-Muslim myth, often expressed incorrectly by the RW that Mulsims get off scot free because the police darenât take any action against them - either for fear of accusations of racism against the police themselves or perhaps that other, also incorrect, myth that there are Muslim âno goâ areas where they darenât tread and âonly Sharia law holdsâ.
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Sorry! I missed that one because I didnât get the joke.
Iâll leave my comment there, but add a note.
I think perhaps racist was the wrong choice of wording, it could have been a Muslim from any ethnic background but it it was based on Islamophobia
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OK, fair point, though I would suggest that much Islamophobia in the UK is directed specifically at people of Indian or Pakistani origin and is both Islamophobic and racist.
Agree absolutely
A friend?
State pension, yes see here
Private or workplace pensions - generally paid but it depends on the scheme rules.
Private handouts from your brother who just happens to be king? - Who knows?
Arenât we all being a bit unfair? Itâs not as though heâs had a fair trial and a judgment against him issued.
What happened to the principle of innocent till proven guilty and a fair trial? And yet the hounds are baying.
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No, heâs a disgrace of a man and deserves whatâs coming to him.
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I think the phrase is âthrown to the dogsâ. If one didnât know better, one might wonder if this werenât at least partially contrived.
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