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In reply to the discussion: Are you a card carrying Socialist? I am. [View all]Bohemianwriter
(978 posts)while The Welfare Queen of Buckingham and Obama came to visit.
I was staying at a travelers hostel, having close view of the riot that occurred when Queen Elisabeth came. It was quite a spectacle. A window view to the bashing.
It was also a time when money was running out, and I stared complete homelessness in the eye. Down and out in Dublin Town....
" Plus the Brits are endlessly more racist... "
And in posh areas, they are vehemently defensive on behalf of their welfare queen of Buckingham.
Just a week before I was leaving England for Ireland and Leixlip in 2010, I scolded a doorman at my neighborhood pub who had this idiotic prejudice against the Irish. At least he eventually saw the errors of his ways after some convincing. (No! I didn't beat him! Only with words)
A queen worshiper is a fundie.
As a Norwegian, I don't experience racism in England. And I can diss Dubliners with my years in Belfast without people getting offended. I consider Dublin almost a home away from home, and England a playground these days. No more selling my soul to corporations for me. I think I'll write a book or two about the travels instead...