MovieChat Forums > Roger Daltrey Discussion > Pompous Racist Idiot!

I'm sure that will cost him lots of sleep at night, that you lost respect for him.

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Since this was written in 2011, I would say that you’re a little late to the party.

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Typical of the ilk. Has to dig into the past and grossly misinterpret what was said.

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Hyperbole and hysteria!

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Way to let it bother you. You're fitting in perfect with all the sensitive twats of today.

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Where's the racist part? All he said was that if you come to a country and benefit from what they achieved, you must take part in a working society. It would help if they learned English as a prerequisite to allow them a better opportunity to do so in an English speaking country. I mean, if he said he didn't want immigrants in England, that would be a different story.

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Yeah, he was mad that the government didn't have a plan to deal with immigration, not with immigrants. His sentiments also seemed to rest with the working class English who are getting trodden on by that government's poor foresight and policy decisions.

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Yeah, he specifically called out two different parties. I hate when people equate a dislike for how mass immigration is being handled to hating immigration in general.

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Or hating the immigrants. You can want strict immigration laws but still welcome people who immigrate with open arms. Personally, I think more open policies are better - it allows for more of a global community and opens doors for everybody - but I would never back open borders, and I definitely want immigration numbers kept to an amount that the hosting country can handle in terms of economy and what's best for their already-citizens.

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I agree 100%.

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How dare you actually read the article and correctly interpret what Daltrey said.

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It's sad that you had to say this. So many people nowadays just like to shoot out "racist!" at everything.

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"You're a racist/Nazi" is the new "I don't like you".

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You’re all raycist!

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Lol, immigrants provide most of the labour in the UK. Without immigrants Britain would be nothing. So it’s a little presumptuous to claim that they’re not “pulling their weight” in the economy. English people can be f-cking stupid sometimes.

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The population of the UK is 67 million. The most recent statistics for immigration has them at 9.3% of immigration. I highly doubt 9.3% of the population is doing more than half the labour.

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They’re more likely to be employed than those born in the UK. Oh look, I can do maths too

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That goes against what you just said.

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Don’t see how. I’m always right.

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It's called denial.

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No, but I have lived on de Nile.

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Can't say I disagree with anything he said.

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This article is about Roger at 67. I missed the racism part.

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I gained all respect for him.

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