tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post5129216618237044837..comments2024-03-27T04:35:59.203+00:00Comments on Alcoholic Daze: Love Thy NeighbourADDYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-32831970318938157262016-10-29T11:28:41.000+01:002016-10-29T11:28:41.000+01:00Hi what a good and relevant post. Resonated with m...Hi what a good and relevant post. Resonated with me. My mum was German but suffered persecution because her dad was mayor of a small town in Germany and in the 30's he refused to sign a declaration supporting Hitler which public officials had to do at that time. He went to prison for a while and the whole family were targeted. She met my dad who was in the British Army.They married . She lived in England from 1947 until her death in 2015, and her stories of the 30's and 40's were amazing. Despite the war my mum said that she never had anyone say anything nasty to her about being German whilst in England. That is something I feel proud about and it's such a shame that a narrow xenophobia is now rearing its head and making me feel not so proud to be British. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025838045532433538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-89758660681836852412016-08-27T12:18:34.582+01:002016-08-27T12:18:34.582+01:00The brexit campaign whipped up a storm of racism a...The brexit campaign whipped up a storm of racism and bigotry that made people feel it like it has now been legitimised and to a greater extent it has and it is re-enforced by racist tabloid headlines still feeding a populist fear. Only by lots of people constantly and actively calling it out every time it is seen will the tide start to turn again. And I fear few people are brave enough to do that.<br /><br />AGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-86011618853587800692016-08-25T09:02:58.705+01:002016-08-25T09:02:58.705+01:00All this hatred worries me. How did it start, and ...All this hatred worries me. How did it start, and more importantly how will it end. I fear for the future.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-12396491018863763812016-08-25T07:16:05.187+01:002016-08-25T07:16:05.187+01:00I love your description of where you live. Sounds ...I love your description of where you live. Sounds lovely. It is similar in Bristol where we all seem to get along with each other and are well used to people from all over the world.<br /><br />I find it is different in smaller towns and places where other races don't seem to mix.<br />Sometimes it's an insidious drip, drip of little things that build up into something much bigger and this seems to have got worse since Brexit.<br /><br />*Love Thy Neighbour* is an important way....... in fact the only hope for our planet!<br />Maggie xMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-64020457501911456372016-08-24T12:56:31.348+01:002016-08-24T12:56:31.348+01:00I quite agree, Addy - racism is not acceptable in ...I quite agree, Addy - racism is not acceptable in any form. Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.com