The British Summer of Discontent - The growing civil unrest of the native British population, sparked by the murder of 3 young girls in Southport

[I'm a Silly]

murder someone's parents and putting them in a chilli

It's right out of mythology/Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus; do they ban that also?

 

[ConsentAccidentVictimNo98]

Absolutely, they are petrified of people like Lowe because people listen to him, and with Reform on the decline, it gives Lowe a lot more spotlight. Scott Tennerman has been listed as the most perfect South Park episode. Why the fuck did they ban awesom-o. Yet they did not ban the Museum of Tolerance episode. They missed a really good punchline there.

They did ban it, it's the Death Camp of Tolerance.

 

[Kier Starmer]

Luckily, I have all the episodes on a drive which I change over every 5 years.

 

[Otterly]

It's right out of mythology/Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus; do they ban that also?

Don’t give them ideas, they’re already going after Shakespeare

 

[FinnSven]

It's shit like this which is why I'm going out of my way to build an archive of older British comedy and stuff that I actually like. God forbid the day comes when 'Allo 'Allo is banned because it pisses off the frenchies.

It’s not that hard to find “banned” South Park episodes online, so all this will do is likely increase the watch count of those episodes but deny Sky the advertising revenue.
How successful!

As for Allo Allo, it will only be banned for angering Frenchmen if someone complains on their behalf without asking them.

A central and ongoing joke was how bad the English are at speaking French and frequently the English characters were as bumbling and incompetent as the German.

It’s absolutely not a joke at the French expense.

 

[I'm a Silly]

Don’t give them ideas, they’re already going after Shakespeare

fookin yikes

Several years ago, findings of a research project between Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust and the University of Birmingham's Dr Helen Hopkins indicated that the writer's works "benefits the ideology of white European supremacy", The Telegraph reports.
The research argues that European culture was forced to become the world standard for high art via "colonial inculcation" and that Shakespeare was deployed as a symbol of "British cultural superiority".

 

[>IMPLYING]

fookin yikes
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Shakespeare wrote Othello, a play whose plot is largely contingent on an interracial relationship and how the play's non-white protagonist is perceived by others due to not being white/Venetian (whether he was black or Arab might be up for debate) — he literally did racism=bad/colourblind plotline before anyone else as far as I'm aware. Did they consider he's famous because he's good and came up with a ton of shit that's commonplace in English vernacular?

Is this because of Shylock?

 

[teriyakiburns]

A central and ongoing joke was how bad the English are at speaking French and frequently the English characters were as bumbling and incompetent as the German.

It’s absolutely not a joke at the French expense.

Irrelevant. It has no black people in positions of authority, portrays white europeans as good, and isn't constantly reminding people of the sins of colonialism. It even has likeable german characters.

 

[I'm a Silly]

Shakespeare wrote Othello, a play whose plot is largely contingent on an interracial relationship and how the play's non-white protagonist is perceived by others due to not being white/Venetian (whether he was black or Arab might be up for debate) — he literally did racism=bad/colourblind plotline before anyone else as far as I'm aware. Did they consider he's famous because he's good and came up with a ton of shit that's commonplace in English vernacular?

Is this because of Shylock?

I think the part in the hyperlinked quote I posted was their central argument, but the overall project is the erasure of Whiteness as defined by jews, in the style of Noel Ignatiev.

 

[FedPostalService]

Irrelevant. It has no black people in positions of authority, portrays white europeans as good, and isn't constantly reminding people of the sins of colonialism. It even has likeable german characters.

Those Germans were trying to prevent the formation of the State of Israel. They were also members of the German Workers Nationalist Socialist Party.

How could a Guardian reader not love them?

 

[mihaero]

Those Germans were trying to prevent the formation of the State of Israel. They were also members of the German Workers Nationalist Socialist Party.

How could a Guardian reader not love them?

Jews le good, wypipo le bad, get it chudcel?

 

[-Jack-]

I've always wanted to know why in the UK at least if someone has the union flag (union Jack) displayed outside their house, it means they're low-class, racist chavs? God forbid having an English flag either. Where countries like in America it's completely normal to have your nations flag etc?

 

[BrightonAndHoveAlbion]

I would say it's more likely an England flag indicated low class. I never remember seeing the Union Flag outside houses except in... certain parts of the north of Ireland.

 

[Overly Serious]

As for Allo Allo, it will only be banned for angering Frenchmen if someone complains on their behalf without asking them.

It's totally allowed to make fun of the French. They're more likely to ban it over Lt. Gruber and his little tank.

Or possibly the running joke of how René keeps calling his wife "you stupid woman" every time she catches him with another woman and the proceeds to some bizarre explanation of why she is in his arms.

A central and ongoing joke was how bad the English are at speaking French and frequently the English characters were as bumbling and incompetent as the German.

This was a stroke of genius on the writers' parts. They use accents to convey which language people are speaking and in one scene, Michelle (of the Resistance) who speaks both French and English is translating between René and the airman by literally just switching accents between them. Total genius. And the fact that the English spy speaks French so badly is conveyed by his having a very bad French accent.

"I was pissing by the door, when I heard two shits." (I was passing by the door when I heard two shots)

I've always wanted to know why in the UK at least if someone has the union flag (union Jack) displayed outside their house, it means they're low-class, racist chavs? God forbid having an English flag either. Where countries like in America it's completely normal to have your nations flag etc?

Having a national flag outside your house (more usually the England flag than the Union Jack though), is associated with nationalism and nationalism we are taught, is the province of racists. It's also associated with football fans which all the elites must pretend to be but which they secretly despise.

Shakespeare wrote Othello, a play whose plot is largely contingent on an interracial relationship and how the play's non-white protagonist is perceived by others due to not being white/Venetian (whether he was black or Arab might be up for debate) — he literally did racism=bad/colourblind plotline before anyone else as far as I'm aware. Did they consider he's famous because he's good and came up with a ton of shit that's commonplace in English vernacular?

Funny that you read this as pro-interacial marriage. I'm not saying it is not or cannot be read that way but Othello the play has always put me in mind of an honour killing. Othello is a Moor (Muslim) and when someone comes to him and tells him his wife has been unfaithful and this unfaithfulness becomes public, Othello murders her, despite professing his love to her and agonizing over what he must do.

Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow,
And smooth as monumental alabaster.
Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.

and

Ah balmy breath, that dost almost persuade
Justice to break her sword!

If you note the lines I've bolded, he doesn't want to kill her, he feels he must do so for justice and because she has betrayed him. It's an honour killing.

And as a Moor he is not necessarily Black as in Sub-Saharan. Arab, Berber, you could cast any of a number of generic Middle Eastern Islamic groups.

 

[The Ugly One]

Don’t give them ideas, they’re already going after Shakespeare

"They're just as English as you and me!"
Ah, so they're learning Shakespeare?
"No, Shakespeare isn't part of their culture, so we eliminated him from the curriculum to be inclusive."

 

[teriyakiburns]

I've always wanted to know why in the UK at least if someone has the union flag (union Jack) displayed outside their house, it means they're low-class, racist chavs? God forbid having an English flag either. Where countries like in America it's completely normal to have your nations flag etc?

It's not unusual for Swedes and Danes to have a flag flying outside every day. They seem to take a lot of pride in it. The problem here seems to be the belief that taking pride in your country is inherently bad in some way, coupled with a culture that says being too showy about your beliefs is a sign of poor manners.

 

[FinnSven]

It's not unusual for Swedes and Danes to have a flag flying outside every day. They seem to take a lot of pride in it. The problem here seems to be the belief that taking pride in your country is inherently bad in some way, coupled with a culture that says being too showy about your beliefs is a sign of poor manners.

Even Germans do that nowadays.

Out of all the peoples who should have a bit of reluctance to flag wave, it’s them.

 

[AbendCode12]

Even Germans do that nowadays.

Out of all the peoples who should have a bit of reluctance to flag wave, it’s them.

Why do you say that? Are you jewish?

 

[teriyakiburns]

Why do you say that? Are you jewish?

If you weren't so busy looking for eli and moshe under your bed, you'd understand that he was pointing out that Germans have spent the last 90 years having "nationalism bad" drilled into their skulls and are still somehow culturally able to understand that putting your country's flag on your house is a harmless show of respect.

 

[Epikusername4]

im sorry british kiwis for all that has happened. do not go silently into that good night.