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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Racists are ignorant knuckle draggers and are absolutely nothing to do with leave voters or in anyway represent them this is just their latest excuse to attack people and it's not like they need much. For the ones commiting racist acts it doesn't matter who condemns them because they don't care and I've seen it for myself as we had a card posted through our letterbox this afternoon telling us "to go home, your not wanted". I assume it was meant for my eastern European neighbours but I'm happy for them to think my house is the one so my neighbours don't have to deal with it.
Have had the same thing happen at least once a year so it's a bit of a ritual now pick it off the floor, look at it, laugh and put it in the bin. Racism is ever present in a very small minority and always will be there are no more racists this week then there were before the referendum.
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More people seem to be committing racist abuse though and I would say that whilst it's a minority it's not really that small. As denphone says there is evidence of an increase in hate crimes and anecdotally it is being noticed as well. It doesn't matter if there are 'no more racists than before' the referendum seems to have emboldened them.
We all need to watch this. Both condemn it and also remember how ignoring legitimate concerns over immigration can make the issue worse.
Everyone now needs to watch this, Remain or Leave. Because if people are lied too again on immigration then we'll be feeding this beast. If Boris and Gove do plan to take the EEA route with freedom of movement having run a campaign that tapped into those concerns then they deserve plenty of criticism for stoking up an issue they never intended to address.