The Real Brad P

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

After four years of lecturing Britain that it could never countenance anything that might lead to a hard border in Ireland, the European Union, in a desperate response to its own vaccine incompetence, introduces a hard border. Then thinks better of it.

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@farranturner @MattSprigg Mohawk would be an absolute look for you faz 😂😂

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@farranturner I'll do a holiday special just for you schmuel 5 pounds only 😉

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@MattSprigg Shit then, didn't mean to offend all those non sentient animals 🥴

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@MattSprigg Wow, this is really something... 😅😅😅

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

Can the journalists in the press conferences please drop the blame game and ask a relevant question? Is the vaccine working? Start there.

[Right Said Fred @TheFreds]

The devil is in the detail

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@milliebruv @harrietpatmannn @lydiareidy My issue wasn't with what the issue she's conveying, only with the way she's chosen to put it across!

Anyways girls it's been fun debating have a nice weekend! :)

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

Fuckin hell wish I knew this when everyone was calling me Brad, god damn nickname racists 🙄

[Ambs @AmberRoseGill]

Btw asking someone you don’t know (well)who has an ethnic name if you can call them a “nickname” is not a term of endearment it’s a micro aggression & you don’t have the right to say there is no malicious/sinister intent you just don’t do it
I thought that was just common sense

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@harrietpatmannn @lydiareidy May seem pedantic to you but I'm merely playing devils advocate Patman how can change be made if you don't seek to understand an alternative perspective?

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy @harrietpatmannn You've put the words to great effect there but that isn't quite what she said and because it hasn't been said in that manner the point can be misconstrued by the very people she seeks to lecture 😅

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@harrietpatmannn @lydiareidy From one person's perspective, It's all dependent on the motif of the person doing it, a blanket statement dictating that all instances of nicknames involving BAME are racist or malicious is just plain silly in my opinion.

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@harrietpatmannn @lydiareidy Please explain how it came across as racist? 🙃

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@harrietpatmannn @lydiareidy I see your point but I was being facetious!

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy Irrespective of what their intent is the way to navigate it isn't to scold it's to propose an alternative I've had conversations with migrant colleagues where the native linguistical pronunciation of their name irritated them. Instances like this how is Amber's lecture practical?

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy "you don’t have the right to say there is no malicious/sinister intent you just don’t do it
I thought that was just common sense"
This sounds pretty patronising to me Lyds, people don't have the right to defend their actions that were from their perspective a welcoming gesture?

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy The language she uses to get this point across isn't understanding though it's patronising & overly-presumptious as you said we're all navigating the developing world so we should seek to understand why these things happen as opposed to scolding someone who's yet to deal with it?

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy I agree with that and while that's one way of dealing with it I think berating someone with a level of ignorance as such they don't understand the point you've made because they're from an area with low cultural diversity is quite possibly the wrong way to go about it no?

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@nymka76 Agreed but I was trying to flippant!

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@nymka76 Bruh if you start ripping everyone apart for their cultural ignorance while simultaneously saying saying stuff like white people are "culture vultures" you're gonna get bounce back.
Intolerance met with further intolerance justified by self righteousness will only end badly.

[The Real Brad P @TheRealBrad_P]

@lydiareidy Aye in the case of the LI bickering that may be true but people regularly use shortened names to build a rapor with people they've just met, I do it all the time! I feel saying that it's because of some subconscious malice or spite is ridiculous though surely?