stowie
Well-Known Member
Obviously in the rush to reduce public discourse to Pale Rider / Craig / Spen / Dutch Cyclist levels, and the glee people like this feel at having their hostility to Abbott validated, the point about GRT people is going to slide quietly into the background while Tory and Labour politicians compete to abuse their local Traveller populations for electoral gain. Edifying stuff.
What is truly bizarre about the letter is that Abbott chose three examples to contrast with her point and then used historical context which somehow seemed to forget that two of her three examples were subjected to the most horrific racist treatment - all carried out by a government on an industrial scale almost within living memory.
Although not really politically aligned with Abbott, I have a lot of respect for her and am horrified by the level of abuse and ridicule she endures, most of which is racist in nature. And, of course, the right will leap upon this with breath-taking hypocrisy. But she is a highly intelligent person - how did she think this wasn't going to end up here?