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  • Apparently they're selling off the bakery site for development, presumably this is why they have to close all the shops.

    I'm gutted and the news that Percy was a big racist is the icing on the non-existent cake :(

  • "Percy was a bit racist"
    I wasn't aware that there was a sliding scale to racism.
    Is this something recent?
    I'm asking this, because it is something I was pulled up on a few years ago.
    Not meant as a personal dig.

  • Knowing @fox as I do, I suspect he was just using understatement as a form of humour given that its clear that discriminating against "black mamas or pakistanis" is obviously very racist indeed.

  • I wasn't aware that there was a sliding scale to racism.

    I don't get this - I want to say you can be a bit or a big (like, everyone's at least a bit), and similarly you can act in bit or big racist ways. But I feel like your question was rhetorical...
    I don't know that it's helpful to think about being 'squeaky clean' - we're all in this society and this system and every day you make choices. (I feel like I'm missing your point.)

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