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LOL News media and social media are united in the fact that this tour was the worst in history. Even the rota is saying its damaging to the throne and the UK - right when the UK and Boris are looking desperately for allies. When you've got old and young people saying you're doing it wrong - you're doing it wrong. |
No one cares as much as you. See, there’s this war in Ukraine. |
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Come in wearing evening gowns on dirt roads in jungles, leaving hugging strangers at memorial walls. They should have started with the relaxed demeanor and acknowledging reparations/colonialism/pain etc.
Those countries were sending messages weeks ahead of time. Oh well. Cute photo |
Which hosts behaved inappropriately— in your mind? The ones who told the truth, politely and directly? If you believe that historic events should not impact how you treat everyone, then all the more reason for William to avoid those multiple cringe-y moments of happily being carried around in sedan chairs and ancient Rovers for the white savior photo ops. |
Your opinion doesn’t really matter. You are looking through a skewed lens fixated on historic racialized colonialism if all you see are “white savior” photo ops. What would please you? If the BRF ignored the commonwealth and avoided visits? If they showed up in jeans and jumpers with dour expressions and solely discussed the evils from generations ago? Sounds fun. Will did address the history btw. He did it rather deftly at the appropriate time and setting. |
Lol Of course my opinion doesn’t really matter. Just as your opinions don’t really matter to anyone but you. Shrug. And yes, my lens IS skewed, as is yours. Mighty white of you to mention that. FWIW, I saw pretty dresses too — although, yes, some of them carried forth the white savior motif all to well. I’m sure they did their best though, as, no doubt, you do as well. |
Ah me. That should be “all too well”. |
As a fellow American, I am ashamed of you. You think enslaving and colonizing a people, and stripping them of their best resources, is not going to have a lingering effect? They’ll just bounce back as soon as they have independence? |
+1. It’s the white Karens who are like “Jamaicans and other POC need to be gracious to their white overlords” |
+1000 Also let’s just get real. William has ZERO charisma. He’s even stodgier than Charles. That’s the issue and the problem and why it’s all gonna fall apart when the Queen dies. Sure Kate is pretty but she auditioned for over a decade for the role and is now playing it to a tee but we never see her. Does she have a personality? It’s like these two are cardboard cutouts. It’s a snore fest. It still blows me away that they didnt see the appeal of Meghan and Harry - two likeable people that encapsulated progressiveness. How could they not see this?! |
They did see the appeal- that was the problem. M&H we’re getting to be too popular. So the knives came out. |
I went to university with them and can vouch for William’s lack of charisma. Even then he walked like he had too much starch on his knickers. Kate was lobbying hard to be a princess (pushed by her vulgar mother) and her campaign has landed her in a tough spot of a flailing monarchy that should’ve sunsetted a few decades ago when the scandals began. |