John Cleese, racist?

John Cleese recently twited the following:

'Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more

Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation

So there must be some truth in it...

I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU'

https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1133604249693110272

Is this tweet a statement of fact, or the opinion of a racist as the msm and other famous comedians such as Dom Joly have stated?

If it is racist, why is it racist?

The truth according to the last census, is that London is now a city where white English are the minority and are becoming increasingly a minority.
Not that that is a bad thing, but it is a fact.

[i]One of the reasons I cannot stand twatter...it's a cesspool of arguments and hate.[/i]

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Abrienda · 26-30, F

Yes...but remember...NO ONE ever expect the Spanish Inquisition! My priest once showed us that routine in my catechism class - he said he thought it was funny (it is though untrue of course...he then taught us the Inquisition was actually a GOOD thing!) but was also a way for him to show us to accept contrary views and not take ourselves too seriously.

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Abrienda The inquisition was a good thing?? lol

Well, that's a novel view.... A Catholic view I guess 🤔

When people are being murdered to force them and their families to adopt a different religion, it's NOT a good thing.

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@Quizzical You have a wonderful grasp of the obvious. What OTHER view WOULD it be if it was expressed by a priest in a Catholic catechism? A Hindu one?

The purpose of that aside was to reference Monty Python's most famous bits and I included it as a form of sarcastic self-deprecation...not to invite debate with someone with a youtube knowledge of the subject such as yourself.

Just drop it and lighten up.

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Abrienda The horrendous acts of the Inquisitions are a matter of historical record... Not just a fictitious Youtube documentary!

That's like denying the Holocaust happened because you are German.

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@Quizzical God you must be fun at a party! I see the "received wisdom" department is not restricted to one side of the political spectrum...I hear CNN has some job openings positions open.

One more time. I will not discuss this with someone with an obvious bias who doesn't know anything about the subject as you again have proven. Sorry if that bruises your manly ego but I have said it twice now so what is there you cannot seem to understand?

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Abrienda You make a whole lot of assumptions about my depth of knowledge and political leanings... And all without discussion.

I guess you must be psychic, or just not accepting of the fact that what you have taught might in fact be wrong, because you were taught by those with a bias.

D1senfranchised · 46-50, M

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

youtube.com/watch?v=1N6OOWtCYQA

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@Quizzical No assumptions needed... you have shown you only have received only received knowledge on the topic, especially when you start wailing so emotionally about something that occurred THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO and is not even the point of this post.

You clearly have something emotionally invested here ... anti-Catholicism, perhaps? One of your great-greats die in an auto de fe (God I hope so!) - that makes you go on and on about a simple comment I made to lighten the tome and to mention that we as Catholics even our religious could appreciate and enjoy the joke while not accepting it as true...a form of tolerance and open mindedness I think maybe you ought to consider trying. I didn't realize there was someone here wanting to refight the 30 Years War online.

So...for the last time...and I will type this slowly. I. Am. Not. Going. To. Talk. About. This. Anymore. With. You. For. At. Least. Three. Reasons. Go Now. And' Take. A. Shower. Or. Have. A. Drink.

Since you seem to need the last word when dealing with women I will not reply to your reply so you will finally shut up about it.☺️

Geeez!.

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Abrienda You are a real fucking piece of work... Now you're trying to make out I am a misogynist too!

And you really wished that an ancestor of mine died during a public penance, how incredibly Christian of you.

You really ARE representative of your faith... Manipulative, self-righteous and willing to accept and hide corruption, and for you to talk about open-mindedness and tolerance is pure hypocrisy... It's YOUR way or NO way 😠

Feel free not to respond, your opinion does not matter to me.

Oh, and I'm not anti-Catholic... I'm anti-theist. I just object strongly to a religion that has a history of killing people to get their own way and to this day STILL harbours and protects paedophiles and lies about the numbers involved.

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@Quizzical Charming! When someone uses profanity (and using it against a woman who never used it against you is...ahhh...guess what? Misogynistic - an attempt by an insecure man to use violent language to make a woman be quiet). So...you reveal yourself to be a) a religious bigot, b) a misogamist, and c) without class - a trifecta!🤗

Oh... I lied about you getting the last word, btw, but I KNEW you would fall for it! You really are so easy to set up for fails...you play cards, by any chance?😄

Okay look...you really are making a fool out of yourself, and making you look silly is like kicking a blind legless poodle which can be fun but gets boring after a while. But now you're just boring me...something I am sure you have heard from women before though in a different place and context, if you know what I mean...🤔😉

Bye now!😚

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Abrienda I was wrong about one thing... You may be representative of the way your organised religion operates, but you are by no means representative of it's true teachings.

You are prideful, vengeful, and to wish a painful, humiliating death upon someone, quite simply evil. You wish to compare bad language against that? There IS no comparison.

Frankly, you're just a bad Christian.

Oh, and misogamist mean someone is against marriage, so I'm really not sure where you are making that piece of information up from. 🤔

It's also disingenuous of you to hide behind your gender because someone is having an argument with you. That screams that someone is on shaky ground. When you can't win a battle make the other person seem like the bad guy.

I'm sure you will not be able to contain yourself from responding. Your type ALWAYS needs the last word.