...and he's doing it splendidly!
'Are you really denying what I just said about British colonialism?' an exasperated Velshi asked his guest. 'Andrew, are you really doing that?'
You bet he is!
As Roberts continues to say the UK abolished slavery more than 30 years before the United States did, Velshi seems to become more upset telling him: 'Andrew this is not a propaganda show,' and 'Andrew I need you to stop!
'I need you to stop for a second,' he interrupts his guest. 'Are you really taking issue with the horrors of colonialism?' he asks, to which Roberts replies: 'I'm taking issue with your remarks about slavery, which we abolished 32 years before you did. 'We didn't have to kill 600,000 people in a civil war over it,' he added.
Boom!
But Velshi was not giving up.
Bitter, and ignorant, and not aware when he's been totally bested. Boy, can MSNBC pick 'em!
'So you think that that's fine, that there are people all over the world who are born in colonial countries?' he asked. 'Because when I was born, the British Empire still existed. 'And that's OK for everybody to say.'
Roberts, though, asked Velshi which country he was born in, and when Velshi said he was born in Kenya, Roberts noted that 'the Kenyans not only supported the appointment of Prince Charles, now King Charles, as the head of the Commonwealth, we've [also] just had a fantastic statement from the president of Kenya saying what a wonderful thing —' Velshi then interrupted to note that President Biden is also going to the Queen's funeral, to which Roberts asked: 'Then why on Earth do you want to concentrate on the only negative things of an institution, which is 100 years ago now?'
TKO! That's what it is to get schooled on national tv!
He went on to interview chip-on-the-shoulder 'academics' like Kehinde Andrews, who told him what he wanted to hear. Bet he wished he'd only had him on...
Born in Kenya in 1968 but with a South Asian name and appearance, he is obviously a product of the colonialism he decries but his claim to have been born under the British Empire is fatuous and relies on an "Empire" by then consisting of post UDI Rhodesia, the Falklands, Turks & Caicos and so on.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Almost as good as the Peterson/Newman "lobster " interview. If you are armed with nothing more than standard opinions, a combative attitude, and caffeine, don't mix it with an academic who stands their ground.
ReplyDeleteJust endless moany twats banging on about Empire, fuck off for Christs sake, nobody cares about your infantile whining. Latest is Jedward going on about monarchy, who cares you talentless fairies. Also that monkey bitch of a supposed professor, nigs, nogs, wogs and wankers, plus some porridge wog with a (now closed) chip shop just to top it off.
ReplyDelete"...but his claim to have been born under the British Empire is fatuous and relies on an "Empire" by then consisting of post UDI Rhodesia, the Falklands, Turks & Caicos and so on."
ReplyDeleteFacts are all optional to some people...
"Almost as good as the Peterson/Newman "lobster " interview."
Yes indeed!