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Prince Harry backs move to ban Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: Duke of Sussex signals his support for review of England rugby anthem linked to slavery despite huge backlash from fans
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 16:16 EDT, 20 June 2020 | Georgia Simcox

Posted on 06/20/2020 9:43:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Dilbert San Diego

Didn’t MeGain leave the UK because of racism (according to her)? So why didn’t she stay and fight racism there? The woman’s stories and “logic” never make a bit of sense.


41 posted on 06/21/2020 3:58:13 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Olog-hai

“Prince Harry has backed the moves to ban Swing Low, Sweet Chariot...”

He’s going for the Guinness record for how many ways one person can be an idiot.


42 posted on 06/21/2020 4:02:10 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Olog-hai

Almost 6,000 comments at the DM link and climbing. And the vast majority are not kind.

The Harkles have stepped in it again.


43 posted on 06/21/2020 4:07:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Cecily

OK, two things:

First, months ago ago, I was looking for a bikini for my 65 year old gal, a true beauty, the love of my life for forty years and I clicked on a bikini ad.

Now any dailymail article is surrounded by constantly changing pics of gals in bikinis so it makes just reading an article difficult.

Second, somewhere between the bikini pics there was this:

“Written by a black slave in the American South during the nineteenth century, the song was first belted out by supporters when two black wingers - Martin Offiah and Chris Oti - became sporting heroes on the pitch at the end of the 1980s. “

I can say since it was the fans of two Black rugby players on THEIR team that it was meant as an appreciation for their efforts and talents and not derogatory in any way.

As noted somewhere else in the article between the bikini ads the crowd would only sing maybe the first stanza or two - in the context of the game I view it only as a welcoming sign of appreciation.

At 65 I simply view it as a vision I hope to see when I die, please swing low and take me home on a chariot.

The actual odds on that are probably `50-50 but I’m trying to improve those odds. ;-)


44 posted on 06/21/2020 4:47:12 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
she is now back in America,

Why? How did Canada get so lucky?

45 posted on 06/21/2020 4:57:19 AM PDT by windsorknot
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A man who’s family built an empire from slavery. England still recognizing their family as royalty means England endorses slavery.


46 posted on 06/21/2020 5:12:44 AM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Olog-hai

The UK has bigger problems than stupid songs. The UK is promoting the growth of a vicious, world-expansionist religious fanatic group that grooms and rapes children. It is prosecuting anyone who calls attention to that fact, and is allowing the grooming to continue.


47 posted on 06/21/2020 5:49:25 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: Bonemaker
He’s going for the Guinness record for how many ways one person can be an idiot.

And people doubt that he is Charles’ son. Hah! Don’t need no stinkin’ DNA test!

48 posted on 06/21/2020 6:07:15 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
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To: Olog-hai

He ain’t no prince any mo’.


49 posted on 06/21/2020 6:08:04 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Retvet

If MeGain allies herself with BLM, which undoubtedly wants to smash the British monarchy and all monarchies to smithereens, won’t she have to renounce all the titles she holds courtesy of Halfwit and his family (HRH, duchess, countess and baroness)? Better get on that right away, MeGain.


50 posted on 06/21/2020 6:57:37 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Olog-hai

It is also a Christian hymn. “Taking me back home” refer’s back to Heaven where we all come from and NOT back to Africa.


51 posted on 06/21/2020 1:56:58 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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I read there was a Plantagenet descendant in Australia. I wonder if he would like a change of careers?


52 posted on 06/21/2020 2:04:08 PM PDT by Reily
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Yes there is. I remember seeing a show hosted by “Time Team’s” host Tony (Baldric) Robinson who interviewed him and provided a good explanation of his lineage.

Here is a link to the show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Real_Monarch

And another article about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abney-Hastings,_14th_Earl_of_Loudoun


53 posted on 06/21/2020 4:54:58 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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