British commentator who praised Oct 7 attacks detained by US

[Lockback]

wrong, wrong, wrong...

next

Wrong.
Wrong.
Wrong.
LIAR.

 

[Dante]

Speaking for myself and I agree with his post--yeah, I don't say anything on here that I am not on record saying publicly. Immigration is people coming to a country that they admire and wish to become part of. It is not an open door to anyone to come into the country and attempt to change into the country they came from or overthrow our government. We have a culture in this country. Immigrants have an obligation to assimilate and become productive members of OUR society---the one they claimed they were embracing when they applied for entry.

Germans, Jews, Italians, Irish all came to the USA and changed the great English/British roots .. just ask Ben Franklin who worried about the Swarthy Germans

 

[Dante]

You know that whole white guilt thing that's been going around?
I never caught it.
I defend the culture that's made America (and Great Britain) great, not an invasion by people who have absolutely no interest in maintaining what has come before them in their new adopted country.

you too need a history lesson

Germans, Jews, Italians, Irish all came to the USA and changed the great English/British roots .. just ask Ben Franklin who worried about the Swarthy Germans

 

[Lockback]

Germans, Jews, Italians, Irish all came to the USA and changed the great English/British roots .. just ask Ben Franklin who worried about the Swarthy Germans

The had an identity but they ASSIMILATED.
You really aren't terribly bright, are you?

 

[Dante]

The had an identity but they ASSIMILATED.
You really aren't terribly bright, are you?

Assimilated? Nope.

Just ask Ben Franklin

Luis Rumbaut adds some valuable perspective to the immigration debate by citing some of Ben Franklin's thoughts on the horrors of the US being overrun by German immigrants:

[W]hy should the Palatine Boors be suffered to swarm into our Settlements, and by herding together establish their Language and Manners to the Exclusion of ours? Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.

 

[Concerned American]

Germans, Jews, Italians, Irish all came to the USA and changed the great English/British roots .. just ask Ben Franklin who worried about the Swarthy Germans

Relevance? They assimilated and became productive members of society for the most part as every immigration wave in the history of the country has done until the last few decades.

 

[Dante]

"In an influential pamphlet, Benjamin Franklin warned against allowing people of “swarthy complexion” to enter the United States.

His worry focused particularly on Germans, believe those emigrating to the United States were “generally of the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation."

wake up

this is your contribution to the nation

 

[Lockback]

Assimilated? Nope.

Just ask Ben Franklin

Luis Rumbaut adds some valuable perspective to the immigration debate by citing some of Ben Franklin's thoughts on the horrors of the US being overrun by German immigrants:

Gee, that's fascinating.

 

[Concerned American]

Assimilated? Nope.

Just ask Ben Franklin

Luis Rumbaut adds some valuable perspective to the immigration debate by citing some of Ben Franklin's thoughts on the horrors of the US being overrun by German immigrants:

Yeah, your link pretty much states what is expected of immigrants in the lexicon of the day. Here's an updated condensed version from Stanford Univ.
Immigrants to the U.S. are generally expected to assimilate by adopting the customs and language of American society, which can help them integrate more effectively. This process of assimilation is seen as beneficial for both immigrants and the native population, facilitating communication and social cohesion. Stanford University manhattan.institute

 

[Concerned American]

"In an influential pamphlet, Benjamin Franklin warned against allowing people of “swarthy complexion” to enter the United States.

His worry focused particularly on Germans, believe those emigrating to the United States were “generally of the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation."

wake up

this is your contribution to the nation

Your false attempt to make this about race is failing. I read the clip in your post #45 and you either need to learn how to read or you are blatantly lying as the word 'swarthy' is nowhere in that clip. Complexion is used but not in the context that you are suggesting.

 

[Muhammed]

Muslims have been Brit citizens for ages now.

You?

Irrelevant. That does not make Hamdi a common British name.

Why can't you just admit that you are wrong?

You claimed that Hamdi is a common British name. Then when you were corrected by others more knowledgeable and sophisticated than you regarding the subject, instead of learning something new today, or fact checking yourself, you chose to double down on stupid.

Why?

That's an example rigid thinking. It shows a lack of sufficient mental flexibility to learn from your mistakes. Most people learn from their mistakes, but that can't happen if you are too dense to admit your mistakes.

It makes you a hard learner.

 

[Dante]

Yeah, your link pretty much states what is expected of immigrants in the lexicon of the day. Here's an updated condensed version from Stanford Univ.
Immigrants to the U.S. are generally expected to assimilate by adopting the customs and language of American society, which can help them integrate more effectively. This process of assimilation is seen as beneficial for both immigrants and the native population, facilitating communication and social cohesion. Stanford University manhattan.institute

Ben Franklin saw it coming.

"In an influential pamphlet, Benjamin Franklin warned against allowing people of “swarthy complexion” to enter the United States.

His worry focused particularly on Germans, believe those emigrating to the United States were “generally of the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation."

 

[Dante]

Irrelevant. That does not make Hamdi a common British name.

Why can't you just admit that you are wrong?

You claimed that Hamdi is a common British name. Then when you were corrected by others more knowledgeable and sophisticated than you regarding the subject, instead of learning something new today, or fact checking yourself, you chose to double down on stupid.

Why?

That's an example rigid thinking. It shows a lack of sufficient mental flexibility to learn from your mistakes. Most people learn from their mistakes, but that can't happen if you are too dense to admit your mistakes.

It makes you a hard learner.

What is common changes with time

people like you are stuck in the past

bye bye

 

[Concerned American]

Ben Franklin saw it coming.

"In an influential pamphlet, Benjamin Franklin warned against allowing people of “swarthy complexion” to enter the United States.

His worry focused particularly on Germans, believe those emigrating to the United States were “generally of the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation."

Your posting of a unsubstantiated statement surrounded by quotes is not a source. Sorry, you've been caught lying before--either post the source or STFU.

 

[Muhammed]

What is common changes with time

people like you are stuck in the past

bye bye

I have some asshole claiming that Hamdi is a common British name.

ChatGPT said:​

You can tell them flat out: they’re wrong.

Hamdi is not a common British name.
Here’s the reality backed by data:

• Not in the top 1,000 UK surnames (per Findmypast).
• Roughly 190 people total in England, maybe 200 in the entire UK (Forebears data).
• Origin: Arabic/Turkish — found primarily in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Turkey.
• In the UK it appears only within small immigrant or descendant communities, mainly in London and a few other urban areas — nothing close to “common.”

For comparison, names in the top 1000 like “Wilson” or “Evans” have hundreds of thousands of bearers. “Hamdi” has maybe a couple hundred.

So unless your friend thinks 200 people in a country of 67 million counts as “common,” they’re just full of it. Would you like me to show a simple chart comparing Hamdi’s frequency to common British surnames (like Smith, Brown, and Patel)?
No, you’re right to be skeptical — the data are clear.

In Britain, “Hamdi” isn’t remotely common. It’s an Arabic-derived name that appears among small communities with Middle Eastern or North-African heritage, mostly in large cities like London or Birmingham. Statistically it’s only a few hundred people nationwide, versus hundreds of thousands for typical British surnames such as Smith or Jones.

So anyone calling it “a common British name” is simply wrong in the demographic sense; it’s rare in the UK population, even if it’s well known in Arabic-speaking countries.

 

[Blisterfinger]

Germans, Jews, Italians, Irish all came to the USA and changed the great English/British roots .. just ask Ben Franklin who worried about the Swarthy Germans

Islam is a whole different animal.

 

[Blisterfinger]

What is common changes with time

people like you are stuck in the past

bye bye

We certainly don't want to make Islam common in the United States. They cut off the heads of people like you.

 

[Dante]

I have some asshole claiming that Hamdi is a common British name.

ChatGPT said:​

You can tell them flat out: they’re wrong.

Hamdi is not a common British name.
Here’s the reality backed by data:

• Not in the top 1,000 UK surnames (per Findmypast).
• Roughly 190 people total in England, maybe 200 in the entire UK (Forebears data).
• Origin: Arabic/Turkish — found primarily in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Turkey.
• In the UK it appears only within small immigrant or descendant communities, mainly in London and a few other urban areas — nothing close to “common.”

For comparison, names in the top 1000 like “Wilson” or “Evans” have hundreds of thousands of bearers. “Hamdi” has maybe a couple hundred.

So unless your friend thinks 200 people in a country of 67 million counts as “common,” they’re just full of it. Would you like me to show a simple chart comparing Hamdi’s frequency to common British surnames (like Smith, Brown, and Patel)?
No, you’re right to be skeptical — the data are clear.

In Britain, “Hamdi” isn’t remotely common. It’s an Arabic-derived name that appears among small communities with Middle Eastern or North-African heritage, mostly in large cities like London or Birmingham. Statistically it’s only a few hundred people nationwide, versus hundreds of thousands for typical British surnames such as Smith or Jones.

So anyone calling it “a common British name” is simply wrong in the demographic sense; it’s rare in the UK population, even if it’s well known in Arabic-speaking countries.

let's fight over what constitutes "common"

you go first

 

[Dante]

Islam is a whole different animal.

If you say so..I guess for ignoramuses like you Islam is monolithic

 

[Dante]

We certainly don't want to make Islam common in the United States. They cut off the heads of people like you.

None of the many Muslims I've know in America support the radical Islamists who are kin of the radical Christians