James Maker Statement: Is Morrissey a racist?

Statement:

Is Morrissey a racist?

The answer is an emphatic 'no'. In the forty years that I have known Morrissey, I have never once heard a racist epithet pass his lips. The terms 'racist', 'fascist', and 'Islamophobe' are so freely used nowadays against those whose opinions and worldview differs from our own, that they have lost their power and meaning.
Also, there is a worrying trend on the Left that, ironically, echoes fascism in its intolerance of reasoned debate. One is not only 'wrong' in expressing a different opinion, but one is also now 'evil'. I believe that calling Morrissey a racist is unjustifiable and wrong.
However, if you want to run out of the house wearing a garment ill-suited to the elements in order to throw Viva Hate into the Manchester Ship Canal, then that is, of course, your right.

In supporting Brexit, this does not make Morrissey an immigrant-hating 'Little Englander' who lives only to reverse the metric system and bring back steam trains. The truth is, there are myriad reasons why people voted to leave the EU. One of them is a mistrust of Brussels technocracy where unelected representatives make decisions that are arguably a matter for sovereignty.
Patriotism and Nationalism are very distinct: the former is characterised by an affection for one's country; the second is a more extreme and unforgiving form of allegiance to one's homeland. Morrissey might be guilty of patriotism, but not of nationalism.

Opposing Sharia Law in the UK, or FGM, or institutionalised misogyny—which is (trigger warning) widespread in the developing world—is an appropriate Western response borne of democracy and the development of civil liberties. It is neither racist nor Islamophobic.
After all, if I were to move to the United Arab Emirates in search of a better life, I wouldn't reasonably expect to be able to build a hot dog stand empire, serving pork products whilst dressed in a gender-neutral miniskirt.

To oppose halal slaughter is to oppose slaughter with additional cruelty. The zakat tax payable for Halal certification is used by Islamic organisations to fund mosques and religious schools. Such is the many-tentacled nature of zakat, it is difficult to determine whether it is also being used to crowdfund Islamist extremism. There is a growing concern in some quarters that it might be.

Hitler was indeed 'Left-wing' in the sense of incorporating the word 'socialist' into the party's name to cynically draw voters away from communism and towards populist nationalism dressed as socialism. Hence, 'Hitler was Left-wing.' Morrissey was not suggesting that Hitler and Yvette Cooper (for example) share the same political ideals. The fact is, Left-wing totalitarianism looks little different to Right-wing authoritarianism — if you're being oppressed, it's the same experience.

Again, is Morrissey a racist?
My answer is an emphatic 'no'.

James Maker.
26.04.18

Regards,
FWD.

 

[URBANUS]

Morrissey fell for the oldest trick of them all by getting himself dragged into this kind of debate. We all know that when people have a different opinion than those in power the perfect way to name and shame them is to make them say stupid things that might even be a crime.

Morrissey has nothing to win from this nor do you and I and we are all pawns in a globalist agenda to make us all shut up for good and just obey our new masters. If we rebel and take action we end up in prison.

Just avoid politics at all cost and live your life cause it might surprise people but you can live your entire life without politics just like some choose to not eat meat or never have sex and so on.

To Countthree I wanna say I listened to your words and I have decided to abandon the term race and will also see people for who they are instead of what colour of skin they have.

Sexuality, race and colour of skin are completely unimportant things in life but what matters is what we do with our own life and how we treat others. I am taking a complete break from all kinds of politics that is geared toward creating hatred and division.

I have a life to live after all.

 

[vegan.cro spirit #2578]

Yeah I guess that's why thay have swastikas tattooed as well, to wind up the lefties. That makes them even more imbecilic then.

In the meantime, I have a question for you, given that you're gumming about "the ordinary working class": what about the ginormous mega overwhelming majority of working class kids who don't support the EDL?

How dare you suggest that working class and EDL are almost natural synonyms?

Liverpool has a glorious working class tradition with tens of thousands of working class lads, and your mates from the fascist far right regularly fare 0.0001% at the election here. Just sayin

Bungalow.

Some more Nazis for you:

 

[Cornflakes]

A photo of men Nazi-saluting. This, I'm afraid, is what happens when you leave working class people without jobs, treat them like second class citizens and alienate them in their own country - a country that meanwhile is allowing an alien religion to grow, thrive and breed terrorism. This is what happens when massive networks of Muslims are raping white kids and the police and authorities are too frightened to do anything for fear of being branded racist. This is what happens when little girls get blown to pieces at pop concerts and people are expected to light a candle, have a singsong then forget all about it.
I'll bet not one of these men has ever read Mein Kampf - the salutes and tattoos are more likely their way of saying f*** YOU to an establishment that hates them and would rather see them decimated and a mosque built over their remains.
But of course to you they are just Fascists! and Racists! and Lowlife Scum! who deserve no rights and no say and should just keep their heads down and move along.

It's totally weird, isn't it, how people reach for the lazy stereotypes when they see a guy with swastika tattoos giving a Nazi salute. Of course, we both know that this is a perfectly normal expression of dissatisfaction with late capitalism. But somehow people will predictably fail to see an animal rights activist, deeply concerned about the state of women's education in Sudan and, for some reason assume they are looking at a racist. Tsk!

 

[MLJ]

No.
No.
No (unaware).
Tommy Robinson is OK as far as I know.
No: as mentioned above, I have not done extensive research in to AMW or her party.

Those who are familiar with the expoilts of For Britain's founders and those involved with them, rightly condemn these hate preachers for what they are. You really need to look into these people to understand just how grim it all is.

I sincerely hope that Morrissey eventually receives some help, because I can only assume that he is very unwell. I'm not interested in demonising racists, because I believe them to victims too and, without exception in my experience, they are very troubled and vulnerable people.

It might help Morrissey if his fans pointed him in the right direction, but I fear that some of the dubioust types around him have a very tight grip.

 

[MLJ]

It's totally weird, isn't it, how people reach for the lazy stereotypes when they see a guy with swastika tattoos giving a Nazi salute. Of course, we both know that this is a perfectly normal expression of dissatisfaction with late capitalism. But somehow people will predictably fail to see an animal rights activist, deeply concerned about the state of women's education in Sudan and, for some reason assume they are looking at a racist. Tsk!

Have you read 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists'? It's a brilliant book. I particularly like the part describing workers who, rather than blame their exploitative masters for the abject poverty they live in, look for answers in 'The Daily Chlorophorm' and 'The Daily Obscurer' and end up blaming foreigners instead. The intelligent character facetiously suggests they should curse God for making the unforgivable mistake of putting anyone other than the British on this planet.

I wish Morrissey and some of these sycophantic halfwits would read it. But, alas, Morrissey is too rich to blame the rich.

 

[MLJ]

Surely a person can not be "left" and still find groupuscules like For Britain, EDL or the BNP revolting?
I am aware that the little Peppa Pig world of Morrissey is all black and white and simplified to shit, but luckily the overwhelming majority of this country can spot a far right thug and its manipulative leaders from a million miles. And that doesn't mean that they're "loony lefties", "virtue signallers", "snowflakes", "corbynites" or any of those deep deep deep meaningful cliches.

Bungalow

Well, I'm what you might call a 'Corbynite'. I have a few Muslim and Jewish friends in the Labour Party who have all received a barrage of threats from right wing nutters over recent years. What made us friends in theffirst place was that we all shared the same desire to stand up for the poor and the marginalised against the powerful and exploitative — something that the right and far right have never believed in.

I always used to think Morrissey was on the side of the dispossessed, the underdog etc... but it seems he's actually much happier supporting those, like For Britain and their BNP mates, who prefer to pick on the weak and the desperate.

 

[Truth]

Have you read 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists'? It's a brilliant book. I particularly like the part describing workers who, rather than blame their exploitative masters for the abject poverty they live in, look for answers in 'The Daily Chlorophorm' and 'The Daily Obscurer' and end up blaming foreigners instead. The intelligent character facetiously suggests they should curse God for making the unforgivable mistake of putting anyone other than the British on this planet.

I wish Morrissey and some of these sycophantic halfwits would read it. But, alas, Morrissey is too rich to blame the rich.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm not right wing, left wing or any other wing. I'm not bound by any ideology or religion. I'm a freethinker. I form my opinions from the evidence I see around me. You've got your opinions, I've got mine.

No you’re not a free thinker.
You form your opinions according to what Morrissey says. And you always side with the nazis, as you do in every single post.

PS I note you totally ignored my posts about Morrissey ‘s party calling for an end to the Working Time Directive. Too complicated, eh?

Bungalow

 

[MLJ]

When somebody gives a Nazi salute at an EDL rally they're most likely doing it to wind up the lefties. I'd bet any money on this. It's the equivalent of shining a cross at a vampire. Do a salute and watch the opposition cower in offence then froth at the mouth with impotent anger. The mythical jackbooted skinhead with a swastika stamped on his forehead is a wet dream of the left that died circa 1983. Groups like EDL are made up of the ordinary working class who fear a future Sharia Britain, whereas the opposing leftist groups shouting at the sides seem made up of scruffs, misfits and oddbods with pink and blue hair who don't know if they're male or female. These leftist mobs are always embarrassing to witness, screaming and tantrumming away about Fascists Out! and Refugees Welcome! Laurie Penny-types from obscenely rich backgrounds who have enjoyed educations in Britian's finest (white) private schools.

Wow, that's got to be the most grimly stupid fusillade of shite I've read for a long time. Known Neo Nazis publicly saluting Hitler for a laugh? I can only imagine how you reacted to the news of the protesters killed by white supremacists in Charlottesville. You have serious mental health issues. Please seek professional help.

 

[Anonymous]

Wow, that's got to be the most grimly stupid fusillade of shite I've read for a long time. Known Neo Nazis publicly saluting Hitler for a laugh? I can only imagine how you reacted to the news of the protesters killed by white supremacists in Charlottesville. You have serious mental health issues. Please seek professional help.

But also notice how the keyboard-bound "reelfountain" is ready to make any, and I mean ANY, logical leap and somersault in order to justify, play down, defend, excuse the warped ideology and ideas of people proudly standing by swastikas and racial abuse, no less.

Because, if alienation can be excuse abhorrent behaviour then, by the same token, reelfountain is on a par with those same heinous people he/she/it despises, those who silently side with the ISIS beasts (they too, no doubt, express their violence as an outlet for whichever alienation gone wrong, don't they?).

In the distorted world of reelfountain, and other kids like her/him/it, violence is ok, it's understandable or even sweet as long as it's "their" side (or better, as long as such violence doesn't touch them).

And so let's all do the same with abusive boyfriends, mafia criminals, late night thugs, you name it. Let's just say it's their inevitable response to "capitalism gone wrong", or "feeling misunderstood", or similar empty slogans, and Bob's your uncle, we're back to the Jungle.

Bungalow

 

[Anonymous]

The world of weasels like reelfountain:

The other day a big geezer was copped knocking his wife about three doors down from my house. He literally battered her. But, according to individuals like reelfountain, the abusive husband is "working class", so that's alright, you've got to understand his frustration at things.

Basically "being working class" excuses all sorts, even openly violent nazi ideology.
If you're white, that is.
If you're working class and with a hue, that don't count.

Go back to your GCSE work, reelfountain.

Bungalow

 

[Joe90]

Well, I'm what you might call a 'Corbynite'. I have a few Muslim and Jewish friends in the Labour Party who have all received a barrage of threats from right wing nutters over recent years. What made us friends in theffirst place was that we all shared the same desire to stand up for the poor and the marginalised against the powerful and exploitative — something that the right and far right have never believed in.

I always used to think Morrissey was on the side of the dispossessed, the underdog etc... but it seems he's actually much happier supporting those, like For Britain and their BNP mates, who prefer to pick on the weak and the desperate.

As you are a 'Corbynite' what is your opinion on all the 'anti-Semitism allegations in the Labour Party' swirling around the MSM at the moment?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43893791

 

[vegan.cro spirit #220]

No you’re not a free thinker.
You form your opinions according to what Morrissey says. And you always side with the nazis, as you do in every single post.

PS I note you totally ignored my posts about Morrissey ‘s party calling for an end to the Working Time Directive. Too complicated, eh?

Bungalow

Ive answered several times.
The Fuhrer gave out directives. "Directives" are by nature in essence fascist. You are being 'ordered'
to be a layabout, when you instead would want to do more work to keep your family off assistance.
But loon layabouts tremble of the prospect.

 

[Joe90]

Some more Nazis for you:

Some Muslims still do like Hitler even today and have done since the 1930's.

 

[vegan.cro spirit #220]

Some Muslims still do like Hitler even today and have done since the 1930's.

Very informative. Hitlers is without doubt a Honorary Ayatollah, Al Queada having roots in
the Nazi movement. Goes right over the head of the revolutionary layabout left wing loons here.
Dudes in that video look 'slightly lol' scarier than those chubby white nazi dudes in their backyard.
Sure the loons see nothing wrong with any of it.

 

[reelfountain]

Wow, that's got to be the most grimly stupid fusillade of shite I've read for a long time. Known Neo Nazis publicly saluting Hitler for a laugh? I can only imagine how you reacted to the news of the protesters killed by white supremacists in Charlottesville. You have serious mental health issues. Please seek professional help.

My opinion differs from yours so therefore I'm mad - of course, just like Morrissey!

 

[reelfountain]

But also notice how the keyboard-bound "reelfountain" is ready to make any, and I mean ANY, logical leap and somersault in order to justify, play down, defend, excuse the warped ideology and ideas of people proudly standing by swastikas and racial abuse, no less.

Because, if alienation can be excuse abhorrent behaviour then, by the same token, reelfountain is on a par with those same heinous people he/she/it despises, those who silently side with the ISIS beasts (they too, no doubt, express their violence as an outlet for whichever alienation gone wrong, don't they?).

In the distorted world of reelfountain, and other kids like her/him/it, violence is ok, it's understandable or even sweet as long as it's "their" side (or better, as long as such violence doesn't touch them).

And so let's all do the same with abusive boyfriends, mafia criminals, late night thugs, you name it. Let's just say it's their inevitable response to "capitalism gone wrong", or "feeling misunderstood", or similar empty slogans, and Bob's your uncle, we're back to the Jungle.

Bungalow

You're twisting my views all over the place. My point was simply this: shit happens when you treat people like shit. At least I'm trying to empathise and understand why, all you're doing is condemning. Funny how you would probably do the same to Muslim bombers.

 

[reelfountain]

No you’re not a free thinker.
You form your opinions according to what Morrissey says. And you always side with the nazis, as you do in every single post.

PS I note you totally ignored my posts about Morrissey ‘s party calling for an end to the Working Time Directive. Too complicated, eh?

Bungalow

My freethinking has obviously upset you. I never intended to do that. But when did I say I supported For Britain? I don't support any party. I've only looked at their website once and found it to be an interesting alternative to Labour and Tory - that's all. It says they would end zero hrs contracts. It also says they would scrap the Working Time Directive - but surely they would replace it with something else? I don't know. Email Anne Marie Waters, I'm not a representative of her party. Again, I follow no political party. Unlike Moz who you say makes my opinions for me.

 

[Anonymous]

Ive answered several times.
The Fuhrer gave out directives. "Directives" are by nature in essence fascist. You are being 'ordered'
to be a layabout, when you instead would want to do more work to keep your family off assistance.
But loon layabouts tremble of the prospect.

God you really are thick as a plank. Either that or you're really young. Or both.
You f***tard, people can do overtime, on a voluntary basis, or have two or even three jobs.
The point is that in ONE job they canNOT get exploited unless it's VOLUNTARY overtime, you dense dense dense dense individual.

Course you'll never understand what I mean because when you do grow up, mummy and daddy will make sure you're never short of a bob or two.

Now go have a wank on pictures of Morrissey with a bulldog.

Bungalow

 

[reelfountain]

God you really are thick as a plank. Either that or you're really young. Or both.
You f***tard, people can do overtime, on a voluntary basis, or have two or even three jobs.
The point is that in ONE job they canNOT get exploited unless it's VOLUNTARY overtime, you dense dense dense dense individual.

Course you'll never understand what I mean because when you do grow up, mummy and daddy will make sure you're never short of a bob or two.

Now go have a wank on pictures of Morrissey with a bulldog.

Bungalow

Why do lefties always have strops /anger problems? It couldn't be that they channel their own personal frustrations into bullshit politics by any chance? Who knows.