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Morrissey's latest remarks
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a273418/morrissey-describes-chinese-as-subspecies.html
It's getting pretty hard to believe Mozza isn't racist. Besides his alleged history of making these kind of comments, can anyone seriously believe that Morrissey thinks that all Chinese people approve of animal mistreatment? Is he not aware that some white English people mistreat animals too (along with arseholes of every other race)?
It seems odd or at the very least, extremely foolish that Morrissey would categorise the entire Chinese people as a 'sub-species'. Unless of course, that is his belief.
Any of these statements I could understand:
"People who mistreat animals are a sub-species"
"People who work in the Chinese cat and dog trade are a sub-species"
"Chinese people who mistreat animals are a sub-species"
All understandable (to varying degrees), all hard to argue with.
But no, a man with a high profile and who has been frequently accused of racism goes on the record, on tape as saying "You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies".
What do you think?
It's getting pretty hard to believe Mozza isn't racist. Besides his alleged history of making these kind of comments, can anyone seriously believe that Morrissey thinks that all Chinese people approve of animal mistreatment? Is he not aware that some white English people mistreat animals too (along with arseholes of every other race)?
It seems odd or at the very least, extremely foolish that Morrissey would categorise the entire Chinese people as a 'sub-species'. Unless of course, that is his belief.
Any of these statements I could understand:
"People who mistreat animals are a sub-species"
"People who work in the Chinese cat and dog trade are a sub-species"
"Chinese people who mistreat animals are a sub-species"
All understandable (to varying degrees), all hard to argue with.
But no, a man with a high profile and who has been frequently accused of racism goes on the record, on tape as saying "You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies".
What do you think?
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OP, the problem with this issue is that people are not going to want to believe Morrissey is racist. He is extraordinarily popular and a cult figure in left-wing circles so as usual there will be a collective denial aside from those who are enlightened enough to see what he said isn't acceptable regardless of the justification.
In regards to that particular sentence, it's controversial use of the word "sub-species" admittedly, but I think the comments are a reflection of his anger about cruelty to animals rather than a dislike of the Chinese. Like many animal lovers I don't think he's that keen on human kind in general to be perfectly honest.
Got me listening to my old Morrisey back catalogue again though.
It was in the Guardian according to the article, and I don't see how the comment has been taken out of context in the least. Even the DS article quotes the paragraph in full.
Again, Morrissey is intelligent enough to say what he means. He didn't say 'Animal abusers are a sub-species', or even 'Chinese animal abusers are a sub-species'. He said 'The Chinese are a sub-species'.
Unless he's deliberately trying to stir up controversy, it strikes me as pretty blatant racism, but as Xe2a2 points out, he'll always have his apologists who refuse to accept that their hero holds these views.