Originally Posted by OzTennis

(I've got a blue and a wine passport - what colour will the latter be post Brexit? That's another issue).

I just regard myself as Australian whether I'm in Scotland or 'home'. I don't think of expat, immigrant or emigrant (just to add another dimension as you can regard yourself as an immigrant in the country you've moved to or an emigrant from the country you've left).

I suppose I would add first before citizenship in the following dictionary definition of expat:

An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing, as an immigrant, in a country other than that of their citizenship. The word comes from the Latin terms ex ("out of") and patria ("country, fatherland").

Originally Posted by GarryP

On the first, I'll have no truck with people attacking others due to the circumstances of their birth - over which they have no control. That goes equally for SJW-types attacking those who are white, male and bought up in the west - or if they were black, female and bought up in Africa. They are equally wrong and bigoted. The racists at least have the good grace to hide and be embarrassed about it.

For the second, it does make a difference if someone decides to hop from living in the UK to living in Australia, or if they escape Somalia to live in Australia. Personally I feel the first is more defensible, change locale on only a slightly different scale to changing town. In the case of the second you are taking the best and brightest from a country that desperately needs their skills, so that the 1st world country can benefit. The individual might be better off, but society is worse off on average. One is a fair level trade, and the other a taking away of talent.

There, did that confuse you further, or do you see how it's compatible with everything else I've said ?

Originally Posted by OzTennis

One thing which has occurred to me more and more is that the title of this website or forum - British Expats - is in some people's favourites/bookmarks right next to Breitbart News - so we are getting a lot of threads and posts meant for the latter rather than the former.

Originally Posted by morpeth

I assumed for BE there wasn't a requirement to be of any particular political persuasion.

Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow

I don't think it's quite a requirement, yet... But some posters (including some moderators) blatantly advertise their contempt for those whose partisan-political persuasion is different from their own, and deliberately go beyond the bounds of courtesy. So perhaps the day will soon come. We must hope not, of course.

Originally Posted by OzTennis

One thing which has occurred to me more and more is that the title of this website or forum - British Expats - is in some people's favourites/bookmarks right next to Breitbart News - so we are getting a lot of threads and posts meant for the latter rather than the former.

Originally Posted by morpeth

I assumed for BE there wasn't a requirement to be of any particular political persuasion.

Originally Posted by Beoz

Just for clarity, I did not hack Garry's account. Zulu, did you?

Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow

I don't think it's quite a requirement, yet... But some posters (including some moderators) blatantly advertise their contempt for those whose partisan-political persuasion is different from their own, and deliberately go beyond the bounds of courtesy. So perhaps the day will soon come. We must hope not, of course.

Originally Posted by morpeth

I assumed for BE there wasn't a requirement to be of any particular political persuasion.

Originally Posted by Gordon Barlow

I don't think it's quite a requirement, yet... But some posters (including some moderators) blatantly advertise their contempt for those whose partisan-political persuasion is different from their own, and deliberately go beyond the bounds of courtesy. So perhaps the day will soon come. We must hope not, of course.

Originally Posted by morpeth

Quite agree. An interesting Forum. People often quite passionate, I wonder if they speak that way to others in person.

Originally Posted by Amazulu

This post sparked my curiosity to have a look at Breibart for the first time

Cool website and you can even buy merchandise. I've just ordered a Border Wall Construction Co t-shirt