SwiftOnSecurityListening to British people talk about Meghan Markle is like overhearing your coworker beat their dog on a conference call.
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@SwiftOnSecurity it's depressing how quickly royalist fanatics turned into a heap of frothing bile as soon as someone non-white became part of the family
@SwiftOnSecurity (I mean they were already racist AF on average, so it's not surprising, but the explosion of overtly racist media coverage is deeply depressing)
João Santos@gsuberland @SwiftOnSecurity was anyone surprised that people that believe in a master family also believe in a master race?
@jmcs @SwiftOnSecurity not in the least.
Charlie Stross@SwiftOnSecurity And you should totally [not, gack] see the tabloid newspaper headlines!
Went food shopping today, couldn't miss the Scottish Daily Express screaming TV INTERVIEW FORCES HARRY TO ADMIT ROYAL FAMILY ISN'T RACIST AFTER ALL. (Which, given that it's always projection on the right, and the SDM is way to the right of the Murdoch press, is a taste of the virtual reality they're trying to construct.)
James Devine@cstross Yeah, I saw the English equivalent this morning and did a double take. I'm sure the righty columnists will be queuing up to tell us that actually he was the only racist one until he left because "reasons", in some kind of reverse snark mouth-vomit inducing illogical shark jump.
You may have thought a head of state whose whole family is afraid of the press would have been on fire for Levenson part 2... but no.
@james King Chuckles III is not my idea of a heroic risk-taker. Takes after the wrong parts of his ma's personality. (Also: 73 year old billionaire, not exactly a firebrand radical.)
EthycsTo quote Slavoj Zizek: Ideology is the ultimate virtual reality
Simon ZerafaYou're listening to the wrong British people.
brewpubus@SwiftOnSecurity God it is constantly in the news here (NZ) and it is so tiring, really would rather these people have a big family dysfunction quietly like the rest of us.
Luc Seufer 
@SwiftOnSecurity you mean a dog that's been pissing all over the place and put it on social networks to monetise it?
snowchyld@SwiftOnSecurity you did not just call Princess Kickass a Bitch!!?
Fishd@SwiftOnSecurity I don't understand it myself.
Harry married well imho, everyone should just let them get on with life.
chorltonwheelies@SwiftOnSecurity I think you are conflating The Daily Mail with the British People. Most Brits don't give a shit either way.
Experiencer (Mastodon)@SwiftOnSecurity I haven't watched a single clip about the whole situation apart from a tiny snippet of the ITV interview
I couldn't be bothered with the royals anyways
2xfo@SwiftOnSecurity
Damn I really want quote toots, lol
Damn I really want quote toots, lol
Nick Taylor@SwiftOnSecurity There was a brief, glorious period where the Daily Heil couldn't reconcile "pro-monarchy" with "extremely racist" and the smell of fascist brains cooking themselves was as sweet incense.