People seem to be struggling with some simple concepts. Saying Israeli govt policies are as bad as the Nazis IS anti-Semitic. (And stupid.) Saying women shouldn’t cover their faces in public in Britain so they can interact with other people ISN’T Islamophobic. You’re welcome.
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You and I don’t need to have our face uncovered at all times. I go out in winter all the time with my scarf wrapped around my lower face to keep out the cold. So you and I need to stop doing that right?
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It only covers a part of your face and actually you’d probably pull your scarf down to chat to someone precisely because that is a societal norm. And it serves a useful practical purpose. The burkha doesn’t.
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Like I have constantly tweeted, you have every right to ask any Muslim woman to remove the veil if it is preventing you from having a conversation, and no I wouldn’t move my scarf if I was cold
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Yeah you would. I think we both know that asking a woman to remove her veil would result in a visit from the police.
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No I really wouldn’t, and I ask women to remove it on an almost daily basis so that I can do my job and not one of them has ever called the police. And I thought you were an intelligent woman
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I think people shouldn’t walk around, do their job, attend classes etc with their faces covered, whether with a burkha, niqab, balaclava or anything else. I note that in a tweet which doesn’t @ me, you’ve called me a racist. That’s pathetic of you. At least do it to my face.
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That is a different argument and not the one you have been presenting and yes Julia I do think you are racist. There you go less pathetic of me
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Louisa you not got a clue what you on about, you living in a bubble, do you feel righteous calling someone racist.
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Isn’t it up to the woman?..if she’s happy with her religion what’s the problem...
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Exactly
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Maybe Julia should invite some of these women on her show..and get their point of view..
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Ah but she wouldn’t do that would she because it would go against her narrative of what she thinks is correct
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I’ve spoken to and debated at length with dozens of women who wear the burkha, thanks.
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Maybe you could spend a day in one ,and do a report on it...maybe it’s good to hide from everyone some days..bet it’s great on bad hair days...
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Funnily enough I have worn one, and I have worn a headscarf for a wedding and I have done Ramadan. I found all of them oddly liberating
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I loved my balaclava as a kid,I never took it off...then I got an SAS one,used to out on people..I got it took off me...
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So are you going to ask every gang member that walks around with their face covered to remove their masks because they ‘need’ to walk round with their faces uncovered? No of course you aren’t
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She doesn't 'need' to do anything she doesn't want to do Julia you absolute windbag. Here you are interacting with people through social media, what bigger veil is there than that? Should we all stop 'interacting' here too saying as our faces are virtually and digitally masked?
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Like hoodies, bikers & cyclists then?
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Pure hypocrisy from Julia. So much makeup no one has a clue what she actually looks like.pic.twitter.com/dhsnB7BfBH
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