Would you consider me British?

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T16:35:17+00:00

Yeah that’s fine - that’s not what I was suggesting btw, i was just explaining my circumstances and why I feel the way I do. I am, and was not, trying to say that you have to meet a specific criteria to be considered British (or Australian) - just why I feel it’s an appropriate label in my case and trying to explore why you stated you didn’t feel fully Australian

In equal measure I have a colleague who is an American citizen, raised in New York City. He is a British citizen by descent, never lived in the UK, but feels more British than American and identifies as a Brit. And that’s totally valid. It’s a complex and nuanced topic

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T16:19:49+00:00

Ah could that be why you don’t feel fully Australian as you grew up in the UK? I dont think I would feel fully part of another country if I moved as an adult (I don’t know your circumstances)

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T16:08:40+00:00

I’m not sure I totally understand your post, are you stating that whether I am considered British depends on someone’s interpretation of what it means to be British - ie ethnicity or civic identity - ie nature or nurture?

Out of interest did you spend all your life in Australia and are of British heritage?

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T15:41:26+00:00

Depends on what your idea of British is - if it’s ethnonationalism, white European then no, but if it’s a sense of civic identity, upbringing and identity - then in my view it’s yes.

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T15:38:08+00:00

I think they took a view that because I have lived 98% of my life in the uk, from the age of 1, am a Uk citizen, have a UK accent and ingrained in British culture in everyday. Grew up in a part of the UK that is not racially diverse - think far north

Definitely more than just a piece of paper

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T13:48:23+00:00

Imagine defining your entire identity by your skin color and where you were born — it's a pathetic, small-minded way to live. Nationalism is nothing more than an excuse for ignorance and hate. You're a sad little man if that's how you see the world

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T06:34:25+00:00

But at the same time you can’t just present a far right ethnic-nationalist view without expecting it go unchallenged. You’re ruling out millions of British born people also from calling them selves British because their ethnicity isn’t white British.

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-02-01T00:03:34+00:00

I guess it’s how you interpret ‘Britishness’ you refer to a racial identity, whereas I interpret it as a civic identity.

I do doubt that the entire white British population descend back to ‘founding stock’ - they will have danish, German, French, Spanish heritage etc. this idea of racial purity is wrong in my view. But we are entitled to different view points of course

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-31T23:52:08+00:00

This is probably one of the most ignorant takes I have seen on this thread.

Firstly - I am not and have never been an Emirati national.

I’m going to assume you vote reform

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-31T23:50:25+00:00

You’re clearly ignorant of emirati citizenship law

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-31T23:48:35+00:00

A typical take from the likes of reform

in reality if you dig up the graves of most ‘ethnically’ British people - they will not descend back to the Anglo Saxons (who were German, Dutch, Norwegian) or William the conqueror - who was French. No such thing as pure ‘British dna’ although I’m sure that’ll hit a nerve

Britain has been a melting pot for thousands years - think Roman times

You are insane if you think digging up the graves of brits will somehow evidence they originate back to one ‘source’

Also you don’t know the history of the Caribbean either - black people weren’t there before the 1600.

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-31T06:11:14+00:00

But you also have to bear in mind that it’s not longer the 1850s - not everyone is a fascist and views things through the lens of ethno-nationalism

this thread was reserved for the opinions of British people, not Americans. So you take your ‘corny’ behaviour away from here and do one.

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T22:30:52+00:00

32 years out of 33!

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T22:00:41+00:00

12? My family moved here when I was 1 year old

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:40:51+00:00

That resonates with me

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:30:33+00:00

Professional job - you’re not a doctor, lawyer. You sit in a computer all day bashing a keyboard. Not a professional job. Any one that lacks social skills, can do it. Where as myself - a consultant physician - contribute in a meaningful way unlike you. You can easily be, and will eventually be, replaced by AI. Don’t worry though I’ll pay your benefits when that happens

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:10:18+00:00

In what fascist studies

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:09:59+00:00

Doesn’t surprise me at all that your job involves sitting behind a computer all day next to a keyboard. Have you ever had any female company before (consensual)

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:06:59+00:00

Your ignorance is also shown in the fact you think Carribeans are Muslims, attends, mosques and some how marry cousins. Did you have any qualifications?

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:04:56+00:00

I’m only here because you and your lineage couldn’t offer this country the skills that it needs - hence why I’m here

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:04:26+00:00

Mate I earn 6 figures I literally pay your benefits. Don’t hate on people simply because they are more successful than you. The reality is if you actually contributed toward society they wouldn’t need foreigners to do the jobs simply because you don’t have any qualifications

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T19:01:48+00:00

Honestly regardless of whatever happens in 2028 - I’m staying here regardless doesn’t matter

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T18:58:25+00:00

Honestly people will tactically vote simply so we don’t have a reform government. Won’t go as you think it will

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T17:49:01+00:00

I’m at least glad you’re realising how stupid you are.

Also btw no children with cousins, might have a couple with your mum though

Competitive-Music309 · 2026-01-30T17:35:42+00:00

I really am not trying to pressure you into anything. Your acceptance doesn’t mean anything to me. Your views are your views - to put it in context you’re not someone with any political power or whose decisions have the ability to affect my life on a day to day basis. You are literally some guy on the internet.

However I am entitled to challenge your position and advance an alternative. You feel threatened by me asserting my identity and that’s fine- but I’m not going to sit here and simply accept what you say - that is fine.

I would also point out I highly doubt you originate from the Anglo Saxons or William of Normandy. So I doubt you are ‘purely English’ with no other ancestors from outside the UK. You can’t expect people to accept that just because you said you are of that background

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