Is a Brit entitled to an opinion ...

JaneJudge

what is FG, Fatty gits?

Are you calling me fatty gits ?!

No Frank Gardner

Indeed Urmstongran. Very annoying when people who have not lived in France insult Macron all the time. ?

know many people who live in Spain and France and Portugal who think things should never change from when they lived in Scotland.

Think the body shaming and bright colours might be Paris. Definitely not rural Normandy. ?

Your assessment of the situation is very astute Josiann. Helped by the fact that you’ve lived for years in both countries so gives a sense of perspective. Yes, have an opinion by all means (in fact, no one can stop you!) but be aware of your audience if you feel annoyance may upset you.

Sensitivity, Josieann. That's the key word. Well done for finding it.

I agree Josieann. Summed up as "pick your quarrel".
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Oh yes, and for the record, there is also a lot of body shaming in France, and it is difficult to be a fat woman or to wear brightly coloured clothes.

(Not that I fit either.)

I was drawn to this thread this evening because the description in the first paragraph could easily have fitted me, or near enough. I loved everything about France as my new home and hated the UK, then I felt divided loyalties and switched to hating France and loving the UK again. I think I realised that nowhere is paradise, so I accepted a love/hate relationship with both which has served me well and I accepted the defects in both.
Yes, I could go onto a French site for grans to vociferously criticise France's education system, its employment laws, its pressures to conform to being equal and totally French, its treatment of unwanted animals etc - all from first hand experience - but what would be the point? Who would that help or impress? It would undoubtedly just stir up animosity. I think I would have the sensitivity to realise that I could be making myself very unpopular, and maybe a figure of derision.
So in answer to the question, yes I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, but maybe a sense of occasion as to how, when and where to voice these opinions should not be ignored.

what is FG, Fatty gits?

I understood the OP and the hypothetical example she was using

I actually don’t see why OP shouldn’t be allowed an opinion on the UK, as many posters are allowed strong opinions on America and all things American ?

She also criticises the government NOT the country.

(I would still have liked an apology re FG ??)

However I think this thread has become something of a brawl, including a bit of a go at Volver re SNP (why?)
Somewhere the sun is over the yardarm I suggest we adjourn for a ?

I have never been carefree

JaneJudge

I don't really mind anyone saying anything, you need to discuss and accept other people's opinions as you might actually learn something, otherwise what is the point? I don't really mind admitting I am wrong though sometimes and changing my mind

I have never lived in France

I did for a while but I was 18 then.
Young and carefree!

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I don't really mind anyone saying anything, you need to discuss and accept other people's opinions as you might actually learn something, otherwise what is the point? I don't really mind admitting I am wrong though sometimes and changing my mind

I have never lived in France

I did. I'm new, remember. It was before my time.

volver

I'm always happy to engage in discussions about Scotland. But I don't go and find 7 year old posts as part of a campaign against other GNers. ?

I think some threads and posts just stick in the mind without any searching!

Obviously you did a search to find out just how old it was

That was to Callistemon

I know, which is why I'm glad I'm half Welsh

I'm always happy to engage in discussions about Scotland. But I don't go and find 7 year old posts as part of a campaign against other GNers. ?

It's ok

We just quietly get on with life!

Sorry Call no offence intended

Poor old Wales
Always gets forgotten!

volver
If we don't like what someone is saying, we can move right on to the next

Theoretically yes, this is the case but as we all know it doesn't happen does it ? I think it's fair to say that if a poster was to constantly denigrate Scotland, the SNP or Nicola Sturgeon, then you would drop on them like the proverbial ton of bricks - no ? What's the difference for those living in England ?