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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.bsky.social

I'm mostly unvaccinated, even though kids in Britain were getting vaccinated. The racial life expectancy gap was huge by that point. Escaping British rule brought a swift, tremendous improvement in our living standards.

aug 19, 2025, 3:20 pm • 0 0

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Oy of Midworld @michaelgwhitehead.bsky.social

I’m glad to hear it. Long may it continue.

aug 19, 2025, 3:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.bsky.social

An American Republican was shocked when I told him I've never heard any nostalgia for British rule or desire to return to being a colony in my native island or almost any other island. He is convinced that black people were happier under white rule. Most conservatives here agree with him.

aug 19, 2025, 3:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Oy of Midworld @michaelgwhitehead.bsky.social

I always try to put myself in another persons shoes. So that I can at least understand why a person thinks a certain way, even if I disagree. Then I hear something like that and I realise that there are some things I’ll never understand.

aug 19, 2025, 3:38 pm • 1 0 • view