Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "Gypsy Travellers: A Life On The Run" video.

  1. It is my contention that a large part of the anti-Gypsy animus is twofold: 1. Many people are simply jealous that Gypsies are mobile and not tied-down to the mortgage and 2.4 kids. (Although, the kids thing for Gypsies is usually 5.4!) 2. People are, fundamentally, snobs. I don’t care who you are, unless you’re Jesus, we all compare and judge ourselves and others, depending on where we sit on the social hierarchy. It’s my experience that many (most?) people who have a beef with Gypsies, are people who perceive themselves, rightly or wrongly, as not very far from Gypsies in the social hierarchy. This is just anecdotal, but I’m more than sure there is a grain of truth to this. People who moan about Gypsies, as a rule, don’t appear to harbour the same disdain for, say, Tarquin, living in an inherited pile down the road. No, they go for those for whom they might think they have just a little power over, rightly or wrongly.🐎
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