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[mill]

Whats the 'white lads feeling unreasonably threatened' level in here?

More of a ‘white lads centering themselves in the conversation’ kinda vibe today.

 

[tsubaki]

Unfortunately it’s gone up since 2011

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I wonder why?

 

[mill]

I wonder why?

It’s actually risen since 2016. What happened then I wonder?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Unfortunately it’s gone up since 2011

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But still no noticeable change over the years, and what levels we do have are very low.

 

[BlueTX]

Taken straight from their website….

”BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.”

Exactly. That's not a restriction of their message solely to "white upon black". Even within that very quote you pulled, Pete. But your fixation on the term "white supremacy" in the quote while minimizing the rest it and/or any other message regarding the aims of BLM is telling.

 

[BlueTX]

I agree it’s partly systemic and certainly there are elements of racism. Poverty doesn’t distinguish between black and white though. Many of us grew up in absolute poverty, but there was little or no crime, and certainly not killings on the scale of today. Drugs have played a massive part in what we now see and will continue to do so until a solution to that particular issue is found….

Not sure where you grew up, Pete, but I was born in 1967. That year the murder rate in the United States was higher than it was in 2019. Further, the current US crime rate is about half what it was 30 years ago.

Perhaps things were different back in the day in England (or, again, where you were born/raised) but it is a rather common misperception here regarding crime that the good old days were, in fact, all that much better.

 

[dead_soft]

Probably because you inevitably accuse people of being racist….

Bit of a cop out and a lie in order to avoid answering for your opinions or beliefs

 

[Bruce Wayne]

#plymouthlivesmatter

 

[tsubaki]

#plymouthlivesmatter

hang on they are still weighing up how to respond to the 59 year old alleged right wing Berlin traitor

 

[peteblue]

Not sure where you grew up, Pete, but I was born in 1967. That year the murder rate in the United States was higher than it was in 2019. Further, the current US crime rate is about half what it was 30 years ago.

Perhaps things were different back in the day in England (or, again, where you were born/raised) but it is a rather common misperception here regarding crime that the good old days were, in fact, all that much better.

Born in the 50’s and grew up in Liverpool. There was obviously crime and murder, but it rose throughout the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and has now morphed into young men using knives and machetes daily. They were not the ‘good old days’ as poverty was widespread and parts of the country had particular problems (like Glasgow and its razor gangs). So you and I are looking at this from slightly different perspectives. I don’t know if it’s the casual violence pumped out in films or video games, breakdown of family structures, the almost elimination of church going, the prevalence of drugs or the lack of respect and fear of the law, but parents and grandparents appear more fearful for their offspring.…..

 

[peteblue]

But still no noticeable change over the years, and what levels we do have are very low.

Perhaps Bruce. Maybe, like the Covid Stats, we are just being frightened with a never ending stream of ‘news’….

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Perhaps Bruce. Maybe, like the Covid Stats, we are just being frightened with a never ending stream of ‘news’….

It has been fairly well documented that people are led to believe that things are much worse than they really are in all manner of areas, including crime, immigration, religion etc.

 

[summerisle]

What an odious individual he is.

 

[mill]

What an odious individual he is.

Wow.
There you have it. All of it. Just plain old racism. Nothing to do with freedom of speech or anything. Just. Racism.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Typical one her sproggs gets their collar felt by police and Queenie wants the police defunded...

The Queen 'backs BLM'

Sir Ken Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, told Channel 4 the Queen and the royal family are supporters of BLM and 'care about making Britain bound by the same values'.

www.dailymail.co.uk