Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest
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Kenshin
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I mean.
Isn't that a bit silly? Are we really at that point in society that a few door knobs do something and it's universally banned?
That means anything innocent can be deemed offensive in some way if a few door knobs decide to adopt it
Tbh I don't ever do an ok sign anyway but I guess that's not my point.
Just, surely I'm not the only one who thinks that's getting to the point of silly if it's now classed as a racist gesture
Probably for sure. I guess my argument is no one seems to have a clue what’s going on here and it is obviously far more convoluted than the simple narratives we’re seeing.
We saw similar scenes here, in London about 10 years ago after a guy was shot. Much of the protest was legitimate anger but many people attached themselves to it in order to loot, cause a rukkus etc.
If you were really outraged about the killing would you be arsed about a new pair of Nike?
roydo
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Its not here. I dont think we even have a white supremacy thing neither. A few right wing loonies, and thats about it.
*checks watch* Give it time mate.
Nobody trusts anyone else, and I have trouble telling them they should. Which in turn leaves us generally unable to go to any single authority to find out what is happening.
Videos are manipulated, stories are omitted altogether, etc. Fox News isn't going to show videos of police brutality. I don't hear my progressive friends or CNN mentioning that 5 police officers were shot last night, one assassinated, and 4 more run over with cars. We're at extremely polarization at this point.
dead_soft
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You don't even attempt to see why the comments such as yours at the very least coincide with the viewpoints and comments of those on the far right and trying to discredit the BLM movement
Sadly the white power thing has been growing globally pretty much since Brexit and Trump, I think it was last year where it was reported that far right terrorism was the fastest growing form of terrorism in the UK.
I think it’s down to these toxic echo chambers which are being created on social media sites like twitter and Facebook, plus it's becoming very prevalent in a lot of gaming forums where incel / Nazi propaganda is essentially being spread. When I lived in Liverpool there was newsof a white power group posting fliers to loads of addresses in North Liverpool trying to recruit people.
It’s very worrying and upsetting times, especially with Trump going full mad king over in the US, I can see this military deployment going horrifically wrong. Though I truly hope it doesn’t for the sake of the innocent people protesting what was in essence a public lynching committed by people who are allegedly sworn to “protect and serve” their community.
Edit: to everyone, this comment is not a statement on brexit or politics, as I do not believe white supremacy or racism is political and believe both to be truly evil and do not want this thread of all threads becoming a brexit or right v left political discussion.
Grinch
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Is this real lol? Peppa Pig going in deep haha!
*Off topic, while all the mods are reading this thread like hawks, bring the bottle opener to the US!!!
ForeverBlue92
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Its part of the reason why less is done about racism in general from the majority imo.
When the left make such a big deal over innocuous things and try push it via the media it gets the back ups of the majority who then are less likely to watch out for actual incidents of racism/discrimination.
The race/sexist/ageist/LGBT cards sadly get thrown around way too much and the media love promoting that as it does nothing but further divide folk.
I've said for a while the left made Brexit happen far more than Farage/UKIP/Tories did.
Well, for a start, it's not banned, at least not in the states. (yea, yea, I get it's banned on this thread)
And it's more than a few door knobs, it's widely used in the police, military, and politics.
If it's widely used with the intent of causing offense, it's not innocent any more.
I'm sure there were people who thought being upset with the nazi salute was ridiculous, this is in the same league.
roydo
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I cant recall one single example of a terrorist attack by "them". The UK has never had an ingrained culture of Black v White. Thats not to say we are a model of racial perfection as a nation, but more that there may be some loons using social media, that will never be mainstream.
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