Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[roydo]

Sadly, I still think there is an undercurrent of racism within our fan base. It's not as big as it once was, but it's still there.

Bound to be. Nowt to do with being a Blue, but humans are humans. Good and bad.

 

[Jebus_lives]

*shows ignored content*

Realises that that racist incel gobshite has been banned

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Bound to be. Nowt to do with being a Blue, but humans are humans. Good and bad.

Yeah exactly, racism is as old as time. I'd expect every club has it's morons.

 

[Grinch]

 

[sageyefc]

Free speech and all that...

US Law Enforcement Are Deliberately Targeting Journalists During George Floyd Protests - bellingcat

Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)Bellingcat has identified and collected multiple instances of US law enforcement deliberately targeting journalists during the protests against the killing of George Floyd. The arrest of a CNN crew in Minneapolis while broadcasting live on air on May 29th...

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Isn’t it classed as a war crime to attack journalists or is that just when they’re in war zones and not on home soil

 

[roydo]

Yeah exactly, racism is as old as time. I'd expect every club has it's morons.

Thankfully, in my experience anyrate, every Blue I have encountered in real life has been sound as. And most in our weird shared internet world as well.

 

[RAFUH]

Im not after a row Sis, but I use it all the time, I will not let racists take away my language.

I think its a bit harsh to ban people, many of which have no idea that racist scum have take it from them.

I know you wrote it in caps, but I stumpled upon this message, so I was quite lucky I saw it, others might not be as lucky.

Anyway, as I say, im not trying to be an arsehole, just that for most of us it still very much means OK.

I think it has been mentioned enough in this thread now (beyond my bolded message) for the vast majority of folks not to be able to claim ignorance.

 

[PhilM]

Bound to be. Nowt to do with being a Blue, but humans are humans. Good and bad.

True.

Yet, you only need to look at the demographics of our fans (any home game) to question or consider how inclusive we are as a club, fans or whatever.

Or at least how inclusive we're perceived to be. There are obviously other aspects involved (local demographics), so I'm not saying it's primarily a racist issue.

However, I do wonder what we look like from an external perspective and it makes me think of the number of bigoted of comments I've heard in recent years.

 

[verreauxi]

Isn’t it classed as a war crime to attack journalists or is that just when they’re in war zones and not on home soil

Good question...I have no idea, but am going to look that up.

 

[Yarrgh]

That's if their catalogue is sold as part of a distributor's bundle to Spotify and once you've taken out their cut, the label's cut, any % for producers etc etc.

In my own music, I license to them directly and the figure I was given from them was roughly $10 per 1000 streams, which is still frankly insulting. Music is not even a commodity anymore, it has no value. I know personally a guy who had 2 million streams last year under the arrangement I described above and got a cheque for less than $2,000.

I'm shocked. I know it's off topic for this thread mind but that's a poor return indeed. Deserves a thread of its own.

 

[verreauxi]

Isn’t it classed as a war crime to attack journalists or is that just when they’re in war zones and not on home soil

Seems that some people think it would apply: https://www.justsecurity.org/14179/attacks-journalists-war-crime/
And they note that US war crimes can occur within or outside the USA.

I have no idea if any of the above has any legal tooth that would be a call to action though (collateral damage and all that).

 

[RAFUH]

Seems that some people think it would apply: https://www.justsecurity.org/14179/attacks-journalists-war-crime/
And they note that US war crimes can occur within or outside the USA.

I have no idea if any of the above has any legal tooth that would be a call to action though.

Who would prosecute that? Because if it is the DOJ...

 

[TheBigEasy]

What happened to George floyd was absolutely terrible, and I can understand and fully back the anger of people who want to protest peacefully, but what they are doing now is absolutely scum.

Another think I cant really seem to fully grasp is the black lives matter movement, stats confirm that at least 2 x more caucasians have been murdered by police officers in the US, so why isit it All lives matter. A march on all fronts against police brutality, why does it have to be about race.

 

[LostLegend]

*shows ignored content*

Realises that that racist incel gobshite has been banned

Didn't know Sue Barker had those moves in her bag!

 

[Amw79]

*shows ignored content*

Realises that that racist incel gobshite has been banned

Same. Took a while showing all that ignored content to understand what had happened. Couldn’t remember why I ignored, but can probably guess now.