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[dead_soft]

I can’t believe you’re having to explain this to be honest.

I'm still boggled that Ben Bradely wrote that whole twitter thread despite, clearly, having never read the book. Imagine being a member of the party of government and tweeting about everything getting like 1984 and then saying it's THEM who are engaged in doublethink.

Sure most will have seen it by now but:

 

[Papa Shango]

People learn history primarily from history books and school. Statues are miles down the pecking order in terms of schooling people on history.

No one is going to be going and burning down all the libraries and even if they did it's all digitally backed up anyway.

So... you are saying we CAN burn them all down?

 

[mill]

Why do you think at the moment that what is happening is the same as 1984?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Wembley park murders: PCs 'took selfies next to sisters' dead bodies'

The mother of two sisters murdered in a London park says the images "dehumanised" her children.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not sure if this has been mentioned or where to put it but anyways. These sort of stories surely refute the notion that institutional racism doesn’t exist in this country.

Replace the two murdered women with two pretty blondes and you’d have front page news up and down the country with a huge police effort to catch the killers. Most people would never have even heard of this case.

 

[peteblue]

Wembley park murders: PCs 'took selfies next to sisters' dead bodies'

The mother of two sisters murdered in a London park says the images "dehumanised" her children.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not sure if this has been mentioned or where to put it but anyways. These sort of stories surely refute the notion that institutional racism doesn’t exist in this country.

Replace the two murdered women with two pretty blondes and you’d have front page news up and down the country with a huge police effort to catch the killers. Most people would never have even heard of this case.

I don't remember the police, footballers or politicians ‘Taking the knee’ for Lee Rigby and ‘Soldiers Lives Matter’......

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I don't remember the police, footballers or politicians ‘Taking the knee’ for Lee Rigby and ‘Soldiers Lives Matter’......

lollollol Good lord

 

[dead_soft]

I don't remember the police, footballers or politicians ‘Taking the knee’ for Lee Rigby and ‘Soldiers Lives Matter’......

Holy Moly, you aren’t actually serious are you?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Holy Moly, you aren’t actually serious are you?

It’s called a ‘gammon sneeze’ Every so often, your typical gammon will overload with indignation and literally sneeze out a random selection of words from today’s daily express. On rare occasions these end up forming sentences as evidenced above. Bless you Pete.

 

[Emlynsqueakyvoice]

Holy Moly, you aren’t actually serious are you?

An absolute joke of a poster. He does it all to get a reaction. Thinks he's an expert on everything. Knows virtually nothing...

 

[Harryflashman]

I don't remember the police, footballers or politicians ‘Taking the knee’ for Lee Rigby and ‘Soldiers Lives Matter’......

if you’re keen on respecting Lee Rigby’s memory , which I certainly am , I suggest you respect the wishes of his family

 

[mill]

if you’re keen on respecting Lee Rigby’s memory , which I certainly am , I suggest you respect the wishes of his family

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Very powerful.

 

[Harryflashman]

Very powerful.

the family are decent and dignified and the lad himself deserves better than being hijacked by people that neither know nor care about him , his life or service.

 

[mill]

the family are decent and dignified and the lad himself deserves better than being hijacked by people that neither know nor care about him , his life or service.

Exactly.

 

[coollino]

I don't remember the police, footballers or politicians ‘Taking the knee’ for Lee Rigby and ‘Soldiers Lives Matter’......

We get told soldiers lives matter about 25 a day?

 

[coollino]

1984 is a weird one.

Most people who quote 1984 hasn't actually read 1984 and what they say tends to be more relevant to Animal Farm. Another book they haven't read.